lfs/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Inetutils</title>

<para>Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--disable-whois --disable-servers
</userinput></screen></para>

<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option
prevents inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-logger</userinput>: This option
prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by
scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><userinput>--sysconfdir=/etc</userinput>: This option
tells the binaries created by the package to look in /etc for their
configuration files</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
compilation of the various server utilities included as part of the Inetutils
package. Many of these have known security vulnerabilities, and for most there
are better replacements.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Install it:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

<para>And move the <userinput>ping</userinput> program to its proper place:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen></para>

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