problems with ./configure for libtorrent on linux
You need to install libboost-system.
If you are using Debian/Ubuntu, use apt-get as follows.
$ apt-get install libboost-system-devYou may also need to install ...
$ apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev
The easiest way to install all the dependencies is with apt-get.
sudo apt-get build-dep python-libtorrent
I know this is a bit old, but to solve your OpenSSL problem you need to install the OpenSSL libraries with sudo apt-get install libssl-dev.