I have tried dozens of variations of KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS.
I have openssl@3 installed from homebrew.
I removed and re-installed it, and no dice.
MacOS Sequoia. 15.3.2
Here is the latest log:
$ KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--without-javac --with-ssl=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)" asdf install erlang 27.2.4
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: fop is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install fop'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: unixodbc is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install unixodbc'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: openjdk is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install openjdk'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: wxmac is optional and not installed. You can install it using 'brew install --build-from-source wxmac'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Note: wxmac is required for building Erlang/OTP with a working :observer
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added unixodbc to KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: --with-odbc=/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 No CC found. Setting CC to: /usr/bin/clang -I/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added /opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/lib to LDFLAGS env var
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 OpenJDK has been added to PATH for this terminal session: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin
[asdf-erlang] Please ensure this is included in your shell's dot files (.zshrc, .bashrc, etc.)
[asdf-erlang] 📦 Building with KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=--without-javac --with-ssl=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3 --with-odbc=/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc
[asdf-erlang] ❄️ No kerl installation to cleanup for asdf_27.2.4
[asdf-erlang] ❄️ No kerl build to cleanup for asdf_27.2.4
Extracting source code for normal build...
Building (normal) Erlang/OTP 27.2.4 (asdf_27.2.4); please wait...
Initializing (build) log file at /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_build_27.2.4.log.
ERROR: configure failed.
checking for linker flags for loadable drivers... -m64 -bundle -bundle_loader /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_src_27.2.4/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin24.3.0/beam.smp
checking for 'runtime library path' linker flag... not found
checking for multiarch directory... not found
checking size of void *... (cached) 8
checking for static zlib... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/clang -I/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include -E
checking for egrep -e... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for OpenSSL header in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3... yes
checking for OpenSSL in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3... configure: error: neither static nor dynamic crypto library found in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3
ERROR: /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_src_27.2.4/lib/crypto/configure failed!
Please see /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_build_27.2.4.log for full details.
Auto cleaning all artifacts except the log file...
(use KERL_AUTOCLEAN=0 to keep build on failure, if desired)
Cleaning up compilation products for 'asdf_27.2.4' under:
- /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds...
- /Users/johnny/.asdf/downloads/erlang/27.2.4...
... done.
$ KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--without-javac" asdf install erlang 27.2.4
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: fop is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install fop'.
[asdf-erlang] ⚠️ Warning: openjdk is optional and not installed. Please install it using 'brew install openjdk'.
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added unixodbc to KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: --with-odbc=/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 No CC found. Setting CC to: /usr/bin/clang -I/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added /opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/lib to LDFLAGS env var
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 Added openssl to KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: --with-ssl=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3
[asdf-erlang] 🛟 OpenJDK has been added to PATH for this terminal session: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin
[asdf-erlang] Please ensure this is included in your shell's dot files (.zshrc, .bashrc, etc.)
[asdf-erlang] 📦 Building with KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=--without-javac --with-odbc=/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc --with-ssl=/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3
[asdf-erlang] ❄️ No kerl installation to cleanup for asdf_27.2.4
[asdf-erlang] ❄️ No kerl build to cleanup for asdf_27.2.4
Extracting source code for normal build...
Building (normal) Erlang/OTP 27.2.4 (asdf_27.2.4); please wait...
Initializing (build) log file at /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_build_27.2.4.log.
ERROR: configure failed.
checking for linker flags for loadable drivers... -m64 -bundle -bundle_loader /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_src_27.2.4/bin/x86_64-apple-darwin24.3.0/beam.smp
checking for 'runtime library path' linker flag... not found
checking for multiarch directory... not found
checking size of void *... (cached) 8
checking for static zlib... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /usr/bin/clang -I/opt/homebrew/opt/unixodbc/include -E
checking for egrep -e... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for OpenSSL header in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3... yes
checking for OpenSSL in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3... configure: error: neither static nor dynamic crypto library found in /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@3
ERROR: /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_src_27.2.4/lib/crypto/configure failed!
Please see /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_27.2.4/otp_build_27.2.4.log for full details.
Auto cleaning all artifacts except the log file...
(use KERL_AUTOCLEAN=0 to keep build on failure, if desired)
Cleaning up compilation products for 'asdf_27.2.4' under:
- /Users/johnny/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds...
- /Users/johnny/.asdf/downloads/erlang/27.2.4...
... done.
Is your mac with a M chip?(ARM architecture) If yes, check that your terminal is not using rosetta, that can be potentially a problem as you might have a mismatch between the architecture of binaries.
I’ve just built successfully the version you mentioned on my air m1, without any custom kerl flags, it just works.
It might be some linking error, check the /opt/homebrew/opt/ folder for presence of openssl@3, it might be possible that you have openssl@3.3 or something like that, I have multiple 3.x versions present there.
Also ensure that the following folders are present inside of openssl installation: bin, share, include, lib.
PS: To rule out any other potential errors, you can actually disable building of OTP libraries that require openssl by passing the flag --without-ssl, if that works then the problem is strictly related to openssl linking.
