no package 'OpenSSL ' found [CentOS]

hello,

I have CentOS and i have ran the command yum install openssl and it showed me that its installed and latest version! but I keep getting this message:

configure: error: Package requirements (openssl) were not met:

No package 'openssl' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables OPENSSL_CFLAGS
and OPENSSL_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

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how can i fix this please?
I'm really desperate

 

try yum install openssl*

 

it did not work

 

Do the following before running ./configure :

export PKG_CONGIF_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

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thanks Rosel!
I actually tried that just before, but it resulted in the same error

 

Have you tried uninstalling then reinstalling? What is causing the error?

 

Your repos may be broken. Have you run yum clean all before installing the package? Can you install any others?

 

Get rpmforge and try again. It will work for sure