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  • Closed Issue created by simplejack

    I try to build tor statically. While configure tor it errors with:

    checking for openssl directory... configure: WARNING: Could not find a linkable openssl.  If you have it installed somewhere unusual, you can specify an explicit path using --with-openssl-dir
    configure: WARNING: On Debian, you can install openssl using "apt-get install libssl-dev"
    configure: error: Missing libraries; unable to proceed.

    I tried:

    • with several tor versions
    • with several openssl versions, using several paths to openssl.
    • with ubuntu, debian, in container, locally (ubuntu 20.04) etc. I got always the same error.
    • several different options for openssl, libevent
    • with openssl-dev and path point to it

    I don't know if it's a but however i spent now 1-2 days on this. The error should be more precise anyway.

    Here a complete example:

    FROM debian
    
    RUN mkdir /tor
    WORKDIR /tor
    
    RUN apt update && apt upgrade -y
    
    RUN apt install -y exa
    RUN apt install -y git
    
    RUN apt install -y build-essential automake pkgconf
    RUN apt install -y zlib1g-dev libsystemd-dev
    RUN apt install -y libtool autopoint
    
    #RUN git clone --depth 1 -b tor-0.3.3.9 --single-branch https://github.com/torproject/tor.git /tor
    RUN git clone --depth 1 -b tor-0.4.5.0-alpha-dev --single-branch https://github.com/torproject/tor.git /tor
    #RUN git clone --depth 1 -b openssl-3.0.0-alpha6 --single-branch https://github.com/openssl/openssl /tor/openssl
    RUN git clone --depth 1 -b OpenSSL_1_1_1f --single-branch https://github.com/openssl/openssl /tor/openssl
    RUN git clone --depth 1 -b v1.2.9 --single-branch https://github.com/madler/zlib /tor/zlib
    RUN git clone --depth 1 -b release-2.1.12-stable --single-branch https://github.com/libevent/libevent /tor/libevent
    RUN git clone --depth 1 -b v5.2.3 --single-branch https://github.com/roboticslibrary/xz /tor/xz
    
    RUN cd /tor/openssl && \
        ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl \
            no-shared no-dso zlib \
            --static && \
        make -j$(nproc) && \
        make install_sw
    
    RUN cd /tor/libevent && \
        ./autogen.sh && \
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/libevent \
            --disable-openssl && \
        make -j$(nproc) && \
        make install
    
    RUN cd /tor/zlib && \
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/zlib && \
        make -j$(nproc) && \
        make install
    
    RUN cd /tor/xz && \
        ./autogen.sh && \
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/xz && \
        make -j$(nproc) && \
        make install
    
    RUN apt install -y libevent-dev libssl-dev
    RUN ./autogen.sh && \
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/tor \
            --disable-module-relay --disable-module-dirauth \
            --disable-system-torrc \
            --disable-asciidoc --disable-manpage --disable-html-manual \
            --disable-lzma --disable-zstd \
            --enable-systemd \
            --disable-gcc-hardening \
            --disable-tool-name-check \
            --enable-static-tor \
            --with-libevent-dir=/opt/libevent \
            --with-openssl-dir=/tor/openssl \
            --with-zlib-dir=/opt/zlib \
            --enable-pci && \
        make -j$(nproc) && \
        make install
    
    RUN env
    RUN exa -l --tree fixtures /opt/tor
    RUN /opt/tor/bin/tor --version
    Edited by simplejack

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