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#1 2008-08-30 7:18 pm
Trouble installing program in Terminal. Someone walk me through!!!
OK, first of all, I am very inexperienced in the ways of Terminal and Unix in general...
My problem: I am trying to install LogMeIn Hamachi. Its a VPN program. My friend and I are trying to play a game over a VPN. It doesn't have a simple package to install, or a snazzy gui. Just a README and some Terminal files. I can't figure out how to attach the readme, so I'll just post it....
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hamachi-0.9.9.9-osx-universal
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Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking tool.
http://hamachi.cc
Quick Start
Run './install' and then 'tuncfg' from under the root account
Run 'hamachi-init' to generate crypto identity (any account).
Run 'hamachi start' to launch Hamachi daemon.
Run 'hamachi login' to put the daemon online and to create an account.
Run 'hamachi join <network>' to join the network.
Run 'hamachi go-online <network>' to go online in the network.
Run 'hamachi list' to list network members and their status.
Requirements & Privileged Access
Hamachi requires TUN/TAP device driver to create and manage virtual
network interface. If you have /dev/tap0 file, you are all set.
Otherwise visit the following page for more information -
http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~nissler/tuntap/
Note that you only need 'tap' kernel extension, 'tun' driver is not
needed to be installed.
Unless you are planning to use Hamachi exclusively from under the
root account, you will need to run 'tuncfg' daemon. This daemon
encapsulates all root-level functionality required by Hamachi and
it must be running prior to launching Hamachi itself.
Tuncfg is distributed in a source code under the BSD license. You
can find the source code in ./tuncfg directory of this distribution.
Running './install' automatically builds tuncfg and installs it
in /sbin folder. If you would prefer to install it in altervative
directory, modify ./Makefile accordingly.
Installation
Hamachi OSX client comes as a single executable binary (hamachi)
compiled for the platform of your choice. This binary includes the
daemon, the control application and the setup utility.
To install hamachi in /usr/bin run the following command from under
the root account
./install
Once installed you must run 'tuncfg' daemon with root privileges -
sudo /sbin/tuncfg
or if you don't have sudo -
su - ; /sbin/tuncfg; exit
Hamachi requires one time initialization (per system user account).
This step generates cryptographic key pair and creates ~/.hamachi
directory where Hamachi stores the keys, the configuration and the
state. To perform this initialization run
./hamachi-init
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OK, so i installed the TUN/TAP device drivers....
Then i went on to install the actual program. I got these text lines after attempting the install.
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zoros-computer:~ Zoro$ sudo /Users/Zoro/Desktop/hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-osx/install
Password:
Copying hamachi into /usr/bin ..
install: hamachi: No such file or directory
Creating hamachi-init symlink ..
Compiling tuncfg ..
make: *** tuncfg: No such file or directory. Stop.
Copying tuncfg into /usr/sbin ..
install: tuncfg/tuncfg: No such file or directory
Hamachi is installed. See README for what to do next.
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I assume that this didn't install properly? I am so lost at this point and am about to give up. Can anyone hold my hand through this process?? I will be eternally grateful.
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#2 2008-08-30 7:30 pm
Re: Trouble installing program in Terminal. Someone walk me through!!!
I'm guessing the hamachi directory must be your "current working directory" for the install to succeed. So you would instead need to type:
Code:
cd /Users/Zoro/Desktop/hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-osx sudo ./install
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#4 2008-08-30 7:53 pm
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Re: Trouble installing program in Terminal. Someone walk me through!!!
I just tried it (from the working directory, yes) and got the same messages.
It seems to be working just fine, though.
I was able to install it and create a network.
Looking at these lines:
djrelmz wrote:
Copying tuncfg into /usr/sbin ..
install: tuncfg/tuncfg: No such file or directory
Hamachi is installed. See README for what to do next.
I'm guessing, considering it works, that it goes ahead and installs whatever it needs to.
“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.”
--HP Lovecraft, The Call Of Cthulhu
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#5 2008-08-30 8:23 pm
Re: Trouble installing program in Terminal. Someone walk me through!!!
Antonio wrote:
I just tried it (from the working directory, yes) and got the same messages.
It seems to be working just fine, though.
I was able to install it and create a network.
Looking at these lines:djrelmz wrote:
Copying tuncfg into /usr/sbin ..
install: tuncfg/tuncfg: No such file or directory
Hamachi is installed. See README for what to do next.I'm guessing, considering it works, that it goes ahead and installs whatever it needs to.
hmm.. ok. i originally thought that it was installed fine, but then i tried to run the "tuncfg" daemon, and i got another error..... I didn't actually try to set up a network though. BUT, I DID find a nice purrrty GUI for my inexperienced self to use. http://hamachix.spaceants.net/download.html
Thanks for everyones help!
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