OpenSSL RPM Builder for CentOS/RHEL

OpenSSL official site

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Pre-built RPMs (recommended)

Ready-to-use RPM packages for CentOS/RHEL 8/9 are available on GitHub Releases:

VER=4.0.1
wget https://github.com/philyuchkoff/openssl-RPM-Builder/releases/download/openssl-${VER}/openssl4-${VER}-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh openssl4-${VER}-1.el8.x86_64.rpm

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OpenSSL 4.x

Build:

sudo dnf -y groupinstall 'Development Tools'
git clone https://github.com/philyuchkoff/openssl-RPM-Builder
cd openssl-RPM-Builder
chmod +x install-openssl_4.sh
sudo ./install-openssl_4.sh

Or via Makefile:

sudo make install-4

Built RPM location:

/root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/

After the script finishes, install the RPM:

sudo rpm -ivh /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/openssl4-4.0.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

Installation

• System OpenSSL preserved (required by sudo, pam, etc.)
• OpenSSL 4.x installed in parallel to /usr/openssl4

To use OpenSSL 4.x:

/usr/bin/openssl4 version

To compile against OpenSSL 4.x:

gcc -I/usr/openssl4/include -L/usr/openssl4/lib64 program.c -lssl -lcrypto

To check library paths:

ldconfig -p | grep libssl

v4.0.0 release page v4.0.1 release page

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OpenSSL 3.x

Build:

sudo dnf -y groupinstall 'Development Tools'
git clone https://github.com/philyuchkoff/openssl-RPM-Builder
cd openssl-RPM-Builder
chmod +x install-openssl_3.sh
sudo ./install-openssl_3.sh

Built RPM location:

/root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/

After the script finishes, install the RPM:

sudo rpm -ivh /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/openssl-3.6.2-1.el9.x86_64.rpm --nodeps

v3.6.2 release page

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OpenSSL 1.1.1

End of Life

Check:

$openssl version
OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023

or

$rpm -qa openssl
openssl-1.1.1w-1.el7.x86_64