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LinPac version 0.20 (stable release)
Copyright (c) 2014 by David Ranch (KI6ZHD)
Linpac is a modular console-oriented packet radio terminal for Linux with a
built-in messaging client. Using Linux's native AX.25 network stack, it
can support eight concurrent connected sessions (QSOs) as well as send
UNPROTO packets (UI) to any preconfigured ax25 digi path. Local messaging
support is currently fairly simple yet Linpac is designed to relay all
messages to remote BBSes for full messaging if configured. Linpac stable
currently supports an ncurses-based CLI client but there an unstable Java-based
client/server version with a GUI client that's partially operational but needs
work.
Packet radio mail: KI6ZHD@N0ARY.#NCA.CA.USA.NOAM
Current contributors:
- Jerry Dunmire (KA6HLD)
If you encounter any problems when compiling or using LinPac please go to
http://linpac.sourceforge.net for support.
Many thanks to the original author of Linpac:
Radek Burget OK2JBG
Internet e-mail : radkovo@centrum.cz
Packet radio mail : OK2JBG@OK0PAB.#MOR.CZE.EU
QUICK INSTALATION FROM A RELEASE PACKAGE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Release packages can be identified by the presence of the ./configure in
this directory. If the ./configure script is not present, then see the
'Hacking' instructions below.
If you plan to use Linpac for recieving and sending your mail via a
remote BBS system (optional), please install the ax25mail-utils package
first before first running Linpac. This package can be found
at http://ax25mail.sf.net
Before compilation of Linpac please run:
./configure
The default destination directory prefix is set to /usr/local
If you want to change this, add --prefix switch:
./configure --prefix=DIR
where DIR is the new destination directory prefix.
(LinPac installs into PREFIX/bin and PREFIX/share/linpac)
After this just type
make
to compile the package and then type
make install
or
make install-strip
to install the package. The install-strip command will also strip the
debugging information from the program (the instalation is then
MUCH SMALLER).
KNOWN PROBLEMS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See http://linpac.sf.net for actual problems and their solution.
The --enable-LINKSTATIC configuration option does not work.
NOTES FOR HACKING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A clean checkout from the source repository is not ready to configure
and compile. You will need the GNU autotools
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_build_system) to create the
./configure script and Makfile templates. Once the autotools are
installed the full build procedure is:
autoreconf --install
./configure
make
make install
You can make a release package for distribution using:
make dist
For debugging Linpac it is useful to run Linpac in the place of compile
without installing it. For this the command 'make noinstall' can be used.
This will create the directory structure in the ./src directory. This is
only available with the staticaly linked applications.
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most of the configuration options are described in the INSTALL file.
[broken]
There is one custom option for linpac; --enable-LINKSTATIC.
The applicatons are linked using the shared library by default (the library
liblinpac.so is installed in /usr/local/lib). You can link all the
applications staticaly by running
configure --enable-LINKSTATIC