libdes-l is a cut down version of libdes.

It contains just

des_set_key()
des_ecb_encrypt()
des_cbc_encrypt()
des_ncbc_encrypt()
des_ede3_cbc_encrypt()
crypt()
des_encrypt()
des_encrypt2()
des_encrypt3()

It has targets like x86-elf.  So for linux a build would be
make x86-elf

eric