configure: error: --with-ssl was given, but OpenSSL wasn't found

Question

I am trying to install a software named YARP - Python bindings on Linux Mint Olivia, this requires OpenSSL to be installed, I followed these instructions to install OpenSSL 1.0.1g: http://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Compilation_and_Installation

YARP configuration fails:

configure: error: in `/home/osama/robotpkg/pkgtools/tnftp/work.osama-Inspiron-N5010/tnftp-20130505':
| configure: error: --with-ssl was given, but OpenSSL wasn't found
| See `config.log' for more details

when I type openssl version command, I get the following result:

OpenSSL 1.0.1g 7 Apr 2014 (Library: OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012)

I noticed that the OpenSSL 1.0.1g is which I installed whereas the Library: OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012 is that comes pre-installed with Linux, may this be the problem?

Any advice?

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem when installing CoovaChilli with --with-openssl. Though I don't know why since OpenSSL was already installed. But a

yum install openssl openssl-devel

seems to have fixed it and I was able to ./configure it without any errors.