openssl issues with el capitan

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 12, 2015, at 6:02 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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> On Nov 12, 2015, at 4:52 AM, rinaldo rui wrote:
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>> I am installing “root 6” on el capitan and get the following message:
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>> You do not have an OpenSSL installation suitable for building software.
>> It is recommended you do:
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>>  brew install openssl
>>  brew link --force openssl
>> 
>> The question is: what is the equivalent command in macports? I have no idea of how to “link —force openssl”.
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> I don't know what that Homebrew command does, but I assume no equivalent functionality exists in MacPorts.

After a little research, it sounds like Homebrew installs all its packages in nonstandard locations, and "brew link" makes a link to those nonstandard locations in the standard locations. In contrast, MacPorts installs most of its packages to the standard locations to begin with, so in that sense, you can consider MacPorts packages to already be "linked", in Homebrew's parlance.