Unpacking OpenSSL

In your home directory (or in the directory where you placed the source distribution files), type

tar zxfv openssl_0.9.4.tar.gz

Configuring and Compiling OpenSSL Source

From your home directory,

cd openssl-0.9.4
./config
make
make test

Installing OpenSSL

Become root by using su or sudo, then from the OpenSSL source directory:

make install