Installation
XFAX- User’s Guide 4.3a 8
2. Installation
The software is distributed in a tar archive, which extracts i nto a temporary
directory,/tmp/xfax. After the extraction you run a installationscript, /tmp/xfax/
INSTALL,which asks questions about your configuration and then puts every-
thing inits right place.
Go to the root directory
cd /
Extract the archive, xfax42aix.tar for AIX fo r example
tar xvf xfax42aix.tar
Executethe installation script
sh /tmp/xfax/INSTALL
Check theinstallation by running faxmaster -v which should display software
information provided that:
a. /etc/xfaxis used for the configuration files or the variable XFAXDIR is set to
the directoryused.
b. The directoryfor the executables is included in PATH.
c. There is a valid license.
Nowyou can start the XFAX daemon, faxmaster, andyou are ready to send your
first fax.