SMS Server Tools

Compiling

Windows users should follow the Step by Step Instruction for Windows.

Other users should follow these steps:

  1. Solaris users do the changes as described in Software compatibility
  2. Log in as root
  3. Install the package:
    mm Shared Memory Library
    gcc GNU Compiler Collection
    glibc GNU C Library
    make GNU Make
    tar GNU Tape Archiver
  4. Extract the source package into your preferred directory.
    tar xzf smstools.tar.gz
  5. Run make to compile and install the sources.
    make -s
    make -s install

You can ignore the warning that "tempnam is dangerous" if your compiler tells you that.

The book describes the installation procedure of the SMS Server Tools much more in detail. It also explains how to install and use other useful programs like Apache webserver, MySQL, PHP script language, cronjobs, shell scripts, sendmail, fetchmail, formail, sed, cut, grep. All these programs are also available for Windows.