Hello,
I am trying to install Synchronet on Ubuntu 17.10. I posted a message on the yahoogroups but it seems it was never approved. How do I build Synchronet for linux? I can't seem to find good instructions. I also was looking for syncterm for linux, and I downloaded that source as well, and I am unable to build it as well.. If someone could walk me through the steps I can post more information on error messages and such. It's been years since I did anything in a linux environment so I'm a bit rusty.Visual Studio has a way of making us lazy. ;-) thanks,
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Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: James Barrett to All on Fri Feb 23 2018 12:14:06

I am trying to install Synchronet on Ubuntu 17.10. I posted a message on the yahoogroups but it seems it was never approved. How do I build

Did Yahoo! groups indicate that your message is pending moderator approval? That's interesting; I thought the owner of that group had been AWOL for years. It would be fantastic if that forum could just be abandoned.

the yahoogroups but it seems it was never approved. How do I build Synchronet for linux? I can't seem to find good instructions. I also was

These two pages have served me well in the past:

http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:prerequisites http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix

The 'prerequisites' page is important and is where most people get tripped up.

looking for syncterm for linux, and I downloaded that source as well, and I am unable to build it as well.. If someone could walk me through the

If you get the prerequisites installed and successfully build Synchronet, try building SyncTERM again - you may be able to at that point. If not, the error messages you're seeing when attempting to build would point the way to a solution (you should share those with us here).

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Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: James Barrett to All on Fri Feb 23 2018 12:14 pm

I am trying to install Synchronet on Ubuntu 17.10. I posted a message on the yahoogroups but it seems it was never approved. How do I build Synchronet for linux? I can't seem to find good instructions. I also was

Did you check the Synchronet wiki? There is a fairly good documentation page there for installing on Linux:
http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix

I'm not sure about SyncTerm, but I thought there was a binary download of SyncTerm somewhere. Quite sime time ago, I found a binary download of SyncTerm for Linux which worked for me at the time.

Nightfox

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Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: echicken to James Barrett on Fri Feb 23 2018 03:26 pm

I am trying to install Synchronet on Ubuntu 17.10. I posted a
message on the yahoogroups but it seems it was never approved. How
do I build

Did Yahoo! groups indicate that your message is pending moderator approval? That's interesting; I thought the owner of that group had been AWOL for years. It would be fantastic if that forum could just be abandoned.

I didn't know that such a group existed on Yahoo Groups. I've always referred to the official Synchronet documentation page (and more recently, the wiki) and Dove-Net, as those seem to be the most up-to-date and active resources for Synchronet.

Nightfox

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Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: James Barrett to All on Fri Feb 23 2018 12:14 pm

Hello,
I am trying to install Synchronet on Ubuntu 17.10. I posted a message on the yahoogroups but it seems it was never approved. How do I build Synchronet for linux? I can't seem to find good instructions. I also was

Hi, well, sounds like you're coming from a Windows background and from that perspective; everything is easier. But I'll say now that the instructions for Synchornet Linux aren't really too complicated, in my view. Though, they can have a lot of steps, and, I can see how at first shot it can get a bit confusing...

I have my own variation of an SBBS installer that I created for my own BBS. I've provided the link here, you'll wanna tune it a bit for your environment but it automates the build of SBBS on Ubuntu 17 just fine for me.

https://github.com/euphoriabbs/phoenix/blob/master/Build

I hope this helps...

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Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: James Barrett to All on Fri Feb 23 2018 12:14 pm

Hello,
I am trying to install Synchronet on Ubuntu 17.10. I posted a message on

I also tried to install it with Ubuntu 17 can't remember what error I got, I have been an Ubuntu guy since 11.04 but I recently switched to Debian Stretch.
I was able to build synchronet on Debian Stretch mate no problem.

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echicken wrote to James Barrett <=-

These two pages have served me well in the past:

http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:prerequisites http://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix

Yep, these instructions work well.

The 'prerequisites' page is important and is where most people get
tripped up.

Yeah I missed installing curses libraries. Once I fixed that, my compile went smoothly.

looking for syncterm for linux, and I downloaded that source as well, and I am unable to build it as well.. If someone could walk me through the

If you get the prerequisites installed and successfully build
Synchronet, try building SyncTERM again - you may be able to at that point. If not, the error messages you're seeing when attempting to
build would point the way to a solution (you should share those with us here).

I had trouble building SyncTerm, as there's no instructions I could find for
t.


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ispyhumanfly wrote to James Barrett <=-

Hi, well, sounds like you're coming from a Windows background and from that perspective; everything is easier. But I'll say now that the instructions for Synchornet Linux aren't really too complicated, in my view. Though, they can have a lot of steps, and, I can see how at first shot it can get a bit confusing...

Actually, building it from the repository (the first recommended method) is very simple, almost a singlke step process, once the prerequisites are installed.


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Re: Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: Tony Langdon to echicken on Sat Feb 24 2018 20:21:00

I had trouble building SyncTerm, as there's no instructions I could find for t.

Enter the 'src/syncterm/' directory and run 'make', as a starting point. Depending on various things, that may get it done for you.

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echicken wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Re: Re: Trying to build SBBS for Linux
By: Tony Langdon to echicken on Sat Feb 24 2018 20:21:00

I had trouble building SyncTerm, as there's no instructions I could find for t.

Enter the 'src/syncterm/' directory and run 'make', as a starting
point. Depending on various things, that may get it done for you.

Yeah I ran into an error message that didn't give me any useful clues. Will have to take another look to see what went wrong.


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