checking for OpenSSL version >= 0.9.8a... FAILED open ssl apache http-server Mac OS X El Capitan

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I've been trying to install apache http server on my mac Machine, the thing is I want to enable ssl feature in it so I add more param inside the ./configure syntax which was

./configure --prefix=path --enable-ssl

But then it was stopped and giving me this error

checking for OpenSSL... checking for user-provided OpenSSL base directory... none checking for OpenSSL version >= 0.9.8a... FAILED configure: WARNING: OpenSSL version is too old no checking whether to enable mod_ssl... configure: error: mod_ssl has been requested but can not be built due to prerequisite failures

First I thought I need to upgrade the openssl on mac then I update it and check using this openssl version -a and it giving me this result

OpenSSL 1.0.2j 26 Sep 2016 built on: reproducible build, date unspecified platform: darwin64-x86_64-cc options: bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) idea(int) blowfish(idx) compiler: clang -I. -I.. -I../include -fPIC -fno-common -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB_SHARED -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch x86_64 -O3 -DL_ENDIAN -Wall -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DBSAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM OPENSSLDIR: "/usr/local/etc/openssl"

but when I retry the ./configure it still giving me the above error.. any idea what is actually happening ?

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Related... How to update Openssl within an Apache Server? and How to upgrade openssl 0.9.8 to 1.0.2 with mod_ssl in Apache 2.2.9? – jww
if you see I already update my openssl version the thing is I think the ./configure doesn't notice the changes @jww – Eka Rudianto
If you check the second cited question, you will see the same problem. If you check its answer, then you will probably solve your problem. – jww
I followed your second link, and I think it still gives me the error :( strange I already point the openssl prefix with the new one using --with-ssl @jww – Eka Rudianto
Perhaps you can try undefined reference SSLv2_client_method. – jww

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Turns out I already installed it it's just that MAC is pointing to the old version which was located on 

/usr/bin/openssl

There are two workaround but first I need to install the new version first, I use home brew by running

brew install openssl

After that either you want to symlink the old version with the new one (but I did a backup first!)

ln -s /usr/bin/openssl path_to_the_new_version

OR, create it on /usr/local/bin because MAC will prioritize the app from /usr/local first