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Joachim Nilsson
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As suggested in GitHub issue #68. Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Building
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Finit comes with a traditional configure script to control features and
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optional plugins to enable. It does however depend on two external
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libraries that provide some frog DNA needed:
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- [libuEv][]
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- [libite][] (-lite)
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Like most free/open source software that uses `configure` they deafult
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to install to `/usr/local`. However, some Linux distributions do no
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longer search that path for installed software, e.g. Fedora and Alpine
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Linux. To get finit's configure script to find its dependencies you
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have to help the `pkg-config` tool a bit if you do not change the
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default prefix path:
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PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
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Below are a few of the main switches to
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configure:
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* `--disable-inetd`: Disable the built-in inetd server.
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* `--enable-rw-rootfs`: Most desktop and server systems boot with the
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root file stystem read-only. With this setting Finit will remount it
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as read-write early at boot so the `bootmisc.so` plugin can run.
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Usually not needed on embedded systems.
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* `--enable-static`: Build Finit statically. The plugins will be
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built-ins (.o files) and all external libraries, except the C library
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will be linked statically.
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* `--enable-alsa-utils`: Enable the optional `alsa-utils.so` sound plugin.
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* `--enable-dbus`: Enable the optional D-Bus `dbus.so` plugin.
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* `--enable-lost`: Enable noisy example plugin for `HOOK_SVC_LOST`.
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* `--enable-resolvconf`: Enable the `resolvconf.so` optional plugin.
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* `--enable-x11-common`: Enable the optional X Window `x11-common.so` plugin.
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For more configure flags, see <kbd>./configure --help</kbd>
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**Example**
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First, unpack the archive:
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```shell
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$ tar xf finit-3.0.tar.xz
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$ cd finit-3.0/
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```
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Then configure, build and install:
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```shell
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$ ./configure --enable-rw-rootfs --enable-inetd-echo-plugin \
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--enable-inetd-chargen-plugin --enable-inetd-daytime-plugin \
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--enable-inetd-discard-plugin --enable-inetd-time-plugin \
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--with-heading="Alpine Linux 3.4" --with-hostname=alpine
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$ make
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.
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.
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$ DESTDIR=/tmp/finit make install
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```
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In this example the [finit-3.0.tar.xz][1] archive is unpacked to the
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user's home directory, configured, built and installed to a temporary
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staging directory. The environment variable `DESTDIR` controls the
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destination directory when installing, very useful for building binary
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standalone packages.
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Finit 3.0 and later can detect if it runs on an embedded system, or a
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system that use BusyBox tools instead of udev & C:o. On such systems
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`mdev` instead of `udev` is used. However, remember to also change the
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Linux config to:
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CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/mdev"
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**Note:** If you run into problems starting Finit, take a look at
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`finit.c`. One of the most common problems is a custom Linux kernel
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build that lack `CONFIG_DEVTMPFS`. Another is too much cruft in the
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system `/etc/fstab`.
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[1]: ftp://troglobit.com/finit/finit-3.0.tar.xz
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[libuEv]: https://github.com/troglobit/libuev
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[libite]: https://github.com/troglobit/libite
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