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Installation from source – APC UPS control system User Manual

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Installation from Source

Installation from source might have to be be done different ways depending
on what system you are running. The basic procedure involves getting a
source distribution, running the configuration, rebuilding, and installing.

The basic installation from a tar source file is rather simple:

1. Unpack the source code from its tar archive.

2. Go into the directory containing the source code.

3. Run ./configure (with appropriate options as described below)

4. make

5. su (i.e. become root)

6. Stop any running instance of apcupsd. The command to do this will

look like /apcupsd stop

7. uninstall any old apcupsd This is important since the default install

locations may have changed.

8. make install

9. edit your /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf file if necessary

10. ensure that your halt script is properly updated

11. Start the new apcupsd with: /apcupsd

start

If all goes well, the ./configure will correctly determine which oper-
ating system you are running and configure the source code appropri-
ately.

configure

currently recognizes the systems listed below in the

Operating System Specifics section of this chapter and adapts the config-
uration appropriately. Check that the configuration report printed at the
end of the configure process corresponds to your choice of directories, op-
tions, and that it has correctly detected your operating system. If not,
redo the configure with the appropriate options until your configuration is
correct.

Please note that a number of the configure options preset apcupsd.conf di-
rective values in an attempt to automatically adapt apcupsd as best possible
to your system. You can change the values in apcupsd.conf at a later time

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