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<a href="http://smarden.org/pape/">G. Pape</a><br>
<a href="index.html">runit</a><br>
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<h1>runit - installation</h1>
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<i>runit</i> installs into
<a href="http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage.html">/package</a>.
If you don't have a <tt>/package</tt> directory, create it now:
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  # mkdir -p /package
  # chmod 1755 /package
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Download
<a href="runit-0.9.3.tar.gz">runit-0.9.3.tar.gz</a> into <tt>/package</tt>
and unpack the archive
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  # cd /package
  # gunzip runit-0.9.3.tar
  # tar -xpf runit-0.9.3.tar
  # rm runit-0.9.3.tar
  # cd admin/runit-0.9.3
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Compile and install the <i>runit</i> programs
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  # package/install
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If you want to make the man pages available in the <tt>/usr/local/man/</tt>
hierarchy, do:
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  # package/install-man
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Refer to <a href="replaceinit.html">replacing init</a> for
replacing <i>init</i> with <i>runit</i>, or to
<a href="useinit.html">use with traditional init</a> for running
<i>runit</i>'s service supervision with your system's current <i>init</i>
scheme.
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<address><a href="mailto:pape@smarden.org">
Gerrit Pape &lt;pape@smarden.org&gt;
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<small>$Id$</small>
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