Thanks very much, that was the correct name: libssl-dev, not openssl-dev or similar...Nick
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 4:33 PM, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > I can't tell which debian 8.4 package provides the C headers for OpenSSL, > > the "Usual suspects" such as openssl-devel and the like do not exist, > > dpkg-query doesn't seem to find anything likely. Would some kind person > > give me a clue where to find the OpenSSL C header files in the Debian > > packaging universe? > > Many thanks....Nick G > > Not sure what you exactly mean, but I use this > dpkg -L libssl-dev:amd64 > > > > $ apt-cache show libssl-dev > Package: libssl-dev > Source: openssl > Version: 1.0.1t-1+deb8u5 > Installed-Size: 6703 > Maintainer: Debian OpenSSL Team <pkg-openssl-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > > > Architecture: amd64 > Depends: libssl1.0.0 (= 1.0.1t-1+deb8u5), zlib1g-dev > Description-en: Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files > This package is part of the OpenSSL project's implementation of the SSL > and TLS cryptographic protocols for secure communication over the > Internet. > . > It contains development libraries, header files, and manpages for libssl > and libcrypto. > > > >