i think that by default OpenSSL is installed in /usr/local/ssl, so libcrypto.a is in /usr/local/ssl/lib.
you probably would want to do: ./config --prefix=/usr/local now libcrypto will be installed in /usr/local/bin and openssl executable in /usr/local/bin may be this was the problem. hth. aleix ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]