This section describes the installation of DX Spider v1.47 on a +
This section describes the installation of DX Spider v1.50 on a RedHat Linux Distribution. Wherever possible I will try to include differences for other distributions. -I do not intend to try and cover the installation of Linux or the setup -of the AX25 utilities. If you need help on this then read Iains original -installation guide that comes with the Spider distribution.
I am assuming a general knowledge of Linux and its commands. You should know how to use tar and how to edit files using your favourite editor. @@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ in the development of Spider.
In addition to the standard Red Hat distribution you will require the following modules from -http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html , please note however that with later versions of perl, some of these +http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/ , please note however that with later versions of perl, some of these modules may be included with the distribution. Get the modules anyway and try to install as below. If they complain, they are probably already a part of your perl distribution. @@ -55,6 +52,8 @@ perl distribution. Curses-1.06.tar.gz
Copy the CPAN modules listed above to a convenient place on your computer. One good @@ -105,6 +104,13 @@ that's where you have put them. # make test # make install # cd .. +# +# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz +# cd Digest-SHA1-2.01 +# perl Makefile.PL +# make test +# make install +# cd ..
Do not fall into the trap of thinking they're all the same, just because they @@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ nearly are! Pay particular attention to the instructions of IO, above.
I will assume that you have already downloaded the latest tarball of the DXSpider software and are ready to install it. I am assuming version -1.47 for this section but of course you would use the latest version. +1.50 for this section but of course you would use the latest version.
Login as root and create a user to run the cluster under. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES USE ROOT AS THIS USER!. I am going to use @@ -130,7 +136,7 @@ however this is your own choice.
-
For SUSE distributions, the command would be .. +
For SuSE distributions, the command would be ..
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ permissions. Copy the tarball to /home/sysop and do the following.
# cd ~sysop
-# tar xvfz spider-1.47.tar.gz
+# tar xvfz spider-1.50.tar.gz
# ln -s ~sysop/spider /spider
# groupadd -g 251 spider (or another number)
@@ -294,7 +300,7 @@ It should look something like this ...
$ ./cluster.pl
-DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.47
+DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.50
Copyright (c) 1998 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
loading prefixes ...
loading band data ...