make: *** [install_sw] Error 13, "brew install openssl"

brew-install-openssl-error-13.md

Mo SSL, Mo Problems

Problem

$ brew install openssl
==> Downloading http://openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
==> perl ./Configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e --openssldir=/usr/local/etc/openssl zlib-dynamic shared darwin64-x86_64-cc
==> make
==> make test
==> make install MANDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e/share/man MANSUFFIX=ssl
created directory `/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e/lib/engines'
created directory `/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e/lib/pkgconfig'
created directory `/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e/include'
created directory `/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e/include/openssl'
make: *** [install_sw] Error 13

READ THIS: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
    https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/17865

Smell What the Logs are Cooking?

$ vi /Users/Devinb/Library/Logs/Homebrew/openssl

Turns out [install_sw] Error 13 was the result of not having write privileges to /usr/local/etc/openssl/.

Get Chown'd

$ sudo chown -R <username>:<group> /usr/local/etc/openssl/

Result Happens

$ brew install openssl
==> Downloading http://openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/openssl-1.0.1e.tar.gz
==> perl ./Configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e --openssldir=/usr/local/etc/openssl zlib-dynamic shared darwin64-x86_64-cc
==> make
==> make test
==> make install MANDIR=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e/share/man MANSUFFIX=ssl
==> Caveats
To install updated CA certs from Mozilla.org:

    brew install curl-ca-bundle

This formula is keg-only: so it was not symlinked into /usr/local.

Mac OS X already provides this software and installing another version in
parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

The OpenSSL provided by OS X is too old for some software.

Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your
own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your
build variables:

    LDFLAGS:  -L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib
    CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include

==> Summary
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.1e: 429 files, 15M, built in 2.9 minutes

i've got the same problem, thanks that's save my day

I've repeated the same process but when I do openssl version is still the same version which came with Mountain Lion.

Any ideas?

+1 thanks for the fix

Thanks dude :)

+1 Thanks!

How long have people been compiling and linking and yet shit like this keeps happening. Thanks dude.

Great! you saved my day too!

Thanks man

Thanks!