build unbound 1.4.21 on ubuntu 12.04 64bit

Here are trial and error logs when compiling unbound 1.4.21 on ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

# tail -1 /etc/lsb-release ;uname –ri DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS" 3.2.0-54-virtual x86_64

# apt-get install -y build-essential

# tar xzvf unbound-latest.tar.gz # cd unbound-1.4.21/ # ./configure checking for SSL... configure: error: Cannot find the SSL libraries in /usr/local/ssl /usr/lib/ssl /usr/ssl /usr/pkg /usr/local /opt/local /usr/sfw /usr # apt-get install libssl-dev # ./configure checking if openssl supports SHA2 and ECDSA with EVP... yes checking for libexpat... configure: error: Could not find libexpat, expat.h # apt-get install libexpat1 libexpat1-dev –y # ./configure configure: error: No ldns library found, install the ldns library into system lib dir or use --with-ldns=path to other location.  The --with-ldns can point to the make-dir of ldns.  Install the package ldns or download source http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns

build ldns

# wget http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/ldns/ldns-1.6.16.tar.gz # tar xzvf ldns-1.6.16.tar.gz # cd ldns-1.6.16 # ./configure # make # make install # ldconfig # updatedb # locate ldns | grep "/usr/local/lib" /usr/local/lib/libldns.a /usr/local/lib/libldns.la /usr/local/lib/libldns.so /usr/local/lib/libldns.so.1 /usr/local/lib/libldns.so.1.6.16

build unbound again

# cd unbound-1.4.21/ # ./configure --with-ldns=/usr/local/lib # make # make install # /usr/local/sbin/unbound --h Version 1.4.21 linked libs: mini-event internal (it uses select), ldns 1.6.16, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012 linked modules: validator iterator configured for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu on Wed Oct  2 08:16:33 UTC 2013 with options: '--with-ldns=/usr/local/lib' BSD licensed, see LICENSE in source package for details. Report bugs to unbound-bugs@nlnetlabs.nl #

edit unbound.conf

# grep control-enable /usr/local/etc/unbound/unbound.conf        # control-enable: no         control-enable: yes

# /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control-setup # /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control start [1380702084] unbound[22687:0] fatal error: user 'unbound' does not exist. # useradd unbound -s /bin/false # /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control start # /usr/local/sbin/unbound-control status version: 1.4.21 verbosity: 1 threads: 1 modules: 2 [ validator iterator ] uptime: 4 seconds unbound (pid 22892) is running... # dig @127.1 www.google.com +short 173.194.38.112 173.194.38.116 173.194.38.114 173.194.38.113