I built Openssl1.0.0d ./config shared no-threads zlib

It installed fine to the default /usr/local/ssl

I went and downloaded OpenSSH 5.8p2 and ran ./configure

but now it keeps giving me a Openssl version header not found error even when I set --with-ssl-dir=

I've tried it with arguments /usr/local/ssl/include /usr/local/ssl/include/openssl /usr/include /usr/local/ssl/lib

I looked in config.log and found error: openssl/opensslv.h: no such file or directory which makes little sense since I pointed openssh to where it is store.

/etc/ld.so.conf

include /usr/local/ssl/lib

I'm at a loss at this point.

Answer (maybe):

Because I am an idiot.

include /usr/local/ssl/lib is incorrect.

/usr/local/ssl/lib is correct.

It needs to be before the first include.