"openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory" during Installation of Git

Question

Trying to install git on the Unix and Linux machines based on the instructions on Installing Git blog, and it is failing with the below error

make prefix=/usr/local all GIT_VERSION = 1.8.3.4     * new build flags     CC credential-store.o In file included from cache.h:4,                  from credential-store.c:1: git-compat-util.h:221:25: warning: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory git-compat-util.h:222:25: warning: openssl/err.h: No such file or directory In file included from credential-store.c:1: cache.h:11:21: warning: openssl/sha.h: No such file or directory cache.h:19:18: warning: zlib.h: No such file or directory In file included from credential-store.c:1: cache.h:21: syntax error before "z_stream" cache.h:21: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union cache.h:28: syntax error before '}' token cache.h:28: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `git_zstream' cache.h:28: warning: data definition has no type or storage class cache.h:30: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:31: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:32: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:33: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:35: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:36: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:37: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:38: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:39: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:40: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:41: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:42: syntax error before '*' token cache.h:769: syntax error before '*' token make: *** [credential-store.o] Error 1 

I know this is because of the missing libraries for openssl, but I am unable to get these libraries.

I do not have yum/apt-get on my machines to run the below commands as suggested:

$ yum install curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel \   openssl-devel zlib-devel  $ apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libexpat1-dev gettext \   libz-dev libssl-dev 

What do I do get these libraries on these machines. These machines do not have internet access, I can do a scp if required. Any suggestions.

Answer 1

this answer worked just fine for me

https://stackoverflow.com/a/3016986/5837509

just do sudo apt-get install libssl-dev