Installation on Fedora Core

1. Needed Packages
2. Install from the Source
3. Configuration

Needed Packages

To install Vuurmuur on Fedora Core you need this packages: Install them via yum or apt to resolve dependencies.

automake autoconf autoconf gcc gettext gettext-devel libtool which gcc-c++ ncurses-devel

Install from source

Installing from source is made easy with a install script. The steps that need to be taken for this type of installation will be explained below.

1. download the archive, e.g. Vuurmuur-0.5.68.tar.gz, and store it on your disk
2. unpack the archive with the command 'tar -xvzf Vuurmuur-0.5.68.tar.gz'
3. enter the directory Vuurmuur-0.5.68
4. Now run the install script: ./install.sh --install --defaults (this will use the default locations, /etc/vuurmuur for the config /usr/bin/ for the binaries, /usr/share/vuurmuur for misc files and /var/log/vuurmuur for logs)
5. After some waiting you should get a success message.

Configuration

To install Vuurmuur as a service copy the init script from e.g. "/usr/share/vuurmuur/scripts/vuurmuur-initd.sh" to "/etc/init.d/". To add and autostart the service type "chkconfig vuurmuur-initd.sh --add" and "chkconfig vuurmuur-initd.sh on" Then start Vuurmuur "/etc/init.d/vuurmuur-initd.sh start"

At last you should install the logrotate skript. Simply copy /usr/share/vuurmuur/scripts/vuurmuur-logrotate to /etc/logrotate.d/