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Install DK tools from source on Linux/Unix
Download DK tools
The software is available from the Download area on the SourceForge project page.
Download the dktools-x.y.z.tar.gz from the directory indicating the highest (most recent) version number.
Unpack the software
tar xzf dktools-x.y.z.tar.gz
cd dktools-x.y.z
Requirements
Required tools
C compiler, C++ compiler, linker and the make program are needed.
Required and recommended libraries
The table lists the required and recommended libraries and the package names used on some Linux distributions.
Zlib, libpng and OpenSSL are required.
| Program / Library | Debian | EL | Fedora |
|---|---|---|---|
| zlib http://www.zlib.net/ |
zlib1g-dev | zlib-devel | zlib-devel |
| libpng http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html |
libpng-dev | libpng-devel | libpng-devel |
| OpenSSL http://www.openssl.org/ |
libssl-dev | openssl-devel | openssl-devel |
| bzip2 https://sourceware.org/bzip2/ |
libbz2-dev | bzip2-devel | bzip2-devel |
| jpeg http://www.ijg.org/ |
libjpeg-dev | libjpeg-turbo-devel | libjpeg-turbo-devel |
| libtiff http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/ |
libtiff-dev | libtiff-devel | libtiff-devel |
| Berkeley DB http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/ |
libdb-dev | db4-devel | libdb-devel |
| MySQL / MariaDB https://dev.mysql.com https://mariadb.org |
libmariadb-dev | mysql-devel | mariadb-devel mariadb-connector-c-devel |
| NetSNMP http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/net-snmp/ |
libsnmp-dev | net-snmp-devel | net-snmp-devel |
| wxWidgets http://www.wxwidgets.org/ |
libwxgtk3.2-dev wx3.2-headers |
wxGTK-devel | wxBase3-devel wxGTK3-devel |
Use package management to install required tools and libraries
Debian
As root run:
scripts/debian-prepare-deb
Enterprise Linux
As root run:
scripts/el8-prepare
Fedora
As root run:
scripts/fedora41-prepare
The script is intended for Fedora 38 and later.
Generic installation from source
After unpacking the download archive change into the new directory and run:
./configure
make
make install
This installs the software into the /usr/local directory.
See [Configure script options] or run
./configure --help
to see the options supported by the configure script.
Special build types
Static build of DK libraries
Run
./configure --enable-static --disable-shared
make
make install
to build static libraries only.
Static build without developer support
Run
./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-devel
make
make install
to build and install the programs only, do not install header files and libraries.
Build to create packages manually
Run
./configure --enable-packaging --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
make
make DESTDIR=/tmp/dktools install
to create a build as it would go into a package.
On some systems you should also provide --libdir=... and --libexecdir=... to configure.
Installation using GNU stow
GNU stow can be referred to as "something like a package management for /usr/local"
Although the GNU Stow homepage contains a good documentation I recommend to read Using GNU Stow to manage source installs by Danie Roux first.
Install GNU stow
For most Linux distributions GNU stow is available as a package.
Create Stow directory
mkdir -p /usr/local/stow
chmod 755 /usr/local/stow
Set environment variable STOW_DIR
export STOW_DIR="/usr/local/stow"
You might want to include the instruction above into the /etc/profile.d/stow.sh file, log out and log back in to have the variable available in all terminal windows.
Build and install the software
./configure
make
make install prefix=/usr/local/stow/dktools-x.y.z
Instead of x.y.z use the version number.
Create symbolic links ("package installation")
cd /usr/local/stow
stow --no-folding dktools-x.y.z
Instead of x.y.z use the version number.
Remove symbolic links
To get the package out of the PATH or before removing the /usr/local/stow/dktools-x.y.z directory, you should remove the symbolic links:
stow --no-folding --delete dktools-x.y.z
Instead of x.y.z use the version number.
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