Clarify configure dependency error message

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Clarify configure dependency error message #355

Open Noob-A opened 2 years ago

Noob-A commented 2 years ago

Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-17134-Microsoft x86_64) when running ./configure i get "configure: error: CommonCrypto, SSL/OpenSSL, or gcrypt support required"

simsong commented 2 years ago

That's not an error. You need to install SSL/OpenSSL or gcrypt. The program can't run if you do not install the requirements. It's not the program's job to install these requirements.

simsong commented 2 years ago

Apparently, this error message is confusing. What would you prefer as an error message telling you that SSL/OpenSSL or gcrypt must be installed?

Noob-A commented 2 years ago

i would like to see package names that i need to install

simsong commented 2 years ago

Where else would you like to see them? They are already in multiple places, such as in the etc directory. They have different names in different systems. There are many packages that need to be installed.