CryptoppDebian
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How to get crypto++ working on Debian Sid/Unstable (from deb package):
Simply run this two commands
apt-get update apt-get install libcrypto++-dev
You needed previously to add a link, hoppefully, the bug is now fixed
How to get crypto++ working on Debian Sarge/Testing and Woody/Stable (from deb package):
Get libcrypto++ backport package to Sarge and Woody (thanks, thermoman) by adding this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://debian.thermoman.de/ woody libcrypto++
Then run
apt-get update apt-get install libcrypto++5.1 libcrypto++-dev
After installing, make a symbolic link in /usr/include/crypto++ from cryptopp_config.h to config.h in the same directory:
ln -s /usr/include/crypto++/cryptopp_config.h /usr/include/crypto++/config.h
NOTE: You have to link the files because of a bug in Debian libcrypto++ package
How to get crypto++ working on Debian Sarge/Testing (from Debian sources):
Get libcrypto++ sources from Sid
Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb-src http://ftp.yourcountrytld.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
and run
apt-get update
apt-get source -b libcrypto++
or
apt-get source libcrypto++, cd libcrypto++-5.1, dpkg-buildpackage -b -B -uc
After installing (dpkg -i libcrypto++5.1.deb), make a symbolic link in /usr/include/crypto++ from cryptopp_config.h to config.h in the same directory:
ln -s /usr/include/crypto++/cryptopp_config.h /usr/include/crypto++/config.h
NOTE: you have to link the files because of a bug in Debian libcrypto++ package
Self-compiling Crypto++
You could compile libcrypto yourself too. Take a look at our compilation howto.
Hasty installation
Please note that this installation method has the disadvantage that the crypto++ packages wont be updated automatically along with the rest of your system!
