I am trying to install AWS EB-CLI on macOS Mojave 10.14, and encountered following error when compiling Python.
ERROR: The Python ssl extension was not compiled. Missing the OpenSSL lib?
BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.14.5 using python-build 20180424)
In the pyenv wiki, it says,
- install additional SDK headers – which I did
- libssl-dev is required when compiling Python ....
Things I did so far...
- install OpenSSL via brew
- sym link above to /user/lib
- install xz via brew (due to a 'lzma.h' file not found error)
Now the error is:
could not build the ssl module!
Python requires an OpenSSL 1.0.2 or 1.1 compatible libssl with X509_VERIFY_PARAM_set1_host().
LibreSSL 2.6.4 and earlier do not provide the necessary APIs, https://github.com/libressl-portable/portable/issues/381
I am migrating to Mac from Windows and having a hard time understanding this. Any help would be much appreciated.
Eric solved his problem and posted an answer for this question. I am moving the inquiry he appended to his answer onto his question:
now need to look what was actual culprit? do i really need xz etc. any ideas?
I think he is asking -- as are 39 others on the issue he linked to as of 2020-DEC-18 01:34am UTC -- what the root cause is, and what the solution is?
The issue is still open. Some common themes:
- fish shell - various issues
- openssl - not installed? (unlikely)
- openssl - version 1.0.2o_2 installed; some fixed by installing [email protected]
- pkg-config - not installed, potentially due to source install instead of homebrew
- pkg-config - wrong version being pulled from path first.
Some useful comments on the issue:
- User attempting the [email protected] fix provides helpful output from homebrew regarding path and env var settings necessary for openssl and pkg-config.
- An issue linked to in response to the above comment has some very useful information that helped a few users solve their issue.
- Debian user, but "LD_RUN_PATH is a necessary option"
