*** Quick install instructions (tested on debian/ubuntu only!) *** $ ./bootstrap.sh (this will run autoconf/automake) $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var $ make # make install # addgroup --system avahi # adduser --system --no-create-home --ingroup avahi avahi (These commands are Debian specific and may be different on other distributions) # /etc/init.d/dbus-1 restart (This whill restart DBUS and avahi too) While "make" and "boostrap.sh" may be run as normal users all other commands need to be run is root. *** Note *** On other linux distributions, the dbus initscript may be different (eg redhat /etc/init.d/messagebus). You need to restart dbus to make it know about /etc/dbus-1/system.d/avahi-dbus.conf . $Id$