%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ nettle The nettle package is a low-level cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in many contexts. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &nettle-md5sum; Download size: &nettle-size; Estimated disk space required: &nettle-buildsize; Estimated build time: &nettle-time; User Notes: Install nettle by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install && install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/nettle-&nettle-version; && install -v -m644 nettle.html /usr/share/doc/nettle-&nettle-version; --enable-shared: This switch will ensure that shared, as well as static, libraries will be built. If you have linked the packages which use these libraries (gnutls and glib-networking, perhaps others) to the shared libraries, and ever have to rebuild libnettle to fix a vulnerability, you will not have to recompile those other applications. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories nettle-hash, nettle-lfib-stream, pkcs1-conv, and sexp-conv libhogweed.a and libnettle.a : optionally, libhogweed.so and libnettle.so /usr/include/nettle Short Descriptions nettle-hash calulates a hash value using a specified algorithm. nettle-hash nettle-lfib-stream outputs a sequence of pseudorandom (non-cryptographic) bytes, using Knuth's lagged fibonacci generator. The stream is useful for testing, but should not be used to generate cryptographic keys or anything else that needs real randomness. nettle-lfib-stream pkcs1-conv converts private and public RSA keys from PKCS #1 format to sexp format. pkcs1-conv sexp-conv converts an s-expression to a different encoding. sexp-conv