1. Prerequisites
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You will need working installations of Zlib and OpenSSL.

Zlib:
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/

OpenSSL:
http://www.openssl.org/

OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system
supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux and on Solaris.

PAM:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/

If you wish to build the GNOME passphrase requestor, you will need the GNOME
libraries and headers.

GNOME:
http://www.gnome.org/

If you are planning to use OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a Kernel random
number generator (/dev/urandom), you will need to install the Entropy
Gathering Daemon (or similar). You will also need to specify the 
--with-egd-pool option to ./configure.

EGD:
http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/


2. Building / Installation
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To install OpenSSH with default options:

./configure
make
make install

This will install the OpenSSH binaries in /usr/local/bin, configuration files
in /usr/local/etc, the server in /usr/local/sbin, etc. To specify a different
installation prefix, use the --prefix option to configure:

./configure --prefix=/opt
make
make install

Will install OpenSSH in /opt/{bin,etc,lib,sbin}. You can also override 
specific paths, for example:

./configure --prefix=/opt --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh
make
make install

This will install the binaries in /opt/{bin,lib,sbin}, but will place the
configuration files in /etc/ssh.

There are a few other options to the configure script:

--enable-gnome-askpass will build the GNOME passphrase dialog. You need a 
working installation of GNOME, including the development headers, for this
to work.

--with-random=/some/file allows you to specify an alternate source of 
random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutly 
sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone.

--with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable Entropy Gathering Daemon 
support and to specify a EGD pool socket. You will need to use this if your
Unix does not support the /dev/urandom device (or similar).

--without-askpass will disable X11 password requestor support in ssh-add


3. Configuration
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The runtime configuration files are installed by in ${prefix}/etc or 
whatever you specified as your --sysconfdir (/usr/local/etc by default).

The default configuration should be instantly usable, though you should 
review it to ensure that it matches your security requirements.

To generate a host key, issue the following command: (replacing
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key with an appropriate path)

/usr/bin/ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ''

For more information on configuration, please refer to the manual pages 
for sshd, ssh and ssh-agent.