I'm using Windows and I wonder how can I install/compile OpenSSL (Version 1.1.1) as a static library that will be included in my C project (the aim here is to avoid installing OpenSSL on every computer that will run my code).
I saw few questions about that, but they all use Visual Studio. I rather want to use VS Code so i can understand everything that is done. And because I prefer coding in VS Code.
Other topic realted to my question:
- How do I build OpenSSL statically linked against Windows runtime ?
- Difference between shared objects (.so), static libraries (.a), and DLL's (.so)?
I'm a bit new to C shared object, static library and DLL. As I understand the difference between .so and .a, is that a .a file will be included in the .exe after compilation so that people don't have to install OpenSSL for using my program.
