The libgcrypt package contains a general purpose crypto library based on the code used in GnuPG. The library provides a high level interface to cryptographic building blocks using an extendable and flexible API.
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Download (HTTP): https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.11.0.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 321c4975cfd6a496f0530b65a673f9a4
Download size: 4.0 MB
Estimated disk space required: 146 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 0.6 SBU (with documentation; add 0.4 SBU for tests)
Install libgcrypt by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make -C doc html && makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/gcrypt_nochunks.html doc/gcrypt.texi && makeinfo --plaintext -o doc/gcrypt.txt doc/gcrypt.texi
To test the results, issue: make check.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/libgcrypt-1.11.0 &&
install -v -m644 README doc/{README.apichanges,fips*,libgcrypt*} \
/usr/share/doc/libgcrypt-1.11.0 &&
install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/libgcrypt-1.11.0/html &&
install -v -m644 doc/gcrypt.html/* \
/usr/share/doc/libgcrypt-1.11.0/html &&
install -v -m644 doc/gcrypt_nochunks.html \
/usr/share/doc/libgcrypt-1.11.0 &&
install -v -m644 doc/gcrypt.{txt,texi} \
/usr/share/doc/libgcrypt-1.11.0
--with-capabilities: This option
enables libcap2 support. Note that this breaks cryptsetup-2.7.5