Making and Installing the OpenLDAP Distribution
+**
** It is recommended that you read or at least skim through ALL of the
** instructions in this file before attempting to build the software.
+**
+** You should also check for platform specific hints.
+** These are located in doc/install/hints.
+**
If you want to build binaries for more than one platform from a single
source tree, skip ahead to the "Building LDAP For More Than One Platform"
directory. For a more detailed description of how to make an
install the distribution, see the INSTALL file in this directory.
+ Additional installation information, such as per platform
+ hints can be found in the doc/install directory.
+
For more information:
http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
+
REQUIRED SOFTWARE
Build OpenLDAP requires the following software components:
SLAPD:
LDBM compatible datastore
(Berkeley DB, Sleepycat DB2, or GDBM)
+
SLURPD:
LTHREAD compatible thread package
(POSIX pthreads, MIT pthreads, Mach Cthreads or Sun LWP)
LDAPD:
- ISODE compatible ldap distribution
+ ISODE compatible X.500 distribution
- CLIENTS/CONTRIBware:
+ CLIENTS/CONTRIB ware:
Depends on package. See per package README.
MAKING AND INSTALLING THE DISTRIBUTION
+ This is a quick guide. For details, see the INSTALL file.
- You should be able to make and install the distribution with a
- default configuration by typing the following commands:
+ % ./configure
+ autoconf OpenLDAP for current platform
% ./configure --help
This will list the available options.
See the INSTALL file in this directory for more information.
-DOCUMENTATION
+DOCUMENTATION
There are man pages for most programs in the distribution and
routines in the various libraries. See ldap(3) for details.
+ Additional documentation can be found in the doc directory.
+ doc/devel Developer Information
+ doc/drafts LDAP-related IETF drafts
+ doc/install Installation and Integration
+ doc/man Raw man(1) pages
+ doc/rfcs LDAP-related Request for Comments
+
There is an OpenLDAP homepage available that contains the latest
LDAP news, releases announcements, pointers to other LDAP resources,
etc. You can access it at this URL:
http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
-FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
+FEEDBACK / PROBLEM REPORTS / DISCUSSIONS
We would appreciate any feedback you can provide. If you have
problems, report them to this address: