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Installing GNATS
Version 4
This is a very brief overview of the installation procedure for GNATS
version 4. It is strongly recommended that you refer to the file
gnats.texi or the online manual currently located at
http://sources.redhat.com/gnats/gnats_toc.html, specifically Chapter
3, Installing GNATS, before you try to install and operate GNATS. The
items marked `*Note' below refer to sections of chapter 3 in the
GNATS manual.
Installing GNATS
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There are several steps you need to follow to fully configure and
install GNATS on your system. You need `root' access in order to
create a new account for the user `gnats' and to install the GNATS
utilities. You may need `root' access on some systems in order to set
up mail aliases and to allow this new account access to `cron' and
`at'.
If you are updating an older version of GNATS rather than installing
from scratch, see the UPGRADING file.
NOTE: You will need to have GNU make and GNU Texinfo (version 4.2 or
newer) in order to install GNATS 4.
To build GNATS, you must:
* Run `configure', with correct options if the defaults are
unsuitable for your site. *Note Configuring and compiling the
software: Configure and make. Default installation locations are
detailed in *Note Where GNATS lives: Default installation
locations.
* Compile the GNATS programs on your system. *Note Configuring and
compiling the software.
* Create an initial database by using the `mkdb' command. *Note
Installing the default database.
* Set up periodic jobs, using cron, to handle Problem Reports
arriving by mail. *Note Setting up periodic reports.
* Set up mail aliases for GNATS. *Note Setting up mail aliases.
* Install the GNATS tools and utilities locally, and install the
user tools (`query-pr', `edit-pr', `send-pr') on every machine in
your local network. *Note Installing the user tools.
* Install the GNATS network daemon `gnatsd'. *Note Installing the
daemon.
* Update the local configuration files
dbconfig categories submitters responsible
states classes addresses gnatsd.user_access
in `DATABASEDIR/gnats-adm', as well as the files
gnatsd.host_access databases
in `PREFIX/etc/gnats' (usually /usr/local/etc/gnats).
*Note Changing your local configuration: Local configuration.
* If you have people outside your organization who will be
submitting PRs or who are supposed to be able to query and/or
edit PRs, you either need to instruct them to obtain and build
the GNATS tools `query-pr', `edit-pr' and `send-pr' for their
systems or set up a remote access interface to GNATS, such as
Gnatsweb. *Note Installing the user tools.
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