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{{Package-Introduction|According to Columbia University, Kermit is a combined network and serial communication software package offering a consistent, transport-independent, cross-platform approach to connection establishment, terminal sessions, file transfer, file management, character-set translation, numeric and alphanumeric paging, and automation of file transfer, dialogs, and communication tasks through its built-in scripting language.|http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html}} | {{Package-Introduction|According to Columbia University, Kermit is a combined network and serial communication software package offering a consistent, transport-independent, cross-platform approach to connection establishment, terminal sessions, file transfer, file management, character-set translation, numeric and alphanumeric paging, and automation of file transfer, dialogs, and communication tasks through its built-in scripting language.|http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html}} | ||
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| + | == Dependencies == | ||
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| + | === Optional === | ||
| + | * [[OpenSSL]] requires version 0.9.6 or earlier | ||
| + | * [[Linux-PAM]] | ||
| + | * [[MIT krb5]] | ||
| + | * [[krb4]] | ||
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| + | {{Note|If using one of the secruity packages above, create a libtermcap.so link to /lib/libncurses.so.5.5, /usr/lib32/libncurses.so.5.5, or /lib64/libncurses.so.5.5 as appropriate.}} | ||
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| + | {{Note|See the file makefile for targets other than linux. For example, to build against OpenSSL, the target is specified linux+openssl.}} | ||
== Configuration Information == | == Configuration Information == | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 22 April 2008
| Download Source: | http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftp/test/tar/x.tar.gz |
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Contents
Introduction to Kermit
According to Columbia University, Kermit is a combined network and serial communication software package offering a consistent, transport-independent, cross-platform approach to connection establishment, terminal sessions, file transfer, file management, character-set translation, numeric and alphanumeric paging, and automation of file transfer, dialogs, and communication tasks through its built-in scripting language.
Project Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html
Dependencies
Optional
Note
Note
Configuration Information
The Kermit tarball unpacks into the current directory. Create a working directory and unpack the files there.
mkdir kermit && tar xf x.tar.gz -C kermit
Non-Multilib
Retrieve the man page for ckermit:
wget ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/f/ckuker.nr
Compile the package:
sed -i -e "s:-O:${BUILD32}:" makefile &&
make KFLAGS="-DCK_SHADOW" linux
Install the package:
make BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1 MANEXT=1 install
Multilib
This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is required.
32Bit
Retrieve the man page for ckermit:
wget ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/f/ckuker.nr
Compile the package:
sed -i -e "s:-O:${BUILD32}:" makefile &&
make KFLAGS="-DCK_SHADOW" linux
Install the package:
make BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1 MANEXT=1 install
N32
Compile the package:
sed -i -e "s:-O:${BUILDN32}:" makefile &&
make KFLAGS="-DCK_SHADOW" linux
Install the package:
make BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1 MANEXT=1 install
64Bit
Compile the package:
sed -i -e "s:-O:${BUILD64}:" makefile &&
make KFLAGS="-DCK_SHADOW" linux
Install the package:
make BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man/man1 MANEXT=1 install
Contents
| Installed Directories: | None |
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| Installed Programs: | kermit |
| Installed Libraries: | None |
Short Descriptions
| kermit | is a combined network and serial communication program. |
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