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><A
NAME="INSTALLATION"
>Installation</A
></H1
><P
> IPTraf is most readily available on the Internet, but some may receive
it on a diskette. Here are the instructions for both types
of distributions.</P
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN97"
>System Requirements</A
></H2
><P
>IPTraf requires:</P
><DIV
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><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AEN100"
>Hardware Requirements</A
></H3
><P
></P
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COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
> 16 megabytes of physical RAM (more recommended, at least 64 MB for very busy networks)</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
> 2 megabytes of free disk space for installation (more will be needed if you log high amounts of traffic over time)</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
> Pentium-class processor or higher (Pentium-II 200 MHz or higher recommended) or equivalent.</P
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><P
> One or more of the supported network interfaces.</P
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><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AEN111"
>Operating System Requirements</A
></H3
><P
></P
><UL
COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
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><P
> Linux kernel 2.2.0 or higher</P
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><P
> GNU C Library 2.1 or later</P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
> ncurses 4.2 or later with the complete terminfo database in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/share/terminfo</TT
>. Support for
<TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>linux</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>vt100</TT
>,
<TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>xterm</TT
>,
<TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>xterm-color</TT
> recommended. </P
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><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AEN125"
>Compilation Requirements</A
></H3
><P
>The following components are required when compiling IPTraf from the
source code.</P
><P
></P
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COMPACT="COMPACT"
><LI
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><P
> gcc 2.7.2.3 or later</P
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><P
> GNU C (glibc) development library 2.1 or later</P
></LI
><LI
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><P
> ncurses development libraries 4.2 or later</P
></LI
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><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN135"
>Availability</A
></H2
><P
> IPTraf can be downloaded from the Internet from the official FTP site at
<A
HREF="ftp://iptraf.seul.org/pub/iptraf/"
TARGET="_top"
>ftp://iptraf.seul.org/pub/iptraf/</A
>.</P
><P
> The software is available in source form in
compressed
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.tar.gz</TT
> files named
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
>.tar.gz</TT
> where
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
></TT
>
is the version number. Precompiled ready-to-run software is available in
the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z.machinetype</I
></TT
>.bin.tar.gz</TT
>
files. (<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>machinetype</I
></TT
></TT
> indicates
what platform the precompiled binaries run on. The official distribution
will only be for the Intel x86 architecture indicated as
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>i386</TT
>.)</P
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><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN150"
>Installing Downloaded Packages</A
></H2
><P
> You will need to have GNU tar and GNU zip installed. All
modern Linux installations already have these utilities ready.</P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>
Decompress the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.tar.gz</TT
> file by entering</P
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><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>tar zxvf iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
>.tar.gz</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
><P
> for the source code or</P
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><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>tar zxvf iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
>.i386.bin.tar.gz</PRE
></TD
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><P
>for the precompiled x86 programs.</P
><P
>If your tar doesn't support the z option, you can separately
decompress the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.tar.gz</TT
> file
then extract the resulting <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.tar</TT
> archive.</P
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><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>gunzip iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
>.tar.gz
tar xvf iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
>.tar</PRE
></TD
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><P
>This will decompress the sources into a directory called
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
></TT
> (source code)
or
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>iptraf-<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
>.bin</TT
>
(precompiled).
(<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>x.y.z</I
></TT
> here should be the IPTraf version number
you're installing, like <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>3.0.0</TT
>).</P
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><LI
><P
>Change to the created top level directory.</P
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><LI
><P
>To compile and install the software, run the Setup program by entering</P
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>./Setup</PRE
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><P
> while you are logged in as root. The Setup script will recognize the
source distribution and compile the software before installing. It
will immediately install a precompiled distribution.</P
></LI
></OL
><P
> The resulting binaries will be placed in the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/bin</TT
> directory.
All needed directories will also be created.</P
><P
> After installation, you will be asked if you want to
read the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>RELEASE-NOTES</TT
> file. It is recommended that you do so at
that point, since the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>RELEASE-NOTES</TT
> file
contains important information about the new version.</P
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CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN187"
>Installing a Floppy Distribution</A
></H2
><P
> If you received IPTraf
on a diskette, the sources are already decompressed. The diskette is
in Second Extended filesystem format. Perform the following steps to
install the software. </P
><P
></P
><OL
TYPE="1"
><LI
><P
>Insert the floppy in the drive.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Mount the floppy on an empty directory. For example, to
mount the floppy in the first floppy drive under a directory
called <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt</TT
>, enter</P
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>mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt</PRE
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><P
> This assumes your floppy is in
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/dev/fd0</TT
>. You can use any empty directory in place
of <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt</TT
>. With most Linux installations, this will work fine.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
> After mounting, change
to the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt</TT
> (or whatever) directory.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Enter</P
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>./Setup</PRE
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> while logged in as root. Setup will determine whether the diskette
contains a source code distribution or
ready-to-run precompiled software. This will copy the binaries to
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/bin</TT
>, and
create the necessary working directories.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>Unmount the diskette by typing</P
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><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>umount /mnt</PRE
></TD
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><P
> (That's <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>u</I
>mount, not <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>un</I
>mount.)</P
><P
> You can then eject the diskette. Store it in a safe place.</P
><P
> You will also be asked if you want to view the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>RELEASE-NOTES</TT
> file. It is
recommended that you do so at that point.</P
><P
> In both cases (downloaded and floppy), the installation will store the
program in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/bin</TT
> with the binaries owned by
user root, readable, writable, and executable by the owner,
no permissions for the group, no permissions for all others. (700 octal,
or <TT
CLASS="COMPUTEROUTPUT"
>-rwx------</TT
>).</P
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></P
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><B
>Note</B
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><TD
> </TD
><TD
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><P
> You must be <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>root</TT
> to
do the installation. The old style of installation (<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cd src;make
install</B
>)
is still supported.</P
></TD
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></DIV
></LI
></OL
><P
> Be sure <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr/local/bin</TT
> is included in
your environment's <TT
CLASS="ENVAR"
>PATH</TT
> variable. You can
edit the appropriate command in your login customization
file (<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.profile</TT
> for the Bourne-type shells,
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>.cshrc</TT
> for the C shell and its relatives).</P
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