How to add OpenSSL to an Xcode project

Question

I am trying to port an application to mac OSX. It uses openssl. I am new to xcode and mac development. Do I need to compile and install openssl myself, or is there some equivalent of an openssl-devel package available as part of the OS or with homebrew or some such?

Answer 1

1. Download source from openssl source .
2. Extract compressed file into directory of your choice. .
3. Open command line and go to that directory and type something similar to ./configure darwin64-x86_64-cc .
4. Then type make depend .
5. Then make install .
6. Go to your Xcode project build settings. Under Header Search Paths add /usr/local/ssl/include and library search paths /usr/local/ssl/lib (or whatever install paths you chose in the configure step) .
7. Still in build settings go to Linking and under other linker flags put -lssl -lcrypto

You should be good to go now.