Please note that for many of its dependencies GNUnet requires very
recent versions of the libraries which are often NOT to be found in
-stable distributions in 2010. While using older packages may in some
+stable distributions in 2011. While using older packages may in some
cases on some operating systems may seem to work in some limited
fashion, we are in many cases aware of serious problems with older
packages. Hence please make sure to use the versions listed below.
These are the direct dependencies for running GNUnet:
- libextractor >= 0.6.1
-- libmicrohttpd >= 0.9.2
+- libmicrohttpd >= 0.9.21
- libgcrypt >= 1.2
-- libgmp >= 4.0
- libcurl >= 7.21.0
+- libunistring >= 0.9.2
- libltdl >= 2.2 (part of GNU libtool)
-- sqlite >= 3.0 (alternative to MySQL)
+- sqlite >= 3.0 (default database)
- mysql >= 5.1 (alternative to sqLite)
-- postgres >= ??? (not yet supported)
+- postgres >= 8.3 (alternative to sqLite)
Recommended autotools for compiling the SVN version are:
- autoconf >= 2.59
GNUnet requires the GNU MP library (http://www.gnu.org/software/gmp/)
and libgcrypt (http://www.gnupg.org/). You can specify the path to
libgcrypt by passing "--with-gcrypt=PATH" to configure. You will also
-need either sqlite (http://www.sqlite.org/) or MySQL
-(http://www.mysql.org/).
+need either sqlite (http://www.sqlite.org/), MySQL
+(http://www.mysql.org/) or PostGres (http://www.postgres.org/).
If you install from source, you need to install GNU libextractor first
(download from http://www.gnu.org/software/libextractor/). We also
"/var/lib/gnunet"; you may also want to use "/etc/gnunet.conf" for the
location of the configuration file in this case.
+You can avoid running 'make install' as root if you run configure
+with the "--with-sudo=yes" option and have extensive sudo rights
+(can run chmod +s and chown via sudo). If you run 'make install'
+as a normal user without sudo rights (or the configure option),
+certain binaries that require additional priviledges will not be
+installed properly (and NAT traversal, WLAN and VPN will not work).
+
Note that additional, per-user configuration files
(~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf) need to be created by each user (for example,
-by running gnunet-setup). For more general information about the GNU
-build process read the INSTALL file.
+by running gnunet-setup). Note that gnunet-setup is a separate
+download and requires recent versions of GTK+ and Glade; you can also
+edit the configuration file by hand, but this is not recommended. For
+more general information about the GNU build process read the INSTALL
+file.
If you are compiling the code from subversion, you have to run
". bootstrap" before ./configure. If you receive an error during the
you may want to adjust the limitations (space consumption, bandwidth,
etc.) though. The configuration files are human-readable. Note that
you MUST create "~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf" explicitly before starting
-GNUnet. You can either copy "defaults.conf" or simply create an empty
-file.
+GNUnet. You can either run gnunet-setup (available as part of the
+gnunet-gtk source package) or simply create an empty file.
Usage
specified in the gnunet.conf configuration file).
Now start the local node using "gnunet-arm -s". GNUnet should run 24/7 if
-you want to maximize your anonymity.
-
-The GTK user interface is shipped separately. After downloading and
-installing gnunet-gtk, you can invoke the GUI with:
-
-$ gnunet-gtk
-
-// FIXME: gnunet-qt is not yet supported in 0.9.x
-For Qt/KDE users, there is also a QT user interface (also shipped
-separately). If you install gnunet-qt, you can invoke the GUI with:
+you want to maximize your anonymity.
-$ gnunet-qt
-
-If you want to use the shell (part of this distribution), use
+You should then be able to access GNUnet using the shell:
$ gnunet-search KEYWORD
together with a description. To publish files on GNUnet, use the
"gnunet-publish" command.
-// FIXME: auto-share is not yet supported in 0.9.x
-In order to share files, the easiest way is to create a directory
-with the files (and directories) that you want to share and run
-$ nohup gnunet-auto-share NAME-OF-THE-DIRECTORY &
+The GTK user interface is shipped separately. After downloading and
+installing gnunet-gtk, you can invoke the GUI with:
+
+$ gnunet-gtk
For further documentation, see our webpage.
$ export GNUNET_PREFIX=$SOMEWHERE
$ make check
-If any testcases fail to pass on your system, run "contrib/report.sh"
-and report the output together with information about the failing
-testcase to the Mantis bugtracking system at
-https://gnunet.org/bugs/.
+Some of the testcases require python >= 2.6 and pexpect to be
+installed. If any testcases fail to pass on your system, run
+"contrib/report.sh" and report the output together with
+information about the failing testcase to the Mantis bugtracking
+system at https://gnunet.org/bugs/.
Running http on port 80 and https on port 443
at this point.
-
-Running the SMTP transport
-==========================
-
-// NOTE: SMTP is not currently available in this version of GNUnet
-Running GNUnet over SMTP (e-mail) is a bit more involved. Note that
-you do not need to run all transports (only running the NAT transport
-is the only thing that will not work). If you really want to do
-P2P over SMTP, read the instructions at http://gnunet.org/smtp
-
-
Stay tuned
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