Building/Install from source ---------------------------- The instructions below (modified from the INSTALL file) should work for most people. 1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type `./configure' to configure the package for your system. Running `configure' takes awhile. While running, it prints some messages telling which features it is checking for. If your system requires additional packages and/or libraries in order for FreeIPMI to be built, appropriate messages should be displayed. These packages and/or libraries should be installed and `./configure' should be executed again. 2. Once `./configure' has succeeded, type `make' to compile the package. 3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and documentation. You may need to be root in order for files to be installed into the proper locations on your system. By default files will typically be installed in /usr/local (binaries in /usr/local/bin, libraries in /usr/local/lib, configuration files in /usr/local/etc/, etc.). To install into the more common locations such as /usr/bin, /usr/lib/, /etc, etc. the options passed into `./configure' must be adjusted. The following set of options and settings are suitable for most Linux systems. --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/share/man Your mileage may vary depending on your system. Building RPMs ------------- For most people you can build RPMs one of two ways. From the source: rpmbuild -ta freeipmi-X.Y.Z.tar.gz From the source rpm: rpmbuild --rebuild freeipmi-X.Y.Z-1.src.rpm Depending on your default RPM build environment, you may need to be root in order for RPMs to be stored in the default locations. After the RPMs are built, you may install them the normal way: rpm -i freeipmi-X.Y.Z.ARCH.rpm