-------------------=[ XCA ]=---------------------
A graphical userinterface to OpenSSL.
handling keys, generating Certificate signing requests,
handling of client and root-certificates,
as well as handling multiple CAs with signing , CRL
and certificate templates.
- Requirements
for compilation, you need the following Libraries:
QT >= 4.2.1 from http://www.troll.no OpenSSL >= 0.9.7 from http://www.openssl.org
GNU C++ compiler >= 3.1.0
GNU make
- Installation
- Configuration
XCA comes with its own configuration tool that has no relationship with the GNU "autoconf" and "automake" tools. Just the naming and invokation looks like it. Thus the usual way to configure and build a Package is the same: $ ./configure; make; make install
If you have a special setup, you can predefine the following variables: CC, LD, STRIP, CFLAGS, prefix. e.g.: $ CC="ccache gcc" STRIP=: CFLAGS="-Wall -g" prefix=/opt/xca ./configure to have a cached build and to not strip xca when installing it. XCA expects the translationfiles in /opt/xca/share/xca/ and installs itself to /opt/xca/bin/
The header and library files were searched in:
"$QTDIR /usr /usr/X11R6 /usr/local"
and all directorys supplied at the commandline of configure.
The QT installationdir should not be supplied at the CMDline of configure
but rather written to the $QTDIR environment variable as it is done
with the most distributions.
If for example your shiny recent QT is in /home/chris/aaa/src/qt4 and your new OpenSSL is installed in /usr/local/ssl invoke configure like this:
$ export QTDIR=/home/chris/aaa/src/qt4
$ ./configure /usr/local/ssl
Found: qobject.h at /home/chris/aaa/src/qt4/include Found: libqt.so at /home/chris/aaa/src/qt4/lib Found: openssl/opensslv.h at /usr/local/ssl/include Found: libcrypto.so at /usr/local/ssl/lib The Versions of the used libraries are: .....
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This writes all found settings, vars and headers to "Local.mak".
After Local.mak was created by configure it can be used and modified for your needs.
- Building
The Makefiles do support parallel builds (-j)- targets
- all, xca : builds the app install : installs the app headers : UICs the headers in ui/ needed by other files. clean : deletes all builded files distclean: deletes also Local.mak xca.exe : W32 executable setup.exe:W32 installer xca.app : OS-X application xca.dmg : OS-X installation image
- Installing
make destdir=/my/virtual/root provides /my/virtual/root/ as root-directory for installation to be mounted by others as root or as installdir for package builders.
Running/invoking:
a detailed manual can be found in docs/
if there are any questions regarding this software, dont hesitate to contact me:
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