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1.1 Getting GNU fcrypt and installation

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.