X-Git-Url: http://gb7djk.dxcluster.net/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=html%2Finstall.html;h=72be551124103e22916500dcc6c45034501e5856;hb=9da1742219a27b1c02fd57794412088e4d7b3d1d;hp=089854b7aba3255636db8e7a47bf7d7d638cdf2f;hpb=cce161221036760959ff1d0b7628a55942bf558a;p=spider.git diff --git a/html/install.html b/html/install.html index 089854b7..72be5511 100644 --- a/html/install.html +++ b/html/install.html @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
Iain Phillips G0RDI
-Last modified: Sun Dec 20 17:55:19 GMT 1998 +Last modified: Fri Jan 8 00:29:25 GMT 1999

This HOWTO describes the installation for DX Spider v1.11 on a "vanilla" RedHat 5.1 platform, @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Last modified: Sun Dec 20 17:55:19 GMT 1998 Red Hat 5.1 distribution. I always select 'everything', and that seems to ensure that nothing is missed out :-) [ more normal people may like to try with less Ed ]. +

WARNING The perl on the vanilla RedHat 5.2 + (perl-5.004m4-1.i386.rpm) is BROKEN, please use the one + in the Download section. +

The crucial ingredient for all of this is Perl 5.004. Now I know Perl 5.005 is out and this will almost certainly work with it, but RedHat 5.1 comes with 5.004. @@ -246,7 +250,7 @@ default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/perl/client.pl client.pl %u ax25

This has to be done to allow you to specify the correct callsigns on outgoing connects -

  • Login to your computer as sysop, and create the initial DX Spider parameters necessary to start the cluster for the first time. +

  • Login to your computer as sysop, and create the initial DX Spider parameters necessary to start the cluster for the first time.
     $ startx			(much easier to use X)
     $ cd /spider