Compiling standalone OpenVPN 2.4.4

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ignasbernotas
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Compiling standalone OpenVPN 2.4.4

Post by ignasbernotas » Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:49 pm

Hi, I'm trying to build a shippable, openvpn binary so I could embed it into my app (OSX). However, I'm struggling to figure out how to do it. It compiles, but it still depends on dynamic openssl libraries, that I'd like to get rid of it (by that I mean, compile it into the binary), if possible since some VPN providers do it. Appears that static linking doesn't work. Any help is highly appreciated:) thanks!

Here's the output of my compiled version using the otool:

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otool -L built/openvpn/sbin/openvpn
built/openvpn/sbin/openvpn:
	/usr/local/opt/lzo/lib/liblzo2.2.dylib (compatibility version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0)
	/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
	/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1252.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libresolv.9.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
And here's the output of one of the VPN provider's binary:

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otool -L openvpn
openvpn:
	/usr/lib/libresolv.9.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
	/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.5)
	/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1226.10.1)
Here are my configuration options:

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
BUILDING_PATH="/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built"

PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$BUILDING_PATH/pkcs11-helper/lib/pkgconfig" \
PKCS11_HELPER_CFLAGS="-I$BUILDING_PATH/pkcs11-helper/include/" \
PKCS11_HELPER_LIBS="-L$BUILDING_PATH/pkcs11-helper/lib \
                                                           -lpkcs11-helper" \
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include" \
LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib" \
OPENSSL_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include/openssl/" \
OPENSSL_LIBS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/ -lssl" \
./configure \
    --disable-debug \
    --disable-shared \
    --disable-dependency-tracking \
    --disable-silent-rules \
    --with-crypto-library=openssl \
    --enable-pkcs11=yes \
    --prefix="$BUILDING_PATH/openvpn" \
    --enable-static=yes \
    --enable-shared=no

make #LIBS="-all-static"
make install
Here's the output: not sure why this fails?

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configure: error: openssl check failed

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checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0
checking host system type... x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
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checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for pkg-config... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for ifconfig... /sbin/ifconfig
checking for route... /sbin/route
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checking if the linker (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking how to convert x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0 file names to x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0 format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-apple-darwin17.4.0 file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
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checking for objdump... objdump
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checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
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checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fno-common -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fno-common -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin17.4.0 dyld
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
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checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking for ISO C 1999 vararg macro support... yes
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checking for C compiler empty array size... 0
checking size of unsigned int... 4
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configure: error: openssl check failed
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make  all-recursive
Making all in build
Making all in msvc
Making all in msvc-generate
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in distro
Making all in rpm
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in systemd
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in include
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make  all-am
Making all in src
Making all in compat
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in openvpn
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in openvpnserv
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in plugins
Making all in auth-pam
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in down-root
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
Making all in sample
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in doc
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in vendor
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in tests
Making all in unit_tests
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make  install-recursive
Making install in build
Making install in msvc
Making install in msvc-generate
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in distro
Making install in rpm
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in systemd
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make  install-data-hook
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-hook'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in include
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 .././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/include'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 openvpn-plugin.h openvpn-msg.h '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/include'
Making install in src
Making install in compat
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in openvpn
 ../.././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/sbin'
  /bin/sh ../../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c openvpn '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/sbin'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c openvpn /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/sbin/openvpn
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in openvpnserv
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in plugins
Making install in auth-pam
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 ../../.././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.auth-pam '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 ../../.././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins'
 /bin/sh ../../../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.la '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.so /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.so
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.lai /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-auth-pam.la
libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/bin/lib/openvpn/plugins'
Making install in down-root
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 ../../.././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README.down-root '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 ../../.././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins'
 /bin/sh ../../../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   openvpn-plugin-down-root.la '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/openvpn-plugin-down-root.so /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-down-root.so
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/openvpn-plugin-down-root.lai /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/lib/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-plugin-down-root.la
libtool: install: warning: remember to run `libtool --finish /Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/bin/lib/openvpn/plugins'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in sample
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
Making install in doc
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 .././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 management-notes.txt '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 .././install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/man/man8'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 openvpn.8 '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/man/man8'
Making install in vendor
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
Making install in tests
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make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
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make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
 ./install-sh -c -d '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 README README.IPv6 README.mbedtls Changes.rst COPYRIGHT.GPL COPYING '/Users/ignas/vpn/builder/built/openvpn/share/doc/openvpn'

jeremyrutman
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Re: Compiling standalone OpenVPN 2.4.4

Post by jeremyrutman » Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:29 am

I also get the openssl check failed for openvpn 2.4.5 when I try
./configure

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