http://wiki.synchro.net/ 2026-04-12T08:58:08+00:00 http://wiki.synchro.net/ http://wiki.synchro.net/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2010-02-24T01:15:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:chdir?rev=1266974111&do=diff [Do you really want to run an OS where the people who write it see this and think "What's the joke?"] Change Directory You must now change to the directory into which Synchronet will be installed. This is the directory you created in Step 1. If you are not installing into /sbbs and the /sbbs symlink does not exist, you will need to change the path to the correct install directory, ie: text/html 2010-02-24T01:23:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:createdir?rev=1266974629&do=diff Installation directory The installation directory is the parent directory of your entire BBS. All of the directories are created in here. Discussion The Synchronet BBS system and all the associated tools will default to a path of /sbbs without further configuration. Because of this, it is easiest if this is either a text/html 2024-10-12T05:19:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:fetch_makefile?rev=1728710344&do=diff Fetch Makefile This step downloads a makefile into your installation directory. Discussion A single makefile has been developed which performs a great many steps which previously needed to be done manually. This step is simply downloading the newest makefile from Git and placing it into the installation directory. text/html 2026-03-06T07:09:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:mail?rev=1772780971&do=diff Mail You can use Synchronet as your native UNIX mail system so that UNIX system components (e.g. crond, apt, security) will send e-mail notifications to the system administrator (you) as user #1 on your BBS using your Synchronet mail system. Install text/html 2010-05-22T06:46:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:make?rev=1274510761&do=diff Make Synchronet supports building with GNU make only. On my Unix/Linux systems, the command to invoke GNU make would be gmake. If the gmake comman doesn't work, try executing make -v and if you see something like the following, then use the make command in place of text/html 2013-10-14T19:05:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:openbsd?rev=1381777530&do=diff Openbsd Discussion You will definitely have to compile Synchronet from source for OpenBSD. To date, the only architecture that I know that this has been done on is i386. I, personally, only have experience compiling it with OpenBSD versions 4.9-5.3. text/html 2023-06-07T01:21:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:options?rev=1686100916&do=diff Options The Synchronet builds system supports a vast array of build options most of which are only slightly supported. This page attempts to document them for advanced users. Supported Options * DEBUG * If defined, or if RELEASE is not defined, does a debug build. text/html 2024-11-30T23:06:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:prerequisites?rev=1733007991&do=diff Unix/Linux Prerequisites Building You probably need or want to build Synchronet for your Unix/Linux system from source code and you will need the following prerequisites installed first: Required Required Component Files Debian Package Red Hat Package FreeBSD Port/Package text/html 2010-05-22T21:29:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:setenv?rev=1274563759&do=diff Set the SBBCTRL Environment Variable If you did not install into /sbbs and did not create a /sbbs symlink, you will now have to set the SBBSCTRL environment variable. Discussion Synchronet programs will look for configuration files in /sbbs/ctrl by default. text/html 2023-01-27T18:25:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:termcaps?rev=1674843907&do=diff Terminal Capabilities As you may have noticed by now, most telnet clients designed for use with ANSI BBSes do not display full-screen Unix programs correctly. Included with Synchronet is a pair of terminal capability definition files that enable you to run native full-screen Unix programs and have the output displayed correctly in a standard