Install alerttail
Alerttail is distributed in two ways:
* Binary ubuntu deb i386 package.
* Source gz.
Click here for Alerttail execution info.
Binary Installation:
Debian/Ubuntu:
* Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libboost-regex1.34.1
(Enable Universe repositories on /etc/apt/sources.list)
(Note: libboost-regex1.33.1 is supported with source dist not debs )
* Install alerttail:
download alerttail-versionNumber-deb.tar.gz
extract it and then install it and it’s dependencies:
tar zxvf alertTail-versionNumber-deb.tar.gz
cd alertTail-versionNumber-deb
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Alerttail is now a modular application.
You can add actions as plugins.
If you want GTK Notify Popup download alerttail-plugin-gnotify_version.deb and type :
sudo apt-get install libnotify1
sudo dpkg -i alerttail-plugin-gnotify_version.deb
If you want GeoIp localization download alerttail-plugin-geoip_version.deb and type :
sudo apt-get install libgeoip1
sudo dpkg -i alerttail-plugin-geoip_version.deb
If modules are not installed you will not be able to include them as action into alerttail.
* Uninstall alerttail:
sudo dpkg -r alerttail alerttail-plugin-geoip alerttail-plugin-gnotify
Alerttail deb will install:
/usr/local/bin/alertTail which is the executable
/usr/local/etc/alertTail-0.3-example.cfg which is a sample configuration file.
Source Installation:
Alerttail needs the following lib Dependencies:
Core Madatory:
* boost 1_33_1 (or 1_34_1) (smart_ptr, regex) http://www.boost.org/
* libconfig 1.2 (shipped with sources under libs dir)
Optional:
* libnotify 0.4.4 http://www.galago-project.org notification
* geoip 1.3.17 http://www.maxmind.com/app/c
Debian/Ubuntu:
Install a C/C++ compiler
Alerttail has been tested with gcc 4.1.2, on Ubuntu install it with
sudo apt-get install g++ build-essential
* Install dependencies:
Core Libs: (boost)
sudo apt-get install libboost-regex-dev libboost-dev
(Enable Universe repositories)
If you don’t have ubuntu you can download and install manually all the dependencies from the links above.
* Install alerttail:
unpack it with
tar zxvf alerttail-versionNumber.tar.gz
cd to alerttail directory
install libconfig under alertTail libs directory:
cd to alertTail-version/libs
tar zxvf libconfig-1.2.tar.gz
cd libconfig-1.2 && ./configure && make && make install
Than install alerttail. Go to alertTail-version/ and
./configure && make && sudo make install
alertTail will be installed in /usr/local/bin
*Install GTK Notification popup plugin
Download alertTail_plugin_gnotify-version.tar.gz and extract it.
Then install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libnotify-dev libgtk2.0-devGo to unpacked dir and then install it:
export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` `pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0`"
./configure && make && sudo make install
*Install GeoIP localization plugin
Download alertTail_plugin_geoip-version.tar.gz and extract it.
Then install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libgeoip-dev
./configure && make && sudo make install
Then you have to update shared libraries system cache by typing:
sudo ldconfig
(also check that /etc/ld.so.conf has /usr/local/lib if not add it and then type sudo ldconfig)
Go to alerttail source dir than uninstall it by typing:
sudo make uninstall
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Execution:
To execute Alerttail after installing type:
alertTail -c configuration File where -c (or --config) means alerttail configuration file location.type alertTail -h (or --help) to know all command line options.
type man alertTail for man pages
example:
by defaults alerttail will install a sample config file and to /usr/local/etc
Execution will be like: alertTail -c /usr/local/etc/alertTail.cfg
Remember to configure alertTail.cfg before executing it (use alerttailGui!).
