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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2016-05-23 22:24:13 +0200
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2016-05-23 22:24:13 +0200
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Windows notes: add a few lines on gaining admin privs for installing
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
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PREFIX: %ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL
OPENSSLDIR: %CommonProgramFiles%\SSL
+ ALSO NOTE that those directories are usually write protected, even if
+ your account is in the Administrators group. To work around that,
+ start the command prompt by right-clicking on it and choosing "Run as
+ Administrator" before running 'nmake install'. The other solution
+ is, of course, to choose a different set of directories by using
+ --prefix and --openssldir when configuring.
GNU C (Cygwin)
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