Hi,

I am trying to build libssh2 on a Linux SUSE 10.2 on an AMD 64 Opteron and I encounter problems. I have successfully built and installed zlib and openssl but I cannot build libssh2. The error I get is:

/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/ssl/include -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lcrypto -L/usr/local/lib -lz -o libssh2.la -rpath /usr/local/lib -version-info 1:0:0 -no-undefined channel.lo comp.lo crypt.lo hostkey.lo kex.lo mac.lo misc.lo packet.lo publickey.lo scp.lo session.lo sftp.lo userauth.lo pem.lo transport.lo openssl.lo
gcc -shared .libs/channel.o .libs/comp.o .libs/crypt.o .libs/hostkey.o .libs/kex.o .libs/mac.o .libs/misc.o .libs/packet.o .libs/publickey.o .libs/scp.o .libs/session.o .libs/sftp.o .libs/userauth.o .libs/pem.o .libs/transport.o .libs/openssl.o -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lcrypto -L/usr/local/lib -lz -Wl,-soname -Wl,libssh2.so.1 -o .libs/libssh2.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: /usr/local/ssl/lib/libcrypto.a(x86_64cpuid.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against `OPENSSL_cpuid_setup' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [libssh2.la] Error 1

Please note the color highlighting... I am asked to use -fPIC which I had already used. I built my zlib and my openssl with -fPIC too.

Any advice, anybody?

Thanks!

Well this is a very rare error, with only about 7 entries in Google and another 2 or 3 in languages that I don't understand. Unfortunately, none of those entries have the answer. Its just radio silence. I got this error when trying to copile the tomcat library that uses the Apache Portable Runtime ( apr ). Since this was completely frustrating to me and the internet community has served me well in the past I thought I would repay the favor in the hopes that someone else suffers a few less hours in their life.

After tearing my hair out for several hours and hitting the bottle, I stumbled upon a very simple answer. You need to install openssl-devel. If you are using CentOS like moi, then simply do "yum install openssl-devel". Voila.


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Hi Dan,

Well, "I solved" the problem but I cannot say I really understand what solved it. I talked to the sysadmin who has magic powers on that server and he re-installed a bunch of libraries updated libtools and next thing I knew, the darn code compiles and links just fine. It all happened on a SuSE 10.2 and apparently you gotta use it's Yast to pull in updates, not just build and install them yourself... which is a bit bizarre, to say the least (doesn't sound Linux-like...)

Cheers!
RH