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1 sysadm 1.2 Copyright (C) 2004-2005 LeafOK
2 sysadm 1.1
3     This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
4     unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
5    
6 sysadm 1.2 System Requirement
7     ==================
8    
9     Operation System: Linux
10    
11     Software:
12     1) GNU C Compiler
13     2) PHP ( Version >= 4.2 )
14     3) MySQL database ( Version >= 4.0 )
15    
16     Quick Installation
17     ==================
18    
19     To install LBBS quickly, please do the following steps:
20    
21     1) Extract the source files from a tarball or export from CVS
22    
23     2) Compile source files
24     ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/lbbs
25     make
26    
27     3) Install binary files and data files
28     make install
29    
30     4) Create user and group
31     groupadd bbs
32     useradd bbs
33    
34     5) Set privileges of files
35     cd /usr/local/lbbs
36     chown bbs:bbs -R lbbs
37     chmod 750 -R lbbs
38     chmod 4750 lbbs/bin/bbsd
39    
40     6) Modify following configuration files
41     /usr/local/lbbs/conf/bbsd.conf
42     /usr/local/lbbs/utils/conf/db_conn.inc.php
43    
44     7) Startup
45     /usr/local/lbbs/bin/bbsd
46    
47    
48 sysadm 1.1 Basic Installation
49     ==================
50    
51     These are generic installation instructions.
52    
53     The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
54     various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
55     those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
56     It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
57     definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
58     you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, and a
59     file `config.log' containing compiler output (useful mainly for
60     debugging `configure').
61    
62     It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
63     and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
64     the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring. (Caching is
65     disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
66     cache files.)
67    
68     If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
69     to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
70     diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
71     be considered for the next release. If you are using the cache, and at
72     some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
73     may remove or edit it.
74    
75     The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
76     `configure' by a program called `autoconf'. You only need
77     `configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
78     a newer version of `autoconf'.
79    
80     The simplest way to compile this package is:
81    
82     1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
83     `./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
84     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
85     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
86     `configure' itself.
87    
88     Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some
89     messages telling which features it is checking for.
90    
91     2. Type `make' to compile the package.
92    
93     3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
94     the package.
95    
96     4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
97     documentation.
98    
99     5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
100     source code directory by typing `make clean'. To also remove the
101     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
102     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'. There is
103     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
104     for the package's developers. If you use it, you may have to get
105     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
106     with the distribution.
107    
108     Compilers and Options
109     =====================
110    
111     Some systems require unusual options for compilation or linking that
112     the `configure' script does not know about. Run `./configure --help'
113     for details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
114    
115     You can give `configure' initial values for configuration parameters
116     by setting variables in the command line or in the environment. Here
117     is an example:
118    
119     ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
120    
121     *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
122    
123     Compiling For Multiple Architectures
124     ====================================
125    
126     You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
127     same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
128     own directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
129     supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the
130     directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
131     the `configure' script. `configure' automatically checks for the
132     source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
133    
134     If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
135     variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
136     time in the source code directory. After you have installed the
137     package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
138     for another architecture.
139    
140     Installation Names
141     ==================
142    
143     By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
144     `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
145     installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
146     option `--prefix=PATH'.
147    
148     You can specify separate installation prefixes for
149     architecture-specific files and architecture-independent files. If you
150     give `configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use
151     PATH as the prefix for installing programs and libraries.
152     Documentation and other data files will still use the regular prefix.
153    
154     In addition, if you use an unusual directory layout you can give
155     options like `--bindir=PATH' to specify different values for particular
156     kinds of files. Run `configure --help' for a list of the directories
157     you can set and what kinds of files go in them.
158    
159     If the package supports it, you can cause programs to be installed
160     with an extra prefix or suffix on their names by giving `configure' the
161     option `--program-prefix=PREFIX' or `--program-suffix=SUFFIX'.
162    
163     Optional Features
164     =================
165    
166     Some packages pay attention to `--enable-FEATURE' options to
167     `configure', where FEATURE indicates an optional part of the package.
168     They may also pay attention to `--with-PACKAGE' options, where PACKAGE
169     is something like `gnu-as' or `x' (for the X Window System). The
170     `README' should mention any `--enable-' and `--with-' options that the
171     package recognizes.
172    
173     For packages that use the X Window System, `configure' can usually
174     find the X include and library files automatically, but if it doesn't,
175     you can use the `configure' options `--x-includes=DIR' and
176     `--x-libraries=DIR' to specify their locations.
177    
178     Specifying the System Type
179     ==========================
180    
181     There may be some features `configure' cannot figure out
182     automatically, but needs to determine by the type of machine the package
183     will run on. Usually, assuming the package is built to be run on the
184     _same_ architectures, `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints
185     a message saying it cannot guess the machine type, give it the
186     `--build=TYPE' option. TYPE can either be a short name for the system
187     type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name which has the form:
188    
189     CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM
190    
191     where SYSTEM can have one of these forms:
192    
193     OS KERNEL-OS
194    
195     See the file `config.sub' for the possible values of each field. If
196     `config.sub' isn't included in this package, then this package doesn't
197     need to know the machine type.
198    
199     If you are _building_ compiler tools for cross-compiling, you should
200     use the `--target=TYPE' option to select the type of system they will
201     produce code for.
202    
203     If you want to _use_ a cross compiler, that generates code for a
204     platform different from the build platform, you should specify the
205     "host" platform (i.e., that on which the generated programs will
206     eventually be run) with `--host=TYPE'.
207    
208     Sharing Defaults
209     ================
210    
211     If you want to set default values for `configure' scripts to share,
212     you can create a site shell script called `config.site' that gives
213     default values for variables like `CC', `cache_file', and `prefix'.
214     `configure' looks for `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
215     `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists. Or, you can set the
216     `CONFIG_SITE' environment variable to the location of the site script.
217     A warning: not all `configure' scripts look for a site script.
218    
219     Defining Variables
220     ==================
221    
222     Variables not defined in a site shell script can be set in the
223     environment passed to `configure'. However, some packages may run
224     configure again during the build, and the customized values of these
225     variables may be lost. In order to avoid this problem, you should set
226     them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'. For example:
227    
228     ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
229    
230     will cause the specified gcc to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
231     overridden in the site shell script).
232    
233     `configure' Invocation
234     ======================
235    
236     `configure' recognizes the following options to control how it
237     operates.
238    
239     `--help'
240     `-h'
241     Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
242    
243     `--version'
244     `-V'
245     Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
246     script, and exit.
247    
248     `--cache-file=FILE'
249     Enable the cache: use and save the results of the tests in FILE,
250     traditionally `config.cache'. FILE defaults to `/dev/null' to
251     disable caching.
252    
253     `--config-cache'
254     `-C'
255     Alias for `--cache-file=config.cache'.
256    
257     `--quiet'
258     `--silent'
259     `-q'
260     Do not print messages saying which checks are being made. To
261     suppress all normal output, redirect it to `/dev/null' (any error
262     messages will still be shown).
263    
264     `--srcdir=DIR'
265     Look for the package's source code in directory DIR. Usually
266     `configure' can determine that directory automatically.
267    
268     `configure' also accepts some other, not widely useful, options. Run
269     `configure --help' for more details.
270    

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