Install openssh in an alternate location from source

Install Openssh from Source

# We will assume installation in the /opt/ directory
mkdir /opt/openssh/
cd /opt/openssh/

# gather and install the dependencies 
wget http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2
tar jxvf zlib-1.2.7.tar.bz2
cd zlib-1.2.7
./configure --prefix=/opt/openssh/dist/
make
make install
cd ../

wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
tar zxvf openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
cd openssl-1.0.1e
./config --prefix=/opt/openssh/dist/
make
make install

# install the openssh source code (pick a mirror on http://www.openssh.org/portable.html) 
wget http://mirror.team-cymru.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/openssh-6.2p1.tar.gz
tar zxvf openssh-6.2p1.tar.gz
cd openssh-6.2p1
./configure --prefix=/opt/openssh/dist/ --with-zlib=/opt/openssh/dist --with-ssl-dir=/opt/openssh/dist/ 
make
make install 

# to run the ssh daemon: 
sudo /opt/openssh/dist/sbin/sshd -f /opt/openssh/dist/etc/sshd_config