Question

installing node-v0.4.8 on mac os x leopard, I get the following error:

../src/node_crypto.cc:2917: error: ‘SSL_COMP_get_compression_methods’ was not declared in this scope
Waf: Leaving directory `/usr/local/node-v0.4.8/build'
Build failed:  -> task failed (err #1): 
    {task: cxx node_crypto.cc -> node_crypto_4.o}


make: *** [program] Error 1

Anyone experienced this error installing the latest nodejs? Thanks for any suggestions.

Answer 1

The version of openssl included with MacOSX is not the latest. I would recommend grabbing the latest version here:

http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.0d.tar.gz

Extracting it to your directory of choice, cd to that directory:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

The last sudo command will require you enter your admin password. Then go to the node.js source directory and:

$ ./configure --openssl-includes=/usr/local --openssl-libpath=/usr/local

This will tell node to use the custom built openssl we just compiled and installed. Then finally:

$ make
$ sudo make install