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Expand Up @@ -413,28 +413,27 @@ Apple no longer provides header files for the deprecated system version of
OpenSSL which means that you will not be able to build the ``_ssl`` extension.
One solution is to install these libraries from a third-party package
manager, like Homebrew_ or MacPorts_, and then add the appropriate paths
for the header and library files to your ``configure`` command. For example,
for the header and library files to your ``configure`` command.

with **Homebrew**::
For example, with **Homebrew**, install the dependencies::

$ brew install pkg-config [email protected] xz gdbm tcl-tk

For Python 3.10 and newer::
Then, for Python 3.10 and newer::

$ CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix gdbm)/include -I$(brew --prefix xz)/include" \
LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix gdbm)/lib -I$(brew --prefix xz)/lib" \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(brew --prefix tcl-tk)/lib/pkgconfig" \
./configure --with-pydebug \
--with-openssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)
--with-openssl="$(brew --prefix openssl@1.1)"


For Python versions 3.9 through 3.7::
For Python 3.7 through 3.9::

$ CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix gdbm)/include -I$(brew --prefix xz)/include" \
$ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(brew --prefix tcl-tk)/lib/pkgconfig"; \
CFLAGS="-I$(brew --prefix gdbm)/include -I$(brew --prefix xz)/include" \
LDFLAGS="-L$(brew --prefix gdbm)/lib -L$(brew --prefix xz)/lib" \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(brew --prefix tcl-tk)/lib/pkgconfig" \
./configure --with-pydebug \
--with-openssl=$(brew --prefix [email protected]) \
--with-openssl="$(brew --prefix [email protected])" \
--with-tcltk-libs="$(pkg-config --libs tcl tk)" \
--with-tcltk-includes="$(pkg-config --cflags tcl tk)"

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