| 1 | <sect1 id="ch06-inetutils" xreflabel="Inetutils">
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| 2 | <title>Installing Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
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| 3 | <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <screen>Estimated build time: &inetutils-time;
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| 8 | Estimated required disk space: &inetutils-compsize;</screen>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | &aa-inetutils-down;
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| 11 | &aa-inetutils-dep;
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect2>
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| 16 | <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para>We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils.
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| 19 | However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man
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| 20 | pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-no-server-man-pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para>Now prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
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| 27 | --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
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| 28 | --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
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| 29 | --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <itemizedlist>
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| 34 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option
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| 35 | prevents inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
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| 36 | installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-logger</userinput>: This option
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| 39 | prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by
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| 40 | scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
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| 41 | because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
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| 44 | the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
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| 45 | Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
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| 48 | installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
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| 49 | package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
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| 50 | are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
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| 51 | information can be found at
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| 52 | <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
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| 53 | replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
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| 54 | </itemizedlist>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <para>Install it:</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <para>And move the <userinput>ping</userinput> program to its proper place:</para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | </sect2>
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| 69 |
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| 70 | &aa-inetutils-shortdesc;
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| 71 | &aa-inetutils-desc;
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| 72 |
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| 73 | </sect1>
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| 74 |
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