# Building From Source on Ubuntu 16.04 - OpenSSL

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/building-from-source-on-ubuntu-16-04-openssl/1129>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** build\
**Created:** [September 26, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/building-from-source-on-ubuntu-16-04-openssl/1129 "2017-09-26T23:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/building-from-source-on-ubuntu-16-04-openssl/1129/2 "2017-09-27T00:04:51Z")

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As described in Slicer build instructors, you need to build Qt with OpenSSL support, or build Slicer with OpenSSL disabled.

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