Apcupsd

Download Source:	http://superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/apcupsd/apcupsd-3.14.0.tar.gz

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Introduction to Apcupsd

Apcupsd is a deamon that talks with APC ups and monitors it's status. There are alot of devices that it will work with one should read up on it.

Commands

You will need to check and set USB to the correct device. Most new UPS use a USB, but it might not...

--enable-usb

--with-upstype=<YOUR_UPS>: This option allows you to specify the type of UPS that will be connected to your computer

--with-upscable=<YOUR_CABLE>: This option allows you to specify what cable you are using to connect to the UPS

--enable-cgi: Enables the building of the CGI programs that permit Web browser access to apcupsd data

--with-cgi-bin=<CGI_DIR>: Points to your CGI dir

--enable-gapcmon: A Gtk2/GLib2 GUI application used to monitor UPS devices controlled by the APCUPSD package.

--enable-powerflute: Is a ncurses based program to monitor the UPS.

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/opt/apc --with-log-dir=/var/log \
--enable-usb --with-upstype=usb --with-upscable=usb \
--enable-cgi --with-cgi-bin=/srv/www/cgi-bin \
--enable-gapcmon --enable-powerflute &&
make

Install the package

make install 

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

32Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD32}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH32" USE_ARCH=32 \
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-log-dir=/var/log \
--enable-usb --with-upstype=usb --with-upscable=usb \
--enable-cgi --with-cgi-bin=/srv/www/cgi-bin \
--enable-gapcmon --enable-powerflute &&
make

Install the package

make install

N32

TO DO!

64Bit

Compile the package

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH64" USE_ARCH=64 \
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-log-dir=/var/log \
--enable-usb --with-upstype=usb --with-upscable=usb \
--enable-cgi --with-cgi-bin=/srv/www/cgi-bin \ 
--enable-gapcmon --enable-powerflute &&
make

Install the package

make install

Configuring

BootScript

Init script IS NOT yet included in the blfs-bootscripts package.

#!/bin/sh
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/apcupsd

# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
# Rewritten by zippo zippo@oppiz.net

#$LastChangedBy: oppiz 
#$Date: 2007-02-15 00:13:00Hrs

. /etc/sysconfig/rc
. $rc_functions

case "$1" in
    start)
       boot_mesg "Starting Apcupsd Server..."
       loadproc /sbin/apcupsd
       sleep 1
       ;;

   stop)
       boot_mesg "Stopping Apcupsd Server..."
       killproc /sbin/apcupsd
       ;;

   reload)
       boot_mesg "Reloading Apcupsd Server..."
       reloadproc /sbin/apcupsd
       ;;

   restart)
       $0 stop
       sleep 1
       $0 start
       ;;

   status)
       statusproc /sbin/apcupsd
       ;;

   *)
       echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
       exit 1
       ;;
esac

# End $rc_base/init.d/apcupsd