| 1 | <sect1 id="ch-system-psmisc" xreflabel="Psmisc">
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| 2 | <title>Installing Psmisc-&psmisc-version;</title>
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| 3 | <?dbhtml filename="psmisc.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information on
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| 6 | processes.</para>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <screen>&buildtime; &psmisc-time;
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| 9 | &diskspace; &psmisc-compsize;</screen>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | &aa-psmisc-down;
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| 12 | &aa-psmisc-dep;
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect2>
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| 17 | <title>Installation of Psmisc</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>Prepare Psmisc for compilation:</para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/</userinput></screen>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <itemizedlist>
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| 26 | <listitem><para><userinput>--exec-prefix=/</userinput>: This causes the
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| 27 | binaries to be installed in <filename>/bin</filename> and not in
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| 28 | <filename>/usr/bin</filename>. As the Psmisc programs are often used in
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| 29 | bootscripts, they should be available also when the <filename>/usr</filename>
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| 30 | file system isn't mounted.</para></listitem>
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| 31 | </itemizedlist>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>And install it:</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para>There is no reason for the <filename>pstree</filename> and
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| 42 | <filename>pstree.x11</filename> programs to reside in
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| 43 | <filename class="directory">/bin</filename>. We therefore move them to
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| 44 | <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. Also, there is no need
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| 45 | for <filename>pstree.x11</filename> to exist as a separate program. We
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| 46 | therefore make it a symbolic link to <filename>pstree</filename>:</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <screen><userinput>mv /bin/pstree* /usr/bin
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| 49 | ln -sf pstree /usr/bin/pstree.x11</userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>By default Psmisc's <userinput>pidof</userinput> program isn't installed.
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| 52 | Generally, this isn't a problem because we later install the Sysvinit package,
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| 53 | which provides a better <userinput>pidof</userinput> program. But if you're not
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| 54 | going to use Sysvinit, you should complete the installation of Psmisc by
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| 55 | creating the following symlink:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>ln -s killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | </sect2>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | &aa-psmisc-shortdesc;
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| 62 | &aa-psmisc-desc;
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| 63 |
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| 64 | </sect1>
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| 65 |
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