-lssl problem on debian sprac 64-bit

Hello All,

I'm trying to install some software on Debian (Squeeze) for Sparc 64-bit.

I have the following installed:

#> dpkg --get-selections | egrep -i -e 'ssl|tls'

libcurl3-gnutls install

libcurl4-gnutls-dev install

libgnutls-dev install

libgnutls26 install

libssl-dev install

libssl0.9.8 install

openssl install

but during 'make', I keep getting an error message that libssl can't be found. During the 'configure' script for this software, it was told to build for a 64-bit platform using the following:

#> CFLAGS=-m64 CXXFLAGS=-m64 LDFLAGS=-m64 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib64 ./configure

But the following is still observed in config.log

[...snip...]

configure:20961: WARNING: OpenSSL crypto library was not found

configure:20966: checking for TLSv1_method in -lssl

configure:20991: gcc -o conftest -m64 -m64 conftest.c -lssl -lncurses -m64 >&5

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/sparc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../lib64/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /lib/../lib64/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/../lib64/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/sparc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/sparc-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../libssl.a when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /lib64/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libssl.so when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libssl.a when searching for -lssl

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lssl

| #define HAVE_OPENSSL_TLS1_H 1

configure:21011: WARNING: OpenSSL protocol library was not found

| #define HAVE_OPENSSL_TLS1_H 1

ac_cv_header_openssl_tls1_h=yes

ac_cv_lib_ssl_TLSv1_method=no

HAVE_LIBWWW_SSL_DEFINE='0'

openssl_CFLAGS=''

openssl_LIBS=''

#define HAVE_OPENSSL_TLS1_H 1

So it finds the SSL libs but thinks they're incompatible, I'm guessing because of them being 32-Bit libs? I tried creating symlinks in /lib64 and /usr/lib64 but it still rejects them

How do I fix this? Do I need to download the source for openssl and compile it for my platform?

Thanks so much