| 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 2 |
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| 3 | <sect2>
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| 4 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <para>Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
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| 9 | --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
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| 10 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
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| 11 | --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <itemizedlist>
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| 16 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option
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| 17 | prevents inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
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| 18 | installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-logger</userinput>: This option
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| 21 | prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by
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| 22 | scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
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| 23 | because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
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| 26 | the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
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| 27 | Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
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| 30 | installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
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| 31 | package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
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| 32 | are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
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| 33 | information can be found at
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| 34 | <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
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| 35 | replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
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| 36 | </itemizedlist>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <para>Install it:</para>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para>And move the <userinput>ping</userinput> program to its proper place:</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | </sect2>
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| 51 |
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