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- Installation instructions for The Webalizer
-
- The Webalizer is distributed in either source or binary distributions,
- and installation is different for each type. Regardless of the type
- of installation, you need to obtain and un-tar/un-zip the distribution
- file somewhere. For binary distributions, you should create a directory
- somewhere and chdir to it before unpacking the file. Source distributions
- will automagically create a directory for you (webalizer-x.xx-xx). If
- you are upgrading from a previous version, check the CHANGES file, and
- the README.FIRST file for important upgrade information.
-
-
- For Binary distributions
- ------------------------
-
- You should have all the files you need in the directory you created
- when you un-tarred/un-zipped the distribution file. The file
- 'webalizer' in this directory is the binary executable. Copy this
- someplace useful, like /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin. A man page for
- The Webalizer is also supplied... If desired, copy the file
- 'webalizer.1' to your local man directory (ie: /usr/local/man/man1).
- (You may also need to run 'makeinfo' or similar)
-
- Note: There may also be platform specific installation instructions
- and/or usage notes supplied with the binary distribution. You
- should read them, as that will be your starting point if problems
- are encountered. Most of the binary distributions are submitted
- by users, and I cannot support them the same way I can the
- Linux binary distribution and the source code itself.
-
-
- For Source distributions
- ------------------------
-
- The Webalizer requires the GD graphics library by Tom Boutell. If
- you don't already have it, go to http://www.boutell.com/gd/ and
- grab a copy.
-
-
- New style build:
-
- The Webalizer source distribution now comes packaged with a GNU
- autoconf 'configure' script, which should allow you to simply type:
-
- ./configure
- make
- make install
-
- Normal configure options apply, type ./configure --help to get a
- complete list. A few options in particular may be useful:
-
- --with-language=<language>
-
- Allows you to specify the language to use. Check the /lang directory
- to see the available language choices. As an example, you could use
-
- ./configure --with-language=french
-
- to compile the program using french (webalizer_lang.french) for output.
- You can also use the --without-language switch, which will use the
- default language (english).
-
- --with-gdlib=<path-to-gd-library>
- --with-gd=<path-to-gd-headers>
-
- The configure script will attempt to locate the gd library and header
- files in some of the more usual places, and should find them in most
- cases. If you have the files someplace unusual, you can specify
- additional locations to look for them with this option. (If you are
- compiling gd in your home directory, and don't want to or can't put
- them in the normal system places, create a directory under the webalizer
- named 'gd' or 'gd1.3' for it and the script should find it without
- problems or extra command line switches).
-
- --enable-dns
-
- DNS lookup features are added. This simply adds the -DUSE_DNS compiler
- switch. Several dependencies are present when using the DNS code,
- which is why it must be enabled manually. If you system supports the
- DNS functionality, great.. if not, don't enable it.
-
- Some systems may require unusual settings that the configure script
- cannot determine. You can pass values to the script by setting
- environment variables. For example:
-
- CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O LIBS=-lposix ./configure --with-language=german
-
- Would allow you to set the compiler (c89) and various flags and
- libraries to use, which would then be passed to the configure script
- and eventually to the Makefile generated. It also will cause the
- program to be compiled using German instead of the English default.
-
- If the configure script doesn't work for you.. please let me know
- (along with relevant info like system type, compiler, etc..) If you
- are able and can tweek something to make it work, let me know as well.
-
-
- Old style build:
-
- If you have a platform that the configure script won't work on, or
- some other situation where you have to configure and build the
- source yourself, the file 'Makefile.std' is a "stock" Makefile
- that you can use to build the Webalizer. Copy or rename the file
- to 'Makefile', edit to match your system, and do the usual 'make'.
- If everything seems to have gone well, next type 'make install'.
-
- This will install the Webalizer on your system, and put a sample
- configuration file in /etc (named 'webalizer.conf.sample'). If
- you don't want to use the 'make install' method... just copy the
- file 'webalizer' to someplace usefull and you are ready to go :)
-
- Makefile.std works on a stock slackware 3.6 linux system. YMMV.
-
-
- Usage
- -----
-
- When run, The Webalizer will read the specified log file and
- produce HTML output in the directory specified (or current
- directory if none). You may specify various configuration
- options either on the command line or in a configuration file.
- The format of the command line is:
-
- webalizer [options] [log_file]
-
- Where 'options' may be any of the valid command line options
- described in the README file. If a log filename is not given,
- input is taken from stdin. A typical command line might look
- something similar to:
-
- webalizer /var/lib/httpd/logs/access_log
-
- This will produce output in the current directory based on the
- logfile /var/lib/httpd/logs/access_log. Another example:
-
- webalizer -c somehost.conf
-
- This will read the configuration file somehost.conf, which
- should specify, among other things, the log filename and
- output directory to use. You can use 'webalizer -h' to get
- a list of available command line options, or view the file
- README for complete instructions on all available configuration
- options. You should note that The Webalizer will _always_
- look for a configuration file named 'webalizer.conf' in either
- the current directory or in /etc/, and will process that file
- _before_ any other configuration or command line options. If
- you run a single server, you may want to create a default
- configuration file and place it in the /etc/ directory. This
- will allow you to simply type 'webalizer' without the need to
- specify additional command line options.
-
-
- Configuration
- -------------
-
- The Webalizer can be customized in many ways using either the
- command line or configuration files. To test The Webalizer,
- type: 'webalizer /var/lib/httpd/logs/access_log', changing the
- directory to wherever your log files are. After processing,
- you should have the output and a file named index.html which
- can be viewed with any browser. The Webalizer can accept many
- command line options as well, type 'webalizer -h' to view them.
- In addition to the command line options, The Webalizer can
- be customized using configuration files. There is a sample.conf
- file that is part of both the source and binary distributions
- that can be used as a 'template' for creating your own site
- configuration file. Just make a copy of the file and name it
- something like 'mysite.conf'. Edit the new file to match your
- particular setup and taste.
-
- To test the new configuration file, type 'webalizer -c mysite.conf'
- (or whatever your configuration file is named). Fire up the
- browser and look at the results. If you rename your new
- configuration file to 'webalizer.conf', you will only need
- to type 'webalizer', and The Webalizer will use it as the
- default. See the README file for more on configuation and
- use of configuation files.
-
-
- Language Support
- ----------------
-
- Language support is provided as language specific header
- files that must be compiled into the program. If you don't
- have the source code, get it. If you can't compile the
- program yourself, ask a friend. The /lang/ directory of
- the distribution contains all supported languages at the
- time of release. Additional/updated language files will
- be found at ftp://ftp.mrunix.net/pub/webalizer/lang and
- are always the most current versions.
-
- To build with language support, use the --with-language
- option of the configure script. This will automagically
- do for you the steps described below. If you can't use
- the configure script, you can manually select the language
- file to use.
-
- In the webalizer source directory, you will find a symbolic
- link for the file webalizer_lang.h, and it will be pointing
- to the file webalizer_lang.english which is the default.
- Delete the link (ie: rm webalizer_lang.h) and create a new
- one to the language file you want The Webalizer to use
- (ie: ln -s lang/webalizer_lang.spanish webalizer_lang.h)
- and re-compile the program.
-
- Note: The source distribution of The Webalizer contains all
- language support files that were available at the time.
- Additional/updated language files can be found at:
- ftp://ftp.mrunix.net/pub/webalizer/lang where I will put
- them as I receive them.
-
-
- Common Questions
- ----------------
-
- Q: Will it run on [some platform]
- A: If it is a *nix platform, it should without a problem. If it's
- something different, probably not and your on your own if you
- want to try to make it work.
-
- Q: When I compile, I get "file not found" errors?
- A: Most likely, the compiler cant find the header files for the
- GD Graphics library. If they are someplace other than the
- default /usr/local/include/gd, then you need to change the
- GDLIB variable in the Makefile to point to the proper place.
-
- Q: I get "libgd not found' errors?
- A: You don't have the GD graphics located in a standard library
- path, or you don't have the GD graphics library at all. If
- the later, go to http://www.boutell.com/gd/ and grab a copy.
- If you do have it, add a -L switch in the Makefile to point
- to the proper location.
-
- Q: I can't get the GD graphics library to compile?
- A: The GD Library was written (and hopefully maintained) by
- Tom Boutell, not me. Visit his web site, ask him a
- question or hit one of the newsgroups... I can't help you
- out too much with this one.
-
-