BYO LINUX: A Few Necessities (11)

These packages should be compiled in the order shown 

DIFFUTILS:

The diffutils package compares files by showing line by line changes in multiple formats. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure 
make 
make install 

BISON:

This package is what is known as a parser generator. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure
make
make install

PERL:

Next, unpack and type the following: 

./Configure -d 
make (this will take about 10 minutes)
make install 

NCURSES:

The ncurses package is required to install vim. It displays and updates text on a text only terminal. Unpack ncurses and then type the following in that directory: 

./configure --with-shared 
make 
make install 

VIM:

Vim is your text edititor. Vim itself comes in two packages, a src and a rt package. Create a folder and put both of these packages in it. Untar them there. It will produce one vim folder where everything is located. Go into that folder and type the following: 

./configure 
make
make install 
Create a symlink in /usr/bin to link vi to vim.

Here's a tip I got from the vim faq to make vim operate more like you may be used to. Create a file called /root/.vimrc and put the following two lines in there: 

set nocompatible
set bs=2 

TERMCAP:

Next, install the termcap library. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure 
make 
make install 

READLINE:

Next, install the readline library. Readline maintains a list of previously typed commands for easy recall by pressing the up arrow button. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure 
make shared 
make install 
make install-shared 
ldconfig -v 

FLEX:

Next, install flex. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure
make 
make install 

LESS:

Next, install less. Less enables you to show a screen at a time and will allow you to scroll backwards. Less is sometimes referred to as a pager. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure 
make 
make install 

MODUTILS:

Next, install modutils. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure 
make 
make install 

Make a /lib/modules/X.X.XX directory (you substitue the proper kernel version number for X.X.XX). 


Finally, do a depmod to generate the modules dependency file (this file will be automatically placed in /lib/modules/X.X.XX) which will be necessary later. 

E2FSPROGS:

Next, install e2fsprogs. These are the utilities used for checking the integrity of the hard drive and the filesystem for corruption. Unpack it, create a directory in the source directory called build and go into that directory. Type the following: 

../configure (NOTE: Two periods) 
make 
Make this temporary symlink ln -s /usr/bin/rm /bin/rm 
make install
Remove the symlink 

BIN86:

Next, we'll install 2 files from this package. This package is necessary for lilo to compile. Unpack it and do the following: 

Go into the packages /as directory and type make as86 
Copy the as86 file to /usr/bin 
Next, go into the packages /ld directory and type make ld86 
Copy the ld86 file to /usr/bin 

LILO:

Next, install lilo. This is your boot loader that chooses which OS to start at boot time. Unpack it and type the following: 


make 
make install 


Do not type /sbin/lilo as it says to, we don't have a /etc/lilo.conf file on the new system and won't until we are ready to say goodbye to the old system. 

WARNING! 

If you are installing lilo 21-5 or higher, you MUST install this on your linux1 system as well. They are NOT compatible and you WILL run into problems later updating the bootloader between the two distributions! Use the same instructions as above but go ahead and type lilo on linux1 after you have installed it. 

GROFF:

Next, install groff. This is a text formatter. Unpack it and type the following: 


./configure 
make 
make install 

MAN:

Next, install man. This is the man page reader used to invoke help documentation that comes with each package that is installed. Unpack it and type the following: 

./configure -d (Ignore the message about various decompressors missing) 
make 
make install 


Next, install the shadow password suite. This is installed for better password security plus it comes with many useful tools for user administration. The most current shadow password suite is always named shadow-current when downloading. After unpacking the archive you will notice the directory name is a date. They use a date as the version number. 

After the archive is unpacked, type the following inside the packages directory: 

./configure 
make 
make install
pwconf
grpconv 

Go into the packages /etc directory and copy the file login.defs.linux to the /etc directory. Rename this file to login.defs 

Next, use vi to edit this file. Find a field in there called MAIL_CHECK_ENAB and change the yes to no 

If you would like, create a file with vi called /etc/issue and you can put a bootup message of your choice in there that a user will see just before the login prompt. 

That's it, you now have a system running shadow passwords. 

(Note: pwconv and grpconv can be ran inside any directory) 

PATCH:

This program is optional. It can patch source code to a newer version so you don't have to download a lengthy new package if it was just a minor bug fix. This is useful for new kernel versions. Unpack the archive and type: 

./configure
make
make install 

BZIP:

This is a different zipper program. It's popularity is increasing so it's being included. Unpack the archive and type: 

make
make install