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This file provides brief instructions on how to build and install
-OpenLDAP on UNIX (and UNIX-like) system. More detailed information
+OpenLDAP on UNIX (and UNIX-like) systems. More detailed information
and instructions can be found in The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide
(available from http://www.openldap.org/doc/).
to list available configuration options.
- The configure script uses environmental variables for determining
- compiler/linker options including:
+ The configure script also looks for compiler/linker options on
+ the command line and in the environment. These include:
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 -D__FOO__=42
LDFLAGS ld flags -L/usr/local/lib
LIBS libraries -llib
PATH command path /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
-3. Configure the build system
+ See doc/install/configure for generic configure documentation.
- % [env settings] ./configure [options]
+3. Configure the build system:
- If all goes well, the configure script with automatically detect
- the appropriate settings. However, you may need to specify
- options and/or environment variables to obtain desired results.
+ % ./configure [options] [var=value ...]
-4. Build dependencies
+ If all goes well, the configure script will automatically detect
+ the appropriate settings. If the configure script fails, you
+ should read the config.log file that it generated to see what it
+ was trying to do and exactly what failed. You may need to
+ specify additional options and/or variables besides those listed
+ above to obtain desired results, depending on your operating
+ system. The Platform Hints section of the FAQ provides help for
+ operating system related problems.
+
+4. Build dependencies:
% make depend
-5. Build the system
+5. Build the system:
% make
may want to consult the Platform Hints subsection of the FAQ if
you have not done so already.
-6. Test the standalone system
+6. Test the standalone system:
- This step requires the standalone LDAP server, slapd(8), with
- BDB and/or LDBM support.
+ This step requires the standalone LDAP server, slapd(8), with HDB
+ and/or BDB support.
% make test
If all goes well, the system has been built as configured. If
- not, return to step 4 after reviewing your configuration
+ not, return to step 2 after reviewing your configuration
settings. You may want to consult the Installation section of
the FAQ if you have not done so already.
-7. install the binaries and man pages. You may need to be come the
- super-user (e.g. root) to do this (depending on where you are
- installing things):
+7. Install the software. You may need to become the super-user
+ (e.g. root) to do this (depending on where you are installing
+ things):
% su root -c 'make install'
-8. That's it!
+8. That's it. Enjoy!
See the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide and the manual pages for the
individual applications for configuration and use information. You may
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 $
+This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
+
+Copyright 1998-2013 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.
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