1*** Quick install instructions (tested on Debian/Ubuntu only!) ***
2
3While "configure" and "make" may be run as normal user all other commands
4need to be run as root.
5
6Configure the build system:
7	$ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
8
9Some configure options available:
10
11    --disable-gtk            disable GTK+ tools                (default: enabled)
12    --disable-dbus           disable DBUS support              (default: enabled)
13    --disable-python         disable building python modules   (default: enabled)
14    --with-dbus-sys=<dir>    where D-BUS system.d directory is
15    --with-distro=<distro>   the target Linux distribution (one of redhat,
16                                    suse, gentoo, debian or slackware)
17    --with-avahi-user=<user> User for running the Avahi daemon (avahi)
18    --with-avahi-group=<grp> Group for Avahi (avahi)
19
20    Please note that by disabling DBUS you lose the ability to publish and browse
21    services from local applications.
22
23    Please note that Avahi currently ships with a init scripts for only a few
24    distributions. if yours is not supported right now, YMMV. Patches welcome.
25
26	$ make
27	# make install
28	# ldconfig
29
30Add a user an a group for avahi. (Debian specific)
31	# addgroup --system avahi
32	# adduser --system --no-create-home --ingroup avahi avahi
33
34Ask DBUS to re-read its policies:
35	# kill -HUP `cat /var/run/dbus/pid`
36
37Now start the Avahi daemon:
38	# /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start
39
40Optionally start the unicast DNS configuration daemon:
41	# /etc/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd start
42
43To start the two daemons at boot time on Debian based distributions:
44	with DBUS support:
45	# ln -s /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon /etc/dbus-1/event.d/75avahi-daemon
46	# ln -s /etc/init.d/avahi-dnsconfd /etc/dbus-1/event.d/76avahi-dnsconfd
47
48	without DBUS support:
49	# update-rc.d avahi-daemon defaults 25 15
50	# update-rc.d avahi-dnsconfd defaults 26 14
51
52If you plan to use avahi-autoipd you have to create the user/group
53"avahi-autoipd" much the same way as "avahi".
54
55$Id$
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