How to install openssl 1.1.1 on CentOS 9 or Fedora 41

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How To Install OpenSSL 1.1.1 on CentOS 9 or Fedora 41

This tutorial goes through how to install openssl 1.1.1 on CentOS 9

Requirements

Upgrade the system

sudo dnf -y update

Install required packages

sudo dnf install -y make gcc perl-core pcre-devel wget zlib-devel

Download the latest version of OpenSSL source code

wget https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/OpenSSL_1_1_1w/openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz

Configure, build and install OpenSSL

Uncompress the source file

tar -xzvf openssl-1.1.1w.tar.gz

Change to the OpenSSL directory

cd openssl-1.1.1w

Configure the package for compilation

./config --prefix=/usr --openssldir=/etc/ssl --libdir=lib no-shared zlib-dynamic

Compile package

make

Test compiled package

make test

Install compiled package

make install

Export library path

Create environment variable file

vim /etc/profile.d/openssl.sh

Add the following content

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib64

Load the environment variable

source /etc/profile.d/openssl.sh

Verify the OpenSSL version

openssl version

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