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. @@ -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 @@ -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 ...