January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
8h 45m
English
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Chapter 2. Installing Slash
Installing Slash is not difficult, but there are multiple steps and several possible complications. This chapter describes the complete process, from downloading Slash and all of its requirements through compilation and installation. Please note that this chapter does not cover everything there is to know about configuring and using these tools.[6] It does walk through the basic steps to get a Slash server up and running.
The Slash install process improved greatly for the 2.0 release. The latest distribution includes a GNU makefile, plus a Perl script (install-slashsite) for customizing the installed Slash server with site-specific information, such as the machine’s fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and the name of the local Slash user. These should work on any free Unix system; however, they are guaranteed only on GNU/Linux systems. (“Linux” is used as a convenient shorthand for “an operating system containing tools from the GNU project, built around the kernel named Linux”.)
Before You Begin
Because this chapter can’t reasonably go all the way back to the Big
Bang, it assumes certain things. You should already have a working and
compatible Unix-like operating system. As with most Unix software, you
will need root access, along with at least some
basic system administration experience. If you’re new at this,
read the instructions completely before beginning an installation, then
follow along.
In addition, prepare the following information:
The installed ...
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