s6-linux-utils
Software
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How to install s6-linux-utils

Like any other piece of software (and information generally), s6-linux-utils comes with NO WARRANTY.

s6-linux-utils is available under the terms of the ISC license, see the included package/COPYING file.

Requirements

System

A Unix-like system

Build-time

A standard C development environment
The skalibs package, version 1.3.0 or higher

Run-time

Depending on the way you compile and link s6-linux-utils:

No dependencies (static executables)
or a standard C run-time environment (dynamic executables with flag-allstatic)
or a standard C run-time environment and the skalibs package, version 1.3.0 or higher (dynamic executables without flag-allstatic)

Installation

s6-linux-utils is best used with the slashpackage convention.

Create a /package directory:
```
     mkdir -p /package
     chmod 1755 /package
     cd /package
```
(If you are not following the slashpackage convention, you can use any temporary build directory instead.)
Download the latest version of s6-linux-utils, s6-linux-utils-1.0.0.tar.gz, into /package.

Unpack the s6-linux-utils package:

     tar -zxpvf s6-linux-utils-1.0.0.tar.gz
     # if you do not have GNU tar, check with your gunzip and tar manual pages.
     rm s6-linux-utils-1.0.0.tar.gz
     cd admin/s6-linux-utils-1.0.0

Configure the package by editing the files in conf-compile/ following these instructions. The s6-linux-utils currently does not support other flags than flag-allstatic and flag-slashpackage.
Compile and set up s6-linux-utils:
```
     make
     sudo make install
```
The compilation and installation processes are detailed here.
To save disk space:
```
     make clean
```