# Fedora (modern) sudo dnf install openssl openssl-devel sudo yum install openssl openssl-devel For minimal environments (no man pages, etc.) sudo dnf install openssl-libs
openssl version For automation and easier updates: how to install openssl
The installed version is hardened by Red Hat with backported security fixes. The openssl version command may show an older base version (e.g., 1.1.1k), but it includes critical patches. 2.3 Arch Linux / Manjaro (pacman) Arch Linux maintains very current packages, often tracking the latest OpenSSL release. # Fedora (modern) sudo dnf install openssl openssl-devel
On Linux, the system’s core OpenSSL is often a dependency for sudo , ssh , and wget . Instead of removing, you can mask a custom installation by removing its PATH entry. Source installation (custom prefix): Simply delete the prefix directory: and wget . Instead of removing