Installation

System Requirements

IPTraf requires:

Availability

IPTraf can be downloaded from the Internet from the official FTP site at ftp://iptraf.seul.org/pub/iptraf/.

The software is available in source form in compressed .tar.gz files named iptraf-x.y.z.tar.gz where x.y.z is the version number. Precompiled ready-to-run software is available in the iptraf-x.y.z.machinetype.bin.tar.gz files. (machinetype indicates what platform the precompiled binaries run on. The official distribution will only be for the Intel x86 architecture indicated as i386.)

Installing Downloaded Packages

You will need to have GNU tar and GNU zip installed. All modern Linux installations already have these utilities ready.

1. Decompress the .tar.gz file by entering

   tar zxvf iptraf-x.y.z.tar.gz

   for the source code or

   tar zxvf iptraf-x.y.z.i386.bin.tar.gz

   for the precompiled x86 programs.

   If your tar doesn't support the z option, you can separately decompress the .tar.gz file then extract the resulting .tar archive.

   gunzip iptraf-x.y.z.tar.gz tar xvf iptraf-x.y.z.tar

   This will decompress the sources into a directory called iptraf-x.y.z (source code) or iptraf-x.y.z.bin (precompiled). (x.y.z here should be the IPTraf version number you're installing, like 3.0.0).

2. Change to the created top level directory.

3. To compile and install the software, run the Setup program by entering

   ./Setup

   while you are logged in as root. The Setup script will recognize the source distribution and compile the software before installing. It will immediately install a precompiled distribution.

The resulting binaries will be placed in the /usr/local/bin directory. All needed directories will also be created.

After installation, you will be asked if you want to read the RELEASE-NOTES file. It is recommended that you do so at that point, since the RELEASE-NOTES file contains important information about the new version.

Installing a Floppy Distribution

If you received IPTraf on a diskette, the sources are already decompressed. The diskette is in Second Extended filesystem format. Perform the following steps to install the software.

1. Insert the floppy in the drive.

2. Mount the floppy on an empty directory. For example, to mount the floppy in the first floppy drive under a directory called /mnt, enter

   mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt

   This assumes your floppy is in /dev/fd0. You can use any empty directory in place of /mnt. With most Linux installations, this will work fine.

3. After mounting, change to the /mnt (or whatever) directory.

4. Enter

   ./Setup

   while logged in as root. Setup will determine whether the diskette contains a source code distribution or ready-to-run precompiled software. This will copy the binaries to /usr/local/bin, and create the necessary working directories.

5. Unmount the diskette by typing

   umount /mnt

   (That's umount, not unmount.)

   You can then eject the diskette. Store it in a safe place.

   You will also be asked if you want to view the RELEASE-NOTES file. It is recommended that you do so at that point.

   In both cases (downloaded and floppy), the installation will store the program in /usr/local/bin with the binaries owned by user root, readable, writable, and executable by the owner, no permissions for the group, no permissions for all others. (700 octal, or -rwx------).

   	Note
   	You must be root to do the installation. The old style of installation (cd src;make install) is still supported.

Be sure /usr/local/bin is included in your environment's PATH variable. You can edit the appropriate command in your login customization file (.profile for the Bourne-type shells, .cshrc for the C shell and its relatives).