Installation on Slackware

Needed Packages

To install Vuurmuur on Slackware, please check these packages are installed:

• autoconf : /d/autoconf-x.xx-noarch-1
• automake : /d/automake-x.x.x-noarch-1
• binutils : /d/binutils-x.x.x.x.x-i486-3
• gcc : /d/gcc-x.x.x-i486-1
• gcc-g++ : /d/gcc-g++-x.x.x-i486-1
• gettext : /a/gettext-x.x.x-i486-1
• gettext-tools : /d/gettext-tools-x.x.x-i486-1
• kernel-headers : /d/kernel-headers-x.x.x-i386-1
• libtool : /d/libtool-x.x.x-i486-1
• m4 : /d/m4-x.x.x-i486-1
• make : /d/make-x.xx-i386-1
• ncurses : /l/ncurses-x.x-i486-2
• perl : /d/perl-x.x.x-i486-1

(Download from ftp.slackware.com or mirror (cf ​http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ ))

the Slackware package

In order to handle the vuurmuur slackware package, you'll need pkgtools

• pkgtools : /a/pkgtools-x.x.x-i486-y

Install the Slackware package

• download the slackware package from the Downloads page
• log as root and type

  installpkg vuurmuur-x.x.x-i486-y
  

• for an automatic launch of vuurmuur, you'll need to open /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add these lines:

  if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.vuurmuur ]; then
  /etc/rc.d/rc.vuurmuur start
  fi
  

Build the Slackware package

If you want to build your own vuurmuur slackware package

• download the Vuurmuur sources archive
• download the vuurmuur.SlackBuild package-building script and its description slack-desc
• (optional) modify the BUILD variable in the vuurmuur.SlackBuild... and DON'T modify something else until you know what you are doing
• launch the script with

  sh ./vuurmuur.SlackBuild
  

• the package is in the /tmp directory

  ls /tmp/vuurmuur-x.y.zz-i486-w.tgz
  

Install from source

The automatic way

Installing from source is an easy task with the install script:

• download the archive, e.g. Vuurmuur-0.5.68.tar.gz, and store it on your disk
• log as root
• unpack the archive with the command

  tar -xvzf Vuurmuur-0.5.68.tar.gz
  

• enter the directory Vuurmuur-0.5.68

  cd Vuurmuur-0.5.68
  

• Now run the install script:

  sh ./install.sh --install
  

• Specify '/usr/local' as the install directory (/usr is the default one)
• Specify '/etc' as the config directory (which is the default one)
• Specify '/var/log/vuurmuur' as the logs directory (which is the default one)
• After some waiting you should get a success message. If errors occurs, check the logs files or try the manual way.

The manual way

• download the archive, e.g. Vuurmuur-0.5.68.tar.gz, and store it on your disk
• log as root
• unpack the archive with the command

  tar -xvzf Vuurmuur-0.5.68.tar.gz
  

• enter the directory Vuurmuur-0.5.68

  cd Vuurmuur-0.5.68
  

• unpack the archives with the command

   sh ./install.sh --unpack
  

• enter the 'libvuurmuur' directory
• run the configure script, make then install

  cd libvuurmuur
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc
  make
  make install
  cd ..
  

• enter the 'vuurmuur' directory
• run the configure script, make then install

  cd vuurmuur
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc \
  --with-libvuurmuur-includes=/usr/local/include \
  --with-libvuurmuur-libraries=/usr/local/lib
  make
  make install
  cd ..
  

(hey...why do you think an install.sh script exists ;-))

• enter the 'vuurmuur_conf' directory
• run the configure script, make then install

  cd vuurmuur_conf
  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc \
  --with-libvuurmuur-includes=/usr/local/include \
  --with-libvuurmuur-libraries=/usr/local/lib
  make
  make install
  cd ..
  

Configuration

The 'rc.vuurmuur' script is uptodate This script should be copied into the /etc/rc.d/ directory Which will allow us to start Vuurmuur by "/etc/rc.d/rc.vuurmuur start"

• copy this script

  cp /usr/local/share/vuurmuur/scripts/rc.vuurmuur /etc/rc.d
  

• chmod +x this script

  chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.vuurmuur
  

At last you could install the logrotate script. Simply copy /usr/local/share/vuurmuur/scripts/vuurmuur-logrotate into /etc/logrotate.d/

Don't forget to check that the LANG environment variable is properly defined (or set it if not)