From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi.

I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.
I'm installing the Synchronet BBS following the Non-CVS instructions.

I following all commands from

$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_run.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_run.tgz

to.....

$ echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk

But after write this command I receive this error message :

sudo echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
bash: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory

I think I can't skip this passage because all of these are importants......

I've continue installing other library but I get stuck when I've write the command /etc/init.d/sbbs start and the error is /etc/init.d/sbbs start
Unsupported init type

What can I do....because seems that localdefs.mk is missing

Thank you so much for your answers.

Best Regards
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Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: pontecorvobruno2 to alt.bbs.synchronet on Wed May 20 2020 07:18 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi.

I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.
I'm installing the Synchronet BBS following the Non-CVS instructions.

I following all commands from

$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_run.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_run.tgz

to.....

$ echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk

But after write this command I receive this error message :

sudo echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
bash: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory

Why are you using sudo for that ommand?

I think I can't skip this passage because all of these are importants......

I've continue installing other library but I get stuck when I've write the command /etc/init.d/sbbs start and the error is /etc/init.d/sbbs start Unsupported init type

Does your system use init.d (and not systemd)? Newer Linux systems mostly use systemd these days.

What can I do....because seems that localdefs.mk is missing

Thank you so much for your answers.

localdefs.mk is optional and unrelated to your init.d/sbbs issue.

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El 20/5/20 a las 11:18, pontecorvobruno2 escribi¢:

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi.

I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.
I'm installing the Synchronet BBS following the Non-CVS instructions.

I following all commands from

$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_run.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_run.tgz

to.....

$ echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk

But after write this command I receive this error message :

sudo echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
bash: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory

I think I can't skip this passage because all of these are importants......

I've continue installing other library but I get stuck when I've write the command /etc/init.d/sbbs start and the error is /etc/init.d/sbbs start
Unsupported init type

you must use systemd, not sysvinit

http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:systemd

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From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Wednesday, 20 May 2020 14:18:56 UTC, Bruno Pontecorvo wrote:

Hi.

I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.
I'm installing the Synchronet BBS following the Non-CVS instructions.

I following all commands from

$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_run.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_run.tgz

to.....

$ echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk

But after write this command I receive this error message :

sudo echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
bash: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory

I think I can't skip this passage because all of these are importants......

I've continue installing other library but I get stuck when I've write the command /etc/init.d/sbbs start and the error is /etc/init.d/sbbs start
Unsupported init type

What can I do....because seems that localdefs.mk is missing

Thank you so much for your answers.

Best Regards

Still stuck......

sudo apt-get update
sudo wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_run.tg
echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
cd src/sbbs3
SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl /sbbs/exec/jsexec update.js

ERROR bash: /sbbs/exec/jsexec: No such file or directory

wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/309343863/libmozjs185-1.0_1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/309343864/libmozjs185-dev_1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg --force-depends -i libmozjs185-1.0_1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-7_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg --force-depends -i libmozjs185-dev_1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-7_amd64.deb

(instead of apt-get install libmozjs185-dev)

JSINCLUDE=/usr/include/js JSLIB=mozjs185
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
/sbbs/exec/scfg

ERROR bash: /sbbs/exec/scfg: No such file or directory
cd /etc/init.d

sudo wget http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/install/init.d/sbbs

ERROR sudo chmod +x sbbs (I've used sudo because otherwise daid that I don't have permission)

ERROR /etc/init.d/sbbs start Unsupported init type

What are mistakes that I've done?!?!?

Thank You so much for the help!!!!!!!

Best Regards.
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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Bruno Pontecorvo to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri May 22 2020 13:47:44

Still stuck......

sudo apt-get update
sudo wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_run.tg

ummm... why do you get only sbbs_src.tgz but try to also open sbbs_run.tg which is missing the 'z' in the name?

there's also the matter of which directory you are in and which paths are stored that you're extracting... especially since other parts of what you pasted are starting in the root '/' but you may not be there and the archived weren't extracted there...


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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Rampage to Bruno Pontecorvo on Sat May 23 2020 09:08 am

sudo apt-get update
sudo wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_run.tg

ummm... why do you get only sbbs_src.tgz but try to also open sbbs_run.tg which is missing the 'z' in the name?

In my experience, .tgz files (or .tar.gz files) need 2 steps to extract them. Typically these days I'll see a .tar.gz file, which is archived by tar and then zipped by gzip. When you unzip it, you then have a .tar file you have to extract (or, "un-tar"). I know .tgz is a shortened version of .tgz. I'd assume in this case .tg is what you might get when you un-gzip a .tgz, though I've never seen the .tg filename extension before.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Bruno Pontecorvo to alt.bbs.synchronet on Fri May 22 2020 01:47 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Wednesday, 20 May 2020 14:18:56 UTC, Bruno Pontecorvo wrote:

Hi.

I'm running Ubuntu Server 20.
I'm installing the Synchronet BBS following the Non-CVS instructions.

I following all commands from

$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
$ wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_run.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
$ tar -xzf sbbs_run.tgz

to.....

$ echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk

But after write this command I receive this error message :

sudo echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
bash: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory

I think I can't skip this passage because all of these are importants......

I've continue installing other library but I get stuck when I've write the command /etc/init.d/sbbs start and the error is /etc/init.d/sbbs start Unsupported init type

What can I do....because seems that localdefs.mk is missing

Thank you so much for your answers.

Best Regards

Still stuck......

sudo apt-get update
sudo wget ftp://vert.synchro.net/Synchronet/sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_src.tgz
tar -xzf sbbs_run.tg
echo RELEASE=1 > src/build/localdefs.mk
cd src/sbbs3
SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl /sbbs/exec/jsexec update.js

ERROR bash: /sbbs/exec/jsexec: No such file or directory

You need to build jsexec (run make in src/sbbs3) before you can run it.

What are mistakes that I've done?!?!?

The first mistake is you didn't run make in src/sbbs3.

digital man

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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Nightfox to Rampage on Sat May 23 2020 11:30 am

In my experience, .tgz files (or .tar.gz files) need 2 steps to extract them.

Adding the z option to a tar command line pipes the result through gzip.

So,

tar xzvf filename.tar.gz

is the same as:

tar xvf filename.tar.gz | gunzip

If you unzip a .gz file, you'll get a tar formatted archive.

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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Nightfox to Rampage on Sat May 23 2020 11:30 am

In my experience, .tgz files (or .tar.gz files) need 2 steps to extract them. Typically these days I'll see a .tar.gz file, which is archived by tar and then zipped by gzip. When you unzip it, you then have a .tar file you have to extract (or, "un-tar"). I know .tgz is a shortened version of .tgz. I'd assume in this case .tg is what you might get when you un-gzip a .tgz, though I've never seen the .tg filename extension before.

Actually, you can unzip them in 1 pass:

tar xzf file.tar.gz - the "z" in the command means unzip it first.

If it was compressed with bzip2, then you use tar xjf ...

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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: alterego to Nightfox on Sun May 24 2020 10:23 am

Actually, you can unzip them in 1 pass:

tar xzf file.tar.gz - the "z" in the command means unzip it first.

If it was compressed with bzip2, then you use tar xjf ...

That's right.. It's been a while since I've extracted a .tar.gz in Linux. But I remember doing 'tar zxvf' to extract a .tar.gz..

Nightfox

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On 05-23-20 11:30, Nightfox wrote to Rampage <=-

In my experience, .tgz files (or .tar.gz files) need 2 steps to extract them. Typically these days I'll see a .tar.gz file, which is archived
by tar and then zipped by gzip. When you unzip it, you then have a
.tar file you have to extract (or, "un-tar"). I know .tgz is a
shortened version of .tgz. I'd assume in this case .tg is what you
might get when you un-gzip a .tgz, though I've never seen the .tg
filename extension before.

Can do it in one step...

tar -zxf <filename.tgz>

:)

The -z tells tar to run gunzip on the file first.


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On 05-24-20 10:23, alterego wrote to Nightfox <=-

Actually, you can unzip them in 1 pass:

tar xzf file.tar.gz - the "z" in the command means unzip it first.

If it was compressed with bzip2, then you use tar xjf ...

Correct, though I had an odd one last week, where a bzipped tar wouldn't extract with -xjf, but it did extract when done in two steps.


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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Tony Langdon to alterego on Sun May 24 2020 12:17 pm

Correct, though I had an odd one last week, where a bzipped tar wouldn't extract with -xjf, but it did extract when done in two steps.

Ahh, ok, I've used bzip2 forever, and I dont think I've ever needed a 2 step process... I'll keep it in mind if it comes up...

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Re: Re: src/build/localdefs.mk: No such file or directory
By: Tony Langdon to Nightfox on Sun May 24 2020 12:15 pm

Can do it in one step...

tar -zxf <filename.tgz>

LOL thanks! I didn't know what that meant, I just used that flag because I saw it somewhere.

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On 05-24-20 21:01, alterego wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Ahh, ok, I've used bzip2 forever, and I dont think I've ever needed a 2 step process... I'll keep it in mind if it comes up...

It was rather odd. Only ever happened with that one file.


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On 05-24-20 11:33, The Lizard Master wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Can do it in one step...

tar -zxf <filename.tgz>

LOL thanks! I didn't know what that meant, I just used that flag
because I saw it somewhere.

Yeah, those are the necessary flags -z (gunzip) -x (extract) and -f <filename>.
But I usually throw in -v for verbose, so I can see what files are being extracted. Others did put the v in, but I left it out just to focus on the necessary options.


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