Error 255 when trying to install openssl-1.0.1g from source

Solution 1:

from this page:

Changing

make install

to

make install_sw

(installing OpenSSL without the man pages) alleviates this issue.

Solution 2:

POD files found to be generated with a lot of errors from the perl 5.18 point of view. See the patch here https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/57

Solution 3:

Go to line specified in specified file (cms.pod) and change =item 1 to =item '1'.

I figured this out after trying to install openssl0.9.8 for guitar pro 6.

Edit:

SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations.pod around line 109: Expected text after =item, not a number

If you are having the problem with openssl0.9.8 and guitar pro 6, there are a lot of files to update. If there is a away to mass edit these files O_O so much want

Solution 4:

From: OpenSSL

"The latest stable version is the 1.0.2 series of releases. This is also our Long Term Support (LTS) version (support will be provided until 31st December 2019). The 1.0.1 version is currently only receiving security bug fixes and all support will be discontinued for this version on 31st December 2016. Our newest version is 1.1.0 which is currently in alpha testing and should not be used for production purposes at this time. The 0.9.8 and 1.0.0 versions are now out of support and should not be used."

Try using the supported version here.