| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY avahi-download-http "http://avahi.org/download/avahi-&avahi-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY avahi-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY avahi-md5sum "a83155a6e29e3988f07e5eea3287b21e">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY avahi-size "1.1 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY avahi-buildsize "27 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY avahi-time "0.6 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="avahi" xreflabel="avahi-&avahi-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="avahi.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>avahi-&avahi-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="avahi">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-avahi">avahi</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to avahi</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>avahi</application> package is a system which
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| 33 | facilitates service discovery on a local network.</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | &lfs65_built;
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&avahi-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&avahi-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &avahi-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &avahi-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &avahi-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &avahi-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 60 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Required patch: <ulink
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| 63 | url="&patch-root;/avahi-&avahi-version;-lfs_initscript_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | </itemizedlist>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">avahi Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="intltool"/> and
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| 71 | <xref linkend="glib2"/></para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 74 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="dbus-python"/>,
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| 75 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="libdaemon"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="libglade"/>,
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| 78 | <xref linkend="python"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="pygtk"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="qt"/>, and
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| 81 | <xref linkend="qt4"/></para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 84 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/avahi"/></para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | </sect2>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 89 | <title>Installation of avahi</title>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <para>It is recommended to have a dedicated user and group to take
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| 92 | control of the <command>avahi-daemon</command> daemon after it is
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| 93 | started. Issue the following commands as the
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| 94 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <screen role='root'><userinput>groupadd -fg 84 avahi &&
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| 97 | useradd -c "Avahi Daemon Owner" -d /dev/null -u 84 \
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| 98 | -g avahi -s /bin/false avahi || [ $? == 9 ]</userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para>It is recommended to have a dedicated priviliged access group for
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| 101 | <application>Avahi</application> clients. Issue the following command as
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| 102 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <screen role='root'><userinput>groupadd -fg 86 netdev</userinput></screen>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>Install <application>avahi</application> by running the following
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| 107 | commands:</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../avahi-&avahi-version;-lfs_initscript_fixes-1.patch &&
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| 110 | autoreconf -i -v &&
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| 111 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 112 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 113 | --localstatedir=/var \
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| 114 | --with-distro=lfs \
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| 115 | --disable-qt3 \
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| 116 | --disable-qt4 \
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| 117 | --disable-gtk \
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| 118 | --disable-dbus \
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| 119 | --disable-libdaemon \
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| 120 | --disable-python \
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| 121 | --disable-mono \
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| 122 | --disable-monodoc \
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| 123 | --enable-core-docs &&
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| 124 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | </sect2>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 135 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <para><parameter>--with-distro=lfs</parameter>: This parameter specifies the
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| 138 | LFS distribution to target.</para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para><parameter>--disable-qt3</parameter>: This parameter disables the
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| 141 | building of <application>Qt3</application> mainloop integration.</para>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <para><parameter>--disable-qt4</parameter>: This parameter disables the
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| 144 | building of <application>Qt4Core</application> mainloop integration.</para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para><parameter>--disable-gtk</parameter>: This parameter disables the use
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| 147 | of <application>GTK+</application>.</para>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <para><parameter>--disable-dbus</parameter>: This parameter disables the use
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| 150 | of <application>D-Bus</application>.</para>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para><parameter>--disable-libdaemon</parameter>: This parameter disables
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| 153 | the use of libdaemon.</para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <para><parameter>--disable-python</parameter>: This parameter disables the
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| 156 | scripts that depends on <application>Python</application>.</para>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <para><parameter>--disable-mono</parameter>: This parameter disables the
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| 159 | <application>Mono</application> bindings.</para>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <para><parameter>--disable-monodoc</parameter>: This parameter disables
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| 162 | documentation for the <application>Mono</application> bindings.</para>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <para><parameter>--enable-core-docs</parameter>: This parameter enables the
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| 165 | building of documentation.</para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <para><option>--enable-tests</option>: This option enables the building of
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| 168 | tests and examples.</para>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <para><option>--enable-compat-libdns_sd</option>: This option enables the
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| 171 | compatibility layer for <application>libdns_sd</application>.</para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para><option>--enable-compat-howl</option>: This option enables the
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| 174 | compatibility layer for <application>HOWL</application>.</para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | </sect2>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 179 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <segmentedlist>
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| 182 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 183 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 184 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <seglistitem>
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| 187 | <seg>avahi-autoipd, avahi-bookmarks, avahi-browse, avahi-daemon,
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| 188 | avahi-discover, avahi-discover-standalone, avahi-dnsconfd,
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| 189 | avahi-publish, avahi-resolve, avahi-set-host-name, and bssh</seg>
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| 190 | <seg>libavahi-client.{so,a}, libavahi-common.{so,a},
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| 191 | libavahi-core.{so,a}, libavahi-glib.{so,a}, libavahi-gobject.{so,a}, and
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| 192 | libavahi-ui.{so,a}</seg>
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| 193 | <seg>/etc/avahi/services,/usr/{include/avahi-{client,common,core,glib,
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| 194 | gobject,ui},lib/{avahi,python&python2-majorver;/site-packages/{avahi,avahi_discover}},
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| 195 | share/avahi/{interfaces,introspection}}</seg>
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| 196 | </seglistitem>
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| 197 | </segmentedlist>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <variablelist>
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| 200 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 201 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 202 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <varlistentry id="avahi-autoipd">
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| 205 | <term><command>avahi-autoipd</command></term>
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| 206 | <listitem>
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| 207 | <para>is a IPv4LL network address configuration daemon.</para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-autoipd">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-autoipd">avahi-autoipd</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <varlistentry id="avahi-bookmarks">
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| 215 | <term><command>avahi-bookmarks</command></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>is a Web service showing mDNS/DNS-SD announced HTTP services
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| 218 | using the <application>Avahi</application> daemon.</para>
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| 219 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-bookmarks">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-bookmarks">avahi-bookmarks</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <varlistentry id="avahi-browse">
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| 226 | <term><command>avahi-browse</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>browses for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the
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| 229 | <application>Avahi</application> daemon.</para>
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| 230 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-browse">
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| 231 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-browse">avahi-browse</primary>
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| 232 | </indexterm>
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| 233 | </listitem>
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| 234 | </varlistentry>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <varlistentry id="avahi-daemon">
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| 237 | <term><command>avahi-daemon</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>is the <application>Avahi</application> mDNS/DNS-SD
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| 240 | daemon.</para>
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| 241 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-daemon">
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| 242 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-daemon">avahi-daemon</primary>
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| 243 | </indexterm>
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| 244 | </listitem>
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| 245 | </varlistentry>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <varlistentry id="avahi-discover">
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| 248 | <term><command>avahi-discover</command></term>
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| 249 | <listitem>
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| 250 | <para>browses for mDNS/DNS-SD services using the
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| 251 | <application>Avahi</application> daemon.</para>
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| 252 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-discover">
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| 253 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-discover">avahi-discover</primary>
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| 254 | </indexterm>
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| 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 | </varlistentry>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <varlistentry id="avahi-discover-standalone">
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| 259 | <term><command>avahi-discover-standalone</command></term>
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| 260 | <listitem>
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| 261 | <para>does this .....</para>
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| 262 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-discover-standalone">
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| 263 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-discover-standalone">avahi-discover-standalone</primary>
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| 264 | </indexterm>
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| 265 | </listitem>
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| 266 | </varlistentry>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <varlistentry id="avahi-dnsconfd">
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| 269 | <term><command>avahi-dnsconfd</command></term>
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| 270 | <listitem>
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| 271 | <para>is a Unicast DNS server from mDNS/DNS-SD configuration
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| 272 | daemon.</para>
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| 273 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-dnsconfd">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-dnsconfd">avahi-dnsconfd</primary>
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| 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="avahi-publish">
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| 280 | <term><command>avahi-publish</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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| 282 | <para>registers a mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping
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| 283 | using the <application>Avahi</application> daemon.</para>
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| 284 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-publish">
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| 285 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-publish">avahi-publish</primary>
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| 286 | </indexterm>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 | </varlistentry>
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| 289 |
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| 290 | <varlistentry id="avahi-resolve">
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| 291 | <term><command>avahi-resolve</command></term>
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| 292 | <listitem>
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| 293 | <para>resolves one or more mDNS/DNS host name(s) to IP address(es)
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| 294 | (and vice versa) using the <application>Avahi</application>
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| 295 | daemon.</para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-resolve">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-resolve">avahi-resolve</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <varlistentry id="avahi-set-host-name">
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| 303 | <term><command>avahi-set-host-name</command></term>
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| 304 | <listitem>
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| 305 | <para>changes the mDNS host name.</para>
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| 306 | <indexterm zone="avahi avahi-set-host-name">
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| 307 | <primary sortas="b-avahi-set-host-name">avahi-set-host-name</primary>
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| 308 | </indexterm>
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| 309 | </listitem>
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| 310 | </varlistentry>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <varlistentry id="bssh">
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| 313 | <term><command>bssh</command></term>
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| 314 | <listitem>
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| 315 | <para>browses for SSH/VNC servers on the local network.</para>
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| 316 | <indexterm zone="avahi bssh">
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| 317 | <primary sortas="b-bssh">bssh</primary>
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| 318 | </indexterm>
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| 319 | </listitem>
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| 320 | </varlistentry>
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| 321 |
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <!--<varlistentry id="libavahi-client">
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| 324 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavahi-client.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 325 | <listitem>
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| 326 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="avahi libavahi-client">
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| 328 | <primary sortas="c-libavahi-client">libavahi-client.{so,a}</primary>
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| 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="libavahi-common">
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| 334 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavahi-common.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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| 336 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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| 337 | <indexterm zone="avahi libavahi-common">
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| 338 | <primary sortas="c-libavahi-common">libavahi-common.{so,a}</primary>
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| 339 | </indexterm>
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| 340 | </listitem>
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| 341 | </varlistentry>
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| 342 |
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| 343 | <varlistentry id="libavahi-core">
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| 344 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavahi-core.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 345 | <listitem>
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| 346 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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| 347 | <indexterm zone="avahi libavahi-core">
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| 348 | <primary sortas="c-libavahi-core">libavahi-core.{so,a}</primary>
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| 349 | </indexterm>
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| 350 | </listitem>
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| 351 | </varlistentry>
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| 352 |
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| 353 | <varlistentry id="libavahi-glib">
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| 354 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavahi-glib.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 355 | <listitem>
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| 356 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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| 357 | <indexterm zone="avahi libavahi-glib">
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| 358 | <primary sortas="c-libavahi-glib">libavahi-glib.{so,a}</primary>
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| 359 | </indexterm>
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| 360 | </listitem>
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| 361 | </varlistentry>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | <varlistentry id="libavahi-gobject">
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| 364 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavahi-gobject.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 365 | <listitem>
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| 366 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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| 367 | <indexterm zone="avahi libavahi-gobject">
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| 368 | <primary sortas="c-libavahi-gobject">libavahi-gobject.{so,a}</primary>
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| 369 | </indexterm>
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| 370 | </listitem>
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| 371 | </varlistentry>
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| 372 |
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| 373 | <varlistentry id="libavahi-ui">
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| 374 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libavahi-ui.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 375 | <listitem>
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| 376 | <para>contains functions that .....</para>
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| 377 | <indexterm zone="avahi libavahi-ui">
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| 378 | <primary sortas="c-libavahi-ui">libavahi-ui.{so,a}</primary>
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| 379 | </indexterm>
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| 380 | </listitem>
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| 381 | </varlistentry>-->
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| 382 |
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| 383 | </variablelist>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | </sect2>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | </sect1>
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