libsodium-1.0.21

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# libsodium-1.0.21

## Introduction to libsodium

The libsodium package provides a cryptography library and is API compatible with NaCl, its predecessor.

- Download: http://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/download/1.0.21-RELEASE/libsodium-1.0.21.tar.gz

## Installation of libsodium

Install libsodium by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
    make

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Command Explanations

`--disable-static`: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

## Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libsodium
Installed Directories: /usr/include/sodium

### Short Descriptions

`libsodium` | contains cryptographic functions

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