Synchronet v3.20d-Win32 (install) has been released (Mar-2025).

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install:nix [2024/10/11 22:14] – The installation and re-build make commands are now very different to avoid confusion and mistake that leads to lost files and weeping sysops :-P digital maninstall:nix [2025/01/17 09:44] (current) – [Errors] Needing LD_LIBRARY_PATH or ld.so.conf is a bug. deuce
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   * ''$ [[install:nix:make|make]] -f install-sbbs.mk SYMLINK=1 NOCAP=1''   * ''$ [[install:nix:make|make]] -f install-sbbs.mk SYMLINK=1 NOCAP=1''
  
-Or, if you want to build a stable release from Git, specify a valid release [[dev:tags|tag]] on the make command-line (e.g. ''sbbs319b''):+Or, if you want to build a stable release from Git, specify a valid release [[dev:tags|tag]] on the make command-line (e.g. ''sbbs320b''):
   * ''$ [[install:nix:make|make]] -f install-sbbs.mk SYMLINK=1 **TAG=sbbs3xxx**''   * ''$ [[install:nix:make|make]] -f install-sbbs.mk SYMLINK=1 **TAG=sbbs3xxx**''
   * **NOTE**: this does not work with release tags earlier than ''sbbs319b'', use the Tarball install method instead for those.   * **NOTE**: this does not work with release tags earlier than ''sbbs319b'', use the Tarball install method instead for those.
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 If you want to build a stable release, replace the archive filenames above with valid release filenames: If you want to build a stable release, replace the archive filenames above with valid release filenames:
-  - replace ''sbbs_src.tgz'' with ''ssrc**319b**.tgz'' +  - replace ''sbbs_src.tgz'' with ''ssrc**320b**.tgz'' 
-  - replace ''sbbs_run.tgz'' with ''srun**319b**.tgz''+  - replace ''sbbs_run.tgz'' with ''srun**320b**.tgz''
  
 ==Using System Libraries== ==Using System Libraries==
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     error: unknown type name 'wint_t'     error: unknown type name 'wint_t'
  
-  * The following error indicates the Synchronet libraries (shared objects) are not in your system's library search path or in the directory from which ''sbbs'' was built. Set the ''LD_LIBRARY_PATH'' [[config:env|environment variable]] to point to your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory or add that directory to your ''/etc/ld.so.conf'' file (and run ''ldconfig'') to resolve:+  * The following error indicates the Synchronet libraries (shared objects) are not in your system's library search path or in the directory from which ''sbbs'' was built. You can try setting the ''LD_LIBRARY_PATH'' [[config:env|environment variable]] to point to your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory or add that directory to your ''/etc/ld.so.conf'' file (and run ''ldconfig'') to work around.  Please report a bug if this works, as it should never be necessary.:
  
     sbbs: error while loading shared libraries: libsbbs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory     sbbs: error while loading shared libraries: libsbbs.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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 get from the devs is "don't do that then". Partial documentation can be found here: [[:install:nix:options]] get from the devs is "don't do that then". Partial documentation can be found here: [[:install:nix:options]]
  
-=== Third Party Builds ===+=== Pre-built Binaries ===
  
-Some third parties make unsupported tarballs available from their own sites.  Using them is not recommended or supported.  Whenever possible you should build yourself.+Some parties make pre-built executable binaries available for download.  Whenever possible, you should build executables for your platform yourself.
  
-^ OS               ^ Platform     ^ Provided By ^ Date      ^ Archive                                          ^ +^ OS               ^ Architecture ^ Provided By ^ Date      ^ Archive                                          ^ 
-| Debian (testing) | amd64        | [[person:digital_man]]  | Every morning (PT) | [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.tgz|sbbs_dev.tgz]] [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_run.tgz|sbbs_run.tgz]] |+| Debian Linux     | AMD64/x86-64 | [[person:digital_man]]  | Every morning (PT) | [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev.tgz|sbbs_dev.tgz]] | 
 +| macOS            | ARMv8        | [[person:digital_man]]  | Every morning (PT) | [[https://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_dev-macos-armv8.tgz|sbbs_dev-macos-armv8.tgz]] |
  
 ===== Configuring ===== ===== Configuring =====

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