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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Introduction</A>
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-<P>This section describes the installation of DX Spider v1.47 on a
+<P>This section describes the installation of DX Spider v1.50 on a
<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat</A> Linux Distribution.
Wherever possible I will try to include differences for other distributions.
-I do not intend to try and cover the installation of Linux or the setup
-of the AX25 utilities. If you need help on this then read Iains original
-installation guide that comes with the Spider distribution.
<P>
<P>I am assuming a general knowledge of Linux and its commands. You should
know how to use <EM>tar</EM> and how to edit files using your favourite editor.
<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Curses/Curses-1.06.tar.gz">Curses-1.06.tar.gz</A></LI>
<LI>
<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Time/Time-HiRes-01.20.tar.gz">Time-HiRes-01.20.tar.gz</A></LI>
+<LI>
+<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Digest/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz">Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz</A></LI>
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<P>
<P>Copy the CPAN modules listed above to a convenient place on your computer. One good
# make test
# make install
# cd ..
+#
+# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Digest-SHA1-2.01.tar.gz
+# cd Digest-SHA1-2.01
+# perl Makefile.pl
+# make test
+# make install
+# cd ..
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<P>
<P>Do not fall into the trap of thinking they're all the same, just because they
<P>I will assume that you have already downloaded the latest tarball of
the DXSpider software and are ready to install it. I am assuming version
-1.47 for this section but of course you would use the latest version.
+1.50 for this section but of course you would use the latest version.
<P>
<P>Login as root and create a user to run the cluster under. <B><I>UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCES USE ROOT AS THIS USER!</I></B>. I am going to use
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# cd ~sysop
-# tar xvfz spider-1.47.tar.gz
+# tar xvfz spider-1.50.tar.gz
# ln -s ~sysop/spider /spider
# groupadd -g 251 spider (or another number)
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$ ./cluster.pl
-DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.47
+DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.50
Copyright (c) 1998 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
loading prefixes ...
loading band data ...