On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 04:57:33PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Thanks very much, that was the correct name: libssl-dev, not openssl-dev or > similar...Nick
In general, use apt-cache search to find packages when you don't know the exact names. $ apt-cache search --names-only ssl dev libace-inet-ssl-dev - ACE SSL-enabled Inet protocol library - development files libace-ssl-dev - ACE secure socket layer library - development files libcurl4-openssl-dev - development files and documentation for libcurl (OpenSSL flavour) libglobus-gsi-openssl-error-dev - Globus Toolkit - Globus OpenSSL Error Handling Development Files libglobus-gsi-proxy-ssl-dev - Globus Toolkit - Globus GSI Proxy SSL Library Development Files libglobus-openssl-module-dev - Globus Toolkit - Globus OpenSSL Module Wrapper Development Files libgnutls28-dev - GNU TLS library - development files liblwt-ssl-ocaml-dev - cooperative OpenSSL bindings for OCaml libnussl-dev - The authenticating firewall [SSL development files] libssl-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for OpenSSL libocamlnet-ssl-ocaml-dev - OCaml application-level Internet libraries - SSL development libraries libssl-dev - Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files libpolarssl-dev - lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS library It takes a bit of effort to scan the list, of course, and a bit of experience to know which names you can immediately throw away. Once you narrow down the list to a few possible names, use apt-cache show to see the descriptions: $ apt-cache show libssl-dev (description omitted)