Re: install udpxy.1.0.23

Alex Vong

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Nov 26, 2015, 9:10:07 AM11/26/15

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Hi,

Nexttime please send mail to <debia...@lists.debian.org> instead of
<debian...@lists.debian.org> since the later list is mostly for
junior maintainers instead of users.

According to <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=687543>
someone had been tried to package udpxy, but did not make it, so it is
not in Debian right now.

So, we need to compile from source :)

First, we need to install the build tools (with root privilege):

$ apt-get install build-essential

After that, build with the following commands:

$ wget http://www.udpxy.com/download/1_23/udpxy.1.0.23-9-prod.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf udpxy.1.0.23-9-prod.tar.gz
$ make
$ su -c 'make install'

If you don't want to install, just don't run the last command and run
udpxy directly from the source tree using:

./udpxy

Feel free to ask if you don't understand any of the steps.

Cheers,
Alex

On 16/11/2015, linuxuser <artan...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> hello
>
> Can you help me how to installed udpxy.1.0.23-0-prod.tar.gz
> I uses Debian 8.2 ,I'm trying but it is impossible
>
>

Chris Bannister

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Nov 27, 2015, 3:00:05 AM11/27/15

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On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 09:42:51PM +0800, Alex Vong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Nexttime please send mail to <debia...@lists.debian.org> instead of
> <debian...@lists.debian.org> since the later list is mostly for
> junior maintainers instead of users.

Ummm, whenever anyone has a question about packaging and they ask on the
debian-user list, they invariably get sent to the debian-mentor list
eventually because that's where the expertise is.

Is that wrong?

--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X

Thomas Schmitt

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Nov 27, 2015, 5:20:05 AM11/27/15

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Hi,

linuxuser wrote on debian-...@lists.debian.org:

> > > Can you help me how to installed udpxy.1.0.23-0-prod.tar.gz

Alex Vong wrote:
> > Nexttime please send mail to <debia...@lists.debian.org>
> > instead of <debian...@lists.debian.org>
> >

> > [... helpful explanation of building from upstream tarball ...]

Chris Bannister wrote:
> Ummm, whenever anyone has a question about packaging and they ask on the
> debian-user list, they invariably get sent to the debian-mentor list

I first thought the message was from debian-user when i
saw it. Only after i had a look at the content of the
tarball i noticed that it was from debian-mentors (and thus
possibly about an aspect i didn't understand).

If it had been from debian-user, i had answered that one
needs packages "tar", "gcc", and "make" and should not get
distracted too much by the exotic build options on
http://www.udpxy.com/howtos-en.html
Just "make". No CC=, no "make" target.
Execute where built, or run as superuser: make install

Creating a Debian package would be an adventure that is
more demanding.

(Note that the correct mail address for advise with packaging is
debian-...@lists.debian.org
i.e. "mentors" in plural, not "mentor" in singular.)

Alex Vong wrote:
> > $ apt-get install build-essential

I will try to memorize this one.
But maybe one should change the first statement in the package
description:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/build-essential

"If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't
need this package."

(It is so odd to have to assume GNU/Linux without C compiler
stuff. That's like having no shell. Semi-androidly.)

Have a nice day :)

Thomas

Alex Vong

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Nov 27, 2015, 6:20:07 AM11/27/15

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On 27/11/2015, Chris Bannister <cbann...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 09:42:51PM +0800, Alex Vong wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Nexttime please send mail to <debia...@lists.debian.org> instead of
>> <debian...@lists.debian.org> since the later list is mostly for
>> junior maintainers instead of users.
>
> Ummm, whenever anyone has a question about packaging and they ask on the
> debian-user list, they invariably get sent to the debian-mentor list
> eventually because that's where the expertise is.
>
> Is that wrong?
>

I think it depends on the difficulty of the question. If it is a
user-level question, ask debian-user. If it is something a normal user
doesn't know, ask debian-mentors. If it is even harder, ask
debian-devel. I think installing from source is sort of a user
question, so debian-user is probably more appropriate.

Chris Bannister

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Nov 28, 2015, 4:10:05 AM11/28/15

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On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:14:24AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> But maybe one should change the first statement in the package
> description:
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/build-essential
>
> "If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't
> need this package."

If you want to do any compiling then you'll need this package.

> (It is so odd to have to assume GNU/Linux without C compiler
> stuff. That's like having no shell. Semi-androidly.)

I think the reasoning is that installing it on servers is like having
a sophisticated locksmithing workshop in an unlocked garage outside your
locked home.

Thomas Schmitt

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Nov 28, 2015, 5:00:04 AM11/28/15

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Hi,

i wrote:
> > (It is so odd to have to assume GNU/Linux without C compiler
> > stuff. That's like having no shell. Semi-androidly.)

Chris Bannister wrote:

> I think the reasoning is that installing it on servers is like having
> a sophisticated locksmithing workshop in an unlocked garage outside your
> locked home.

Interesting aspect.
But i can easily pipe a binary from my workstation to a server
if i have a shell sccount there. Further i would be able to write
malware in shell code.
So if the preconditions for using a compiler suite are given,
i would also be able to do equivalent harm without compiler.

I assume it is rather that the substantial weight of the locksmith
shop might be in the way of the desktops with insane weight.