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  1. <sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
  2. <sect2>
  3. <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
  4. <para>Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
  5. <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
  6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
  7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
  8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--disable-whois --disable-servers
  9. </userinput></screen>
  10. <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
  11. <itemizedlist>
  12. <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option
  13. prevents inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
  14. installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
  15. <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-logger</userinput>: This option
  16. prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by
  17. scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
  18. because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
  19. <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
  20. the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
  21. Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
  22. <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
  23. installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
  24. package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
  25. are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
  26. information can be found at
  27. <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
  28. replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
  29. </itemizedlist>
  30. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  31. <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
  32. <para>Install it:</para>
  33. <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  34. <para>And move the <userinput>ping</userinput> program to its proper place:</para>
  35. <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
  36. </sect2>