To get the last released stable version of GNU fcrypt see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/fcrypt/#download
If you is interested in GNU fcrypt (eg. new releases, security information or development). You can join to GNU fcrypt maling lists, see
http://www.gnu.org/software/fcrypt/#mail.
Download the tarball and unpack it. This can be
done using GNU tar:
tar xzvf fcrypt-<version number>.tar.gz.
Then go to that directory using:
cd fcrypt-<version number>.
To get the development version of GNU fcrypt, use:
git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/fcrypt.git
Goto to it's directory:
cd fcrypt
Generate the configure file:
sh autogen.sh
Run ./configure && make all. If the command
was been completed, run(as root): make install.
The default directory is /usr/local(because it you, may need install as root). But, you can use the directory you want. Read the file INSTALL(Comes in GNU fcrypt package), for more information.
If all dependencies were found (eg. the configure script finished), but you can not compile. Report this as a bug at bug-fcrypt@gnu.org.
If you is using the GNU/Linux or GNU/Hurd operating systems and all dependencies, are installed and you still can not compile, run or GNU fcrypt not work well. Report this as a bug. But, try the latest released version before, maybe the bug has already been fixed.