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How to install bbftp client and server under Linux - instructions for
dummies
Tomasz Wlodek
(UTA-Hep note ..)
Bbftp is a transfer protocol for moving large files over network. It has been developed for
the BaBar collaboration by French Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics. The bbftp
home page is http://doc.in2p3.fr/bbftp/
How to install bbftp client and server:
1. get the latest release from bbftp page. As of Feb 13th 2002 CE it can be obtained
from ftp://ftp.in2p3.fr/pub/bbftp/bbftp-2.2.0-beta1.tar.gz
2. Unzip and untar it some temporary directory.
3. Install bbftp client: Go to directory bbftpc, find file Install.set , edit it. Change
the INSTALLBINDIR parameter so that it points to the directory in which you
want your bbftp client installed. Save the file.
4. Run Build install. It will compile everything and create the client executable in
the directory you have specified.
5. Install bbftp server. You will need root privileges for this. Go to bbftpd
directory, edit Install.set file and change the INSTALLBINDIR variable to the
directory where you want bbftp server executables to be located. Then run build
install.
6. Become…