Workaround to Install libssl-dev on Backtrack 5 R2

On your Linux machine, in a Terminal window, execute this command:

apt-get install libssl-dev

If it fails to install, and gives you this error message:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libssl-dev: Depends: libssl0.9.8 (= 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.6) but 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.8 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

Execute these commands to get libssl-dev:

wget http://mirror.omadata.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.8_i386.deb dpkg -i libssl-dev_0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.8_i386.deb
apt-get install libssl-dev

Source

http://www.ethicalhack3r.co.uk/security/setting-up-tor-on-backtrack/

Posted 6-15-12 by Sam Bowne