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Upgrade OpenSSL on Ubuntu 12.04

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I wanted to upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1 on an Ubuntu 12.04 system. I have noticed that an apt-get upgrade openssl does not end up upgrading OpenSSL. Is the newer OpenSSL supported on Ubuntu?

I have also tried compiling from source. The compilation works but I cannot find out how to replace the built-in OpenSSL (1.0.0) with the newer one (1.0.1). Compiling from source gets me the newer version working along with the older version - I need to replace the older version with the newer version. My reason behind this need is to make FreeSWITCH compile with the newer version because the latest FreeSWITCH source is not compatible with OpenSSL 1.0.0 and there seems to be no make configuration in FreeSWITCH to point it towards the path for the new OpenSSL. (So it stubbornly keeps using the older version and failing to work!)

Thanks is advance. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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answered 3 Years ago gavgenerati · Accepted Answer

NOTICE: this question and answer pre-date the OpenSSL bug, Heartbleed.

First you need to completely remove the old installation:
(this will break most systems! Be careful! Most people will regret this)
apt-get purge openssl

You may want to clean house by running:

apt-get autoremove && apt-get autoclean

Then you should download and compile the version you want (full list)

wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1g.tar.gz