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ClamAV ./configure "configure: error: Your OpenSSL installation is misconfigured or missing"

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When trying to install ClamAv, after entering ./configure, it prints a bunch of stuff to the terminal before printing the error message "configure: error: Your OpenSSL installation is misconfigured or missing".

I tried to run sudo apt install openssl to see if that might fix it, but alas "openssl is already the newest version (1.1.0g-2ubuntu4.1)."

What might be causing this error and how can I fix it?

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answered 2 Years ago ndeecru · Accepted Answer

OK. If you want to learn how stuff is going compiled then do the following:

Enable Source code repositories in Software & Updates (or software-properties-gtk)

After checking this checkbox it should ask about reloading package lists. You should confirm it. If unsure run
```
 sudo apt-get update
```
manually.

Install all needed tools for compilation
```
 sudo apt-get install build-essential
```

Get all build-dependencies of clamav package
```
 sudo apt-get build-dep clamav
```

And then proceed with ./configure as you plan to do.

Good stuff to read:

man apt-get about APT;

man checkinstall about correct method to install self-compiled stuff.