There is no available cipher algorithms in encfs

Question

I'm trying to use encfs algorithm on my linux(ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS). and I have built source codes, and When I use encfs order, I can't see available cipher algorithms.

I can see

mirage@mirage-System-Product-Name:/usr/local/bin$ encfs ~/test ~/test2Creating new encrypted volume.
Please choose from one of the following options:
enter "x" for expert configuration mode,
enter "p" for pre-configured paranoia mode,
anything else, or an empty line will select standard mode.
?> 

Standard configuration selected.
Sorry, unable to locate cipher for predefined configuration...
Falling through to Manual configuration mode.
The following cipher algorithms are available:

Enter the number corresponding to your choice:

and during ./configure, checking for OPENSSL... no so, I guess It's because of OPENSSL. But I don't know How can I solve this problem. Anyone have idea? or Anyone know how to remove older OPENSSL?

Answer 1

I solved this problem. I removed openssl by 'apt-get remove openssl' but, the openssl directory is still remained in /usr/local. so I removed the directory as well. and I built openssl other version. (I don't know if it was version problem or not) and the problem solved. :)

Answer 2

It sounds like you built encfs without openssl. Encfs uses the algorithms built into openssl - you'll have to make sure that openssl is installed on your machine, and that the Encfs build process can correctly find the libraries.

See this thread for someone with the same problem.

You might want to run

apt-get install openssl

before installing encfs.