Robomongo: Windows packages missing OpenSSL libs: ssleay32.dll, libeay32.dll

[stennie]

Apparently Windows users without OpenSSL installed are getting error on missing ssleay32.dll (although this wasn't included in 0.8.4 package).

Related to: #779 #781

[stennie]

Adding ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll to the Windows downloads should fix this issue (thanks @gavruk!).

[gavruk]

You should add this 2 files:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14053604/ssleay32.dll
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14053604/libeay32.dll
to C:\Program Files (x86)\Robomongo
But we need to bundle them into Windows installation package

[stennie]

Yes, I have the correct versions from the OpenSSL-win32 .. which appears to be in cmake search path (from FindOpenSSL.cmake). Not sure why this wasn't needed before (newer SSL?) but will fix.

Thanks for catching!

[azarzycki]

Since this issue is the #1 Google result for "openssl libeay32.dll" and "openssl ssleay32.dll" it should be noted that only OpenSSL < 1.1 ships with these files. Many windows projects (not just robomongo) depend on the these 1.0.x series files, and if you just go for the highest version number available you won't find them.

[aedwards15]

If I may ask @azarzycki : what happened to them, then? What do we use instead?

[azarzycki]

I don't have personal knowledge regarding the motivation for the OpenSSL team to switch to different libraries. There is probably a public discussion about this.

I just wanted to point out that 1.1.x OpenSSL does not include these libraries for the benefit of everyone who might find this page when searching for libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll, even if they are not using Robomongo. There are plenty of other projects that integrate OpenSSL in a similar manner.

According to the OpenSSL site 1.0.x is OpenSSL's LTS release and will be maintained until 2019, so you can still download the latest 1.0.x release for quite some time.

[willkydd]

Managed to fix it! Went to https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html and downloaded Win32 OpenSSL v1.0.2p (no other version worked). Now it all works. I think this library needs to be bundled with the launcher because it doesn't come installed with versions of OpenSSL beyond 1.1.