From c77db59deb74bd901a65848857fdc51233ab1bb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gaynor Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 07:12:06 -0500 Subject: Fixed #2776 -- added an FAQ on compilation errors on OS X --- docs/faq.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 10c8656b..66a775af 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -16,3 +16,12 @@ If you prefer NaCl's design, we highly recommend `PyNaCl`_. .. _`NaCl`: https://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org + +Compiling ``cryptography`` on OS X produces a ``fatal error: 'openssl/aes.h' file not found`` error +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This happens because OS X 10.11 no longer includes a copy of OpenSSL. +``cryptography`` now provides wheels which include a statically linked copy of +OpenSSL. You're seeing this error because your copy of pip is too old to find +our wheel files. Upgrade your copy of pip with ``pip install -U pip`` and then +try install ``cryptography`` again. -- cgit v1.2.3