Build fails: undefined reference to EVP_PKEY_base_id

[kevcrumb]

# make
make -C i2pd mk_obj_dir libi2pd.a
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/kevcrumb/github/i2pd-tools/i2pd'
make[1]: 'libi2pd.a' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/kevcrumb/github/i2pd-tools/i2pd'
g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -O2 -g -DOPENSSL_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED -Ii2pd/libi2pd -Ii2pd/libi2pd_client -c -o vain.o vain.cpp
g++ -o vain  vain.o i2pd/libi2pd.a -lboost_system -lboost_date_time -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options -lssl -lcrypto -lz  -lrt -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: i2pd/libi2pd.a(FS.o): in function `boost::filesystem::directory_entry::status() const':
/usr/include/boost/filesystem/directory.hpp:150:(.text._ZNK5boost10filesystem15directory_entry6statusEv[_ZNK5boost10filesystem15directory_entry6statusEv]+0x33): undefined reference to `boost::filesystem::directory_entry::get_status(boost::system::error_code*) const'
/usr/bin/ld: i2pd/libi2pd.a(Family.o): in function `i2p::data::Families::LoadCertificate(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&)':
/home/kevcrumb/github/i2pd-tools/i2pd/libi2pd/Family.cpp:52:(.text+0x1b8): undefined reference to `EVP_PKEY_base_id'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:50: vain] Error 1


# i2pd --version
i2pd version 2.50.2 (0.9.61)
Boost version 1.83.0
OpenSSL 3.1.4 24 Oct 2023

Void Linux musl

[wipedlifepotato]

Hello. what is your libcrypto version? Also libssl. Or say ur lsb_release -a
Also its actually if download (pull/clone) latest state of project?

[kevcrumb]

Hello
Currently:

make -C i2pd mk_obj_dir libi2pd.a
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/kevcrumb/github/i2pd-tools/i2pd'
make[1]: 'libi2pd.a' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/kevcrumb/github/i2pd-tools/i2pd'
g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -O2 -g -DOPENSSL_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED -Ii2pd/libi2pd -Ii2pd/libi2pd_client -c -o vain.o vain.cpp
vain.cpp: In function 'int main(int, char**)':
vain.cpp:301:33: error: too few arguments to function 'void i2p::crypto::InitCrypto(bool, bool, bool, bool)'
  301 |         i2p::crypto::InitCrypto (PRECOMPUTATION_CRYPTO);
      |         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from vanity.hpp:6,
                 from vain.cpp:1:
i2pd/libi2pd/Crypto.h:310:14: note: declared here
  310 |         void InitCrypto (bool precomputation, bool aesni, bool avx, bool force);
      |              ^~~~~~~~~~
make: *** [Makefile:98: vain.o] Error 1

libcrypto1.1, libssl1.1

# lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    1.0
Distributor ID: VoidLinux
Description:    Void Linux
Release:        rolling
Codename:       void

[wipedlifepotato]

#97 (comment)
Do you tried:

git pull
git submodule update --init --recursive
``` ?

[wipedlifepotato]

also libcrypto is very old in your system

[wipedlifepotato]

Your libcrypto version (1.1) is quite old — OpenSSL 1.1 is no longer supported.
You might need to upgrade to OpenSSL 3.x to build successfully.

[wipedlifepotato]

You can build it from source and then install it with make install.

[wipedlifepotato]

files.zip for debian

[orignal]

i2pd version 2.50.2

Too old

[kevcrumb]

Looks better now after updating submodule and with libssl3-3.5.4_1 and libcrypto3-3.5.4_1

Also:

i2pd version 2.57.0 (0.9.66)
Boost version 1.89.0
OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025

Now:

g++ -Wall -std=c++17 -O2 -g -DOPENSSL_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED -Ii2pd/libi2pd -Ii2pd/libi2pd_client -c -o vain.o vain.cpp
g++ -o vain  vain.o i2pd/libi2pd.a -lboost_system -lboost_program_options -lssl -lcrypto -lz  -lrt -lpthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:50: vain] Error 1

Checked for a package, but there doesn't seem to be anything named libboost_system.

[orignal]

It has been removed in the newer version of boost. Link without it.

[kevcrumb]

It looks good now. Some version tag on a recent commit would allow us to package i2pd-tools (#73)