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(Solaris users please also see README.Solaris if you have trouble.)

The following commands should build integrit:

    ./configure && make

Then after su'ing to root:

    make install


SECURE INSTALLATION --------------------------------------------------

Please note that if you are doing this for real, you'll need to
compile on a trusted machine (e.g., one with a fresh install of the OS
that hasn't yet been plugged into the network) and copy the compiled
binary to a secure location.

At runtime the binary should be copied back to the localhost or run
directly from the secure location.

Doing otherwise is fine for testing, but it won't be secure, since
there's less security in compiling integrit on an untrusted host, and
no security in leaving the integrit binary on the host your checking.


VIRTUAL MEMORY AND MMAP-----------------------------------------------

Using virtual memory means that less virtual memory is available in
the system.  mmap-ping a file uses no physical memory, but it does use
virtual memory.  If you don't have lots of swap space, then your
system may *think* it's low on memory even if it's just virtual memory
that's being used.

For this reason, it's now possible to limit the amount of virtual
memory integrit uses for mmap.  Use the --with-max-mmap configure
option to specify in bytes the biggest file size you want mmap'ed.
(mmap is used only for reading databases, not for writing.)

The default max is 10485760 bytes (ten megabytes) -- you might even
want to raise it.  Use a max of zero to disable mmap-ing.


TROUBLESHOOTING ------------------------------------------------------

1)  compiler flags

If your compiler uses some other flags to indicate that the binary
should be linked statically, you can supply them when you configure
integrit.  For example, if instead of "-static" (the default) your
compiler wants to see "--static-bin", you can configure like this:

  STATIC="--static-bin" ./configure

... in a shell with Bourne shell syntax.  

Linking statically is desirable because it means that if the system
libraries are modified by an intruder, integrit itself isn't
compromised. 

The common convention of overriding the default compiler flags (-g
-Wall -O2) by providing your own CFLAGS environment variable works
with integrit, e.g., 

  CFLAGS="" ./configure


2)  documentation installation

Integrit's documentation is in the GNU texinfo format, which has many
advantages.  That means, however, that people who don't have the
texinfo "install-info" tool in their path when they do a "make
install" will see this message go by:

  Warning: install-info did not run successfully.
  	   to complete the installation of the documenation,
  	   Make sure info is installed and install-info is in
  	   the path when doing 'make install'
  (pausing 3 seconds)

That means that integrit won't be added to your system's info
directory.  Debian has its own style of documentation management and
its own install-info script.  For that reason, integrit defers to the
debian package maintainer or individual debian sysadmin if it detects
a non-texinfo install-info.

install-info adds lines like this to the "dir" file (e.g., in
/usr/share/info/dir):


Security Tools
* Integrit: (integrit).	        Integrit File Verification System.


If necessary you can simply copy these lines literally into the dir
file that your info browser uses.

Alternatively, if you have an install-info with a funny-name or in a
funny place, you can just tell make when you do "make install".  In
this example, the binary is in the "/opt/cocteau-twins" directory and
is named "liz" instead of "install-info"

  make install INSTALL_INFO=/opt/cocteau-twins/liz


3)  BSD-compatible install

integrit's build process checks to see whether your system has an
"install" program that it can use.  Some platforms have an install
program that seems to be OK but isn't.  If you see errors during "make
install", try using the install-sh script supplied with integrit: 

  cd path/to/integrit
  ./configure --with-install=`pwd`/install-sh


4)  make compatibility

If you have trouble during "make", try using GNU make.  Systems
sometimes have GNU make installed as "gmake".

However, integrit versions three and up should be compatible with most
make programs.  Please write to the integrit-users list if you find a
make that doesn't understand integrit's makefiles.


5)  finding libraries

This shouldn't be necessary since integrit stopped using openssl, but
if you have a required library in a place your compiler wouldn't
normally look, e.g. "/tmp/foo", you can provide that information to
configure like so:

 LDFLAGS="-L/tmp/foo/lib" ./configure

... and to say where the headers are too ...

 LDFLAGS="-L/tmp/foo/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/tmp/foo/include" ./configure

... for a shell with Bourne-shell syntax.


6)  building in a separate directory

You can build integrit in a directory other than the source directory.
This feature can be especially helpful for sysadmins who need to build
integrit for multiple architectures.  To use this feature, you would
do something like this:

  tar xvfz ~/packages/integrit-x.xx.tar.gz
  mkdir integrit-x86
  cd integrit-x86
  ../integrit-x.xx/configure && make && make utils