This file provides brief instructions on how to build and install
OpenLDAP on UNIX (and UNIX-like) system. More detailed information
and instructions can be found in The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide
-(http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/).
+(available from http://www.openldap.org/doc/).
It is recommended that you read, or at least skim through, ALL of the
instructions in this file before attempting to build the software.
-It is also recommended you review The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide
-(http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/), the Frequently Asked Questions
+It is also recommended you review the Frequently Asked Questions
(http://www.openldap.org/faq/) pages, in particular the Installation
section (http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=8) and Platform
Hints (http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=9) should be
% ./configure --help
- to list available configuration options. A description of these
- options is provided in the 'CONFIGURE OPTIONS' section below.
+ to list available configuration options.
The configure script uses environmental variables for determining
compiler/linker options including:
Variable Description Example
CC C compiler gcc
CFLAGS C flags -O -g
- CPPFLAGS cpp flags -I/path/include -Ddef
+ CPPFLAGS cpp flags -I/path/include -DFOO=42
LDFLAGS ld flags -L/usr/local/lib
LIBS libraries -llib
PATH command path /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
6. Test the standalone system
This step requires the standalone LDAP server, slapd(8), with
- LDBM support.
+ BDB and/or LDBM support.
% make test
configuration directory (normally /usr/local/etc/openldap).
ldap.conf client defaults
- ldapfilter.conf search filter configuration
- ldapsearchprefs.conf search object definitions
- ldaptemplates.conf display template definitions
slapd.conf Standalone LDAP daemon
schema/*.schema Schema Definitions
-End of OpenLDAP INSTALL file.
+---
+$OpenLDAP: pkg/openldap-guide/release/install.sdf,v 1.16 2002/02/18
+17:09:26 kurt Exp $
-$OpenLDAP: pkg/openldap-guide/release/install.sdf,v 1.12 2000/09/09
-21:16:09 kurt Exp $
+This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
+Copyright 1998-2003 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted only as authorized by the OpenLDAP
+Public License.
+
+A copy of this license is available in the file LICENSE in the
+top-level directory of the distribution or, alternatively, at
+<http://www.OpenLDAP.org/license.html>.
+
+OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation.