MagniComp Systems

SysInfo Installation

  1. Follow the instructions to Download and unpack a distribution. You can either download complete source and build (compile) from scratch, or you can choose to download a precompiled (binary) distribution. We recommend that you use the binary distributions if there is one available for your platform. You must download the source and compile otherwise. Please note that sysinfo should only be run on the same OS version as it was compiled on. i.e. If compiled on SunOS 5.5, do not run the same binary on 5.6. If you attempt to do this, sysinfo will issue a warning.
  2. Read the RELEASE_NOTES BEFORE proceeding.
  3. If compiling from source:
    1. Read the comments in `Makefile' and make any necessary changes. The defaults should be fine for most sites. You may want to change the PREFIX and/or CONFDIR variables.
    2. Run `make'. Please note the following:
      • You will almost always need to compile sysinfo on EACH version of your operating system (OS).
      • Under SunOS 4.x, you must compile sysinfo for each kernel architecture (karch) and each OS version. i.e. "sun4c SunOS 4.1.4", "sun4m SunOS 4.1.4", etc. This is not necessary under SunOS 5.x.
  4. Continue with the following instructions for both source compiles and binary distribution downloads...
  5. Run `make test' to run sysinfo right now as a test. This should be done as `root' in order for sysinfo to function properly.
  6. To install the sysinfo program and all required files, run `make install'.
  7. To install man pages, run `make install.man'.