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#	$RCSfile: install.dist,v $
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#	$Author: tony $
#	$Date: 1993/12/17 13:13:59 $

INSTALL

By now you should have untarred the distribution and received some 
shar (shell archive) files plus some text files. Check INDEX to 
see what you have is what should be there.

The installation can be done in two ways. You can either unpack 
the various tools and cd into the subdirectory created and then
make from there after reading the README and INSTALL notes in the
subdirectories or just make everything from here (this is the 
preferred method and should work for everyone without problems).


INSTALL METHOD 1 (PREFERRED)


1. Edit the file "TOP.config" and change as appropritate.
   The various values are as follows.

   
	BINDIR		- Installation directory (default: /usr/local/bin)

        HOSTCMD         - the hostname command for your system.
                          (A simple version is supplied which should work
                           on most platforms - probably not needed anyway).

        KEEPOPEN        - Enables or disables keeping the tcp connection
                          for the built-in whois client. This will only work
                          with RIPE whoisd. Possible values are TRUE or FALSE.
                          (default: TRUE as using whois.ripe.net by default).

	MANDIR		- Man directory (default: /usr/local/man)
        
	TRACEROUTE	- the traceroute command on your system
				(default: traceroute)

        
	PERL		- the full path of Perl on your system
				(default: /usr/local/bin/perl)


	WHOISHOST	- Alternative RIPE whois server
			        (default: whois.ripe.net)

	FAST            - Used for getting whois data out of the daemon faster
                          This will only work the *latest* RIPE whoisd. 
                          Possible values are TRUE or FALSE.
                          (default: TRUE as using whois.ripe.net by default).

        VERSION         - Used for telling the daemon the version number of the
                          client. This will only work
                          with RIPE whoisd. Possible values are TRUE or FALSE.
                          (default: TRUE as using whois.ripe.net by default).

        



2. Type "make unpack"

	- This will unpack all the files and make the tools according
          to what is set in TOP.config


3. Type "make tools" 
	
	- This creates the tools in the subdirectories


4. Type "make test"

	- You should get usage messages for the tools. If not something
          has gone wrong.


5. Type "make install"

	- Your tools and manuals are installed and you are ready to go.


6. Type "make clean"  

	-  This cleans up, including executable versions in current dir


IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE CONTRIB TOOLS

7. Type "make other-unpack" 

	- This unpacks the contribution tools into a directory called "contrib"

8. Type "make other" 

	- This builds the contrib tools accordng to TOP.config

9. Type "make other-install"

	- This installs the contrib tools

10. Type "make other-clean"

	- This cleans up the contrib section.

or you can do:


INSTALL METHOD 2 (ALTERNATE)


1. Type "make unpack".

2. cd into the individual tools directories. Read the INSTALL notes
   in each and follow it from there.

3. When finished type "make clean" 


IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE CONTRIB TOOLS

1. Type "make other-unpack".

2. cd into the "contrib" section and look at the README there.

3. Type "make other-clean"


