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diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 967e86c1..9793ac21 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ install the Cryptography dependencies as mentioned in :ref:`build-on-linux`. Please also make sure you have `virtualenv`_ installed: this should be available from your system package manager. -Then, run the following shell script. Feel free to adjust the OpenSSL version -if you'd like to use something more recent or you have specific version -requirements. +Then, paste the following into a shell script. You'll need to populate the +``OPENSSL_VERSION`` variable. To do that, visit `openssl.org`_ and find the +latest non-FIPS release version number, then set the string appropriately. For +example, for OpenSSL 1.0.2d, use ``OPENSSL_VERSION="1.0.2d"``. When this shell script is complete, you'll find a collection of wheel files in a directory called ``wheelhouse``. These wheels can be installed by a @@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ dependencies. set -e - OPENSSL_VERSION="1.0.2d" + OPENSSL_VERSION="VERSIONGOESHERE" CWD=$(pwd) virtualenv env |