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diff --git a/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml b/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml index 2a00423bf..f2a6bf127 100644 --- a/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml @@ -1,17 +1,8 @@ +<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> + <sect2> <title>Installation of Net-tools</title> -<para>Install Net-tools by running the following commands:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>make && -make update</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>If you want to accept all the default answers, you can run these -commands instead:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>yes "" | make && -make update</userinput></screen></para> - <para>If you don't know what to answer to all the questions asked during the <userinput>make</userinput> phase, then just accept the defaults, which will be just fine in the majority of the cases. What you are asked here @@ -24,5 +15,27 @@ still need to actually enable these protocols in the kernel. What you do here is merely telling the programs to be able to use those protocols, but it's up to the kernel to make them available to the system.</para> +<para>If you intend to accept the default settings, you may skip +the questions generated by <emphasis>make</emphasis> by runing +<userinput>yes "" | make</userinput>.</para> + +<para>Compile the package:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Finish installing the package:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>make update</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>The <emphasis>update</emphasis> option to <userinput>make</userinput> +works similarly to the <emphasis>install</emphasis> option, with one +exception: it doesn't make backups of files it's replacing. One of the +things net-tools replaces is sh-utils's version of /bin/hostname +(net-tools's version is far better than sh-utils's version).</para> + +<para>Also, if you decide to reinstall this package at some point in the +future, a make update won't backup all the files from a previous net-tools +installation.</para> + </sect2> |