| *** Quick install instructions (tested on Debian/Ubuntu only!) *** |
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| While "configure" and "make" may be run as normal user all other commands |
| need to be run as root. |
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| Configure the build system: |
| $ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var |
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| Some configure options available: |
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| --disable-gtk disable GTK+ tools (default: enabled) |
| --disable-dbus disable DBUS support (default: enabled) |
| --disable-python disable building python modules (default: enabled) |
| --with-dbus-sys=<dir> where D-BUS system.d directory is |
| --with-distro=<distro> the target Linux distribution (one of redhat, |
| suse, gentoo, debian or slackware) |
| --with-avahi-user=<user> User for running the Avahi daemon (avahi) |
| --with-avahi-group=<grp> Group for Avahi (avahi) |
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| Please note that by disabling DBUS you lose the ability to publish and browse |
| services from local applications. |
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| Please note that Avahi currently ships with a init scripts for only a few |
| distributions. if yours is not supported right now, YMMV. Patches welcome. |
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| $ make |
| # make install |
| # ldconfig |
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| Add a user an a group for avahi. (Debian specific) |
| # addgroup --system avahi |
| # adduser --system --no-create-home --ingroup avahi avahi |
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| Ask DBUS to re-read its policies: |
| # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/dbus/pid` |
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| Now start the Avahi daemon: |
| # /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start |
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| Optionally start the unicast DNS configuration daemon: |
| # /etc/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd start |
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| To start the two daemons at boot time on Debian based distributions: |
| with DBUS support: |
| # ln -s /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon /etc/dbus-1/event.d/75avahi-daemon |
| # ln -s /etc/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd /etc/dbus-1/event.d/76avahi-dnsconfd |
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| without DBUS support: |
| # update-rc.d avahi-daemon defaults 25 15 |
| # update-rc.d avahi-dnsconfd defaults 26 14 |
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| If you plan to use avahi-autoipd you have to create the user/group |
| "avahi-autoipd" much the same way as "avahi". |
