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1 Copyright (C) 2004-2005 LeafOK
2
3 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
4 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
5
6 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 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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