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1 Installation
2 ==================
3 To install LBBS, please perform the following steps:
4
5 0) Prerequisite
6 Follow README.md under [leafok_bbs](https://github.com/leafok88/leafok_bbs) to initialize the database structure shared by both web version and telnet version.
7 It is highly recommended to finish the configuration steps of web version first and make sure those features could work properly.
8
9 1) Common requirements
10 gcc >= 14.2.0
11 autoconf >= 2.68
12 automake >= 1.16
13 libssh >= 0.11.1
14 PHP >= 8.2
15 MySQL >= 8.4
16
17 2) Extract the source files from a tarball or export from GitHub
18 Run the following command to set up the autoconf/automake environment,
19 sh ./autogen.sh
20
21 3) Compile source files
22 export LBBS_HOME_DIR=/usr/local/lbbs
23 ./configure --prefix=$LBBS_HOME_DIR
24 make
25
26 4) Create user and group
27 sudo useradd bbs
28
29 5) Install binary files and data files
30 sudo make install
31 chown -R bbs:bbs $LBBS_HOME_DIR
32
33 6) Modify following configuration files
34 Default configuration files is saved as *.default, you should rename them first.
35 $LBBS_HOME_DIR/conf/bbsd.conf
36 $LBBS_HOME_DIR/conf/badwords.conf
37 $LBBS_HOME_DIR/utils/conf/db_conn.conf.php
38
39 7) Generate menu configuration file with section data by running the script
40 sudo -u bbs php $LBBS_HOME_DIR/utils/bin/gen_section_menu.php
41 sudo -u bbs php $LBBS_HOME_DIR/utils/bin/gen_ex_list.php
42
43 8) Create SSH2 RSA certificate
44 ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "Your Server Name" -f $LBBS_HOME_DIR/conf/ssh_host_rsa_key
45
46 9) Startup
47 sudo -u bbs $LBBS_HOME_DIR/bin/bbsd
48
49 10) Set up systemd
50 Create your own /usr/lib/systemd/system/lbbs.service from the sample at conf/lbbs.service.default, and make any change if necessary.
51 Reload daemon config and start the service.
52
53 11) Cleanup on abnormal service termination
54 In case of any unexpected failure or improper operation which results in abnormal termination of lbbs process, manual cleanup of shared memory / semaphore might be required before re-launch the process. Run the following command to check first:
55 sudo -u bbs ipcs
56 There should be no item owned by bbs. Otherwise, run the following command to cleanup:
57 sudo -u bbs ipcrm -a

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