The latest version of gengetopt is two years old, so it hardly makes
sense to talk about a "recent version".
Also link to the gengetopt web page rather than to the FTP server.
some directory that is included in your PATH, e.g. to $HOME/bin or to
/usr/local/bin.
-Note that you'll likely need a recent version of
-ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gengetopt/ (gnu gengetopt) to compile dss.
+Note that https://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt/gengetopt.html (gnu gengetopt)
+is required to compile dss.
Optionally, type