source: final-system/common/inetutils.xml@ ff7ad91

Last change on this file since ff7ad91 was 155e089, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r1036@server (orig r1034): chris | 2006-01-10 05:02:53 -0800
Minor changes to several package instructions

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[bf8c11f]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
10
11 <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
14 <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
21
22 <segmentedlist>
23 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
24
25 <seglistitem>
26 <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
[6a8ff5c]27 Make, Ncurses, Patch, Sed, and Zlib</seg>
[bf8c11f]28 </seglistitem>
29 </segmentedlist>
30
31 </sect2>
32
33 <sect2 role="installation">
34 <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
35
[155e089]36 <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed.
[bf8c11f]37 However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
38 man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
39 situation:</para>
40
[e6423a01]41<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]42
[f32f537]43 <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC 4.x:</para>
[bf8c11f]44
[e6423a01]45<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]46
[e6423a01]47 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
[bf8c11f]48
[e6423a01]49<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
[bf8c11f]50 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
51 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
52 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
53
[e6423a01]54 <variablelist os="c">
[bf8c11f]55 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
56
57 <varlistentry>
58 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
61 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
62 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
63 Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
64 </listitem>
65 </varlistentry>
66
67 <varlistentry>
68 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
71 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
72 </listitem>
73 </varlistentry>
74
75 <varlistentry>
76 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
79 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
80 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
81 in the BLFS book.</para>
82 </listitem>
83 </varlistentry>
84
85 <varlistentry>
86 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
87 <listitem>
88 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
89 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
90 deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by
91 nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
92 information can be found at <ulink
93 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
94 better replacements are available for many of these
95 servers.</para>
96 </listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98 </variablelist>
99
[e6423a01]100 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
[bf8c11f]101
[e6423a01]102<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]103
[e6423a01]104 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
[bf8c11f]105
[e6423a01]106<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]107
[e6423a01]108 <para os="h">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
[bf8c11f]109 place:</para>
110
[e6423a01]111<screen os="i"><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]112
113 </sect2>
114
115 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
116 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
117
118 <segmentedlist>
119 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
120
121 <seglistitem>
122 <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
123 </seglistitem>
124 </segmentedlist>
125
126 <variablelist>
127 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
128 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
129 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
130
131 <varlistentry id="ftp">
132 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
133 <listitem>
134 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
135 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
136 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
137 </indexterm>
138 </listitem>
139 </varlistentry>
140
141 <varlistentry id="ping">
142 <term><command>ping</command></term>
143 <listitem>
144 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
145 take</para>
146 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
147 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
148 </indexterm>
149 </listitem>
150 </varlistentry>
151
152 <varlistentry id="rcp">
153 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
154 <listitem>
155 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
156 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
157 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
158 </indexterm>
159 </listitem>
160 </varlistentry>
161
162 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
163 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>Performs remote login</para>
166 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
167 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
168 </indexterm>
169 </listitem>
170 </varlistentry>
171
172 <varlistentry id="rsh">
173 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
176 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
177 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
178 </indexterm>
179 </listitem>
180 </varlistentry>
181
182 <varlistentry id="talk">
183 <term><command>talk</command></term>
184 <listitem>
185 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
186 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
187 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
188 </indexterm>
189 </listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry id="telnet">
193 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
194 <listitem>
195 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
197 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="tftp">
203 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
207 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 </variablelist>
213
214 </sect2>
215
216</sect1>
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