Libssh2 package is a client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol.
Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.
Download (HTTP): https://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-1.11.1.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 38857d10b5c5deb198d6989dacace2e6
Download size: 1.0 MB
Estimated disk space required: 15 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (with tests)
CMake-3.30.5 (can be used instead of the configure script), libgcrypt-1.11.0 (can be used instead of OpenSSL), OpenSSH-9.9p1 (for some tests), and Docker (for some tests)
Install libssh2 by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-docker-tests \ --disable-static && make
To test the results, issue: make check.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
--disable-docker-tests
:
Disable the tests requiring Docker, which is beyond the scope of
BLFS. Remove this switch if you've installed Docker and you wish to
run the test suite.
--disable-static
: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.