IS_DEBIAN = $(shell uname -a 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -i -c "debian|ubuntu|mint")
...

# https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage
ifeq ($(IS_DEBIAN),1)
  DEBUG_SYM_DIR = /usr/lib/debug/cryptopp
  DEBUG_SRC_DIR = /usr/src/debug/cryptopp
endif
...

symbol symbols:
    $(MKDIR) -p $(DEBUG_SYM_DIR) $(DEBUG_SRC_DIR)
    -objcopy --only-keep-debug cryptest.exe cryptest.exe.debug
    -objcopy --only-keep-debug libcryptopp.so libcryptopp.so.debug
    -strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded cryptest.exe
    -strip --strip-debug --strip-unneeded libcryptopp.so
    -$(CP) cryptest.exe.debug $(DEBUG_SYM_DIR)/
    -$(CP) libcryptopp.so.debug $(DEBUG_SYM_DIR)/
    -objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=$(DEBUG_SYM_DIR)/cryptest.exe.debug cryptest.exe
    -objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=$(DEBUG_SYM_DIR)/libcryptopp.so.debug libcryptopp.so
    -$(CP) *.h *.cpp $(DEBUG_SRC_DIR)/

cd cryptopp
make static dynamic test
sudo make symbols
sudo make install