<chapter id="installation">
- <!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.5 2004-04-22 07:52:51 adam Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.7 2004-04-23 16:25:17 adam Exp $ -->
<title>Installation</title>
<para>
You need a C++ compiler to compile and use YAZ proxy.
- The software was implemented using GCC so we know that works
+ The software was implemented using
+ <ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/">GCC</ulink> so we know that works
well with YAZ proxy. From time to time the software has been
compiled on Windows using Visual C++. Other compilers should
work too. Let us know of portability problems, etc. with
<ulink url="http://indexdata.dk/yazplusplus/">YAZ++</ulink>
toolkits.
You need to install these first.
- For some platforms there are binary packages for YAZ/YAZ++.
+ For some platforms there are binary packages available for YAZ/YAZ++.
</para>
<para>
We also highly recommend that
<ulink url="http://xmlsoft.org/">libxml2</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/">libXSLT</ulink> are installed.
YAZ must be configured with libxml2 support.
- If not, SRW/SRU is not supported.
+ If not,
+ <ulink url="http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing/srw/">SRW/SRU</ulink>
+ is not supported.
The YAZ Proxy uses libXSLT for record conversions via XSLT.
</para>
<section id="unix">
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>etc</literal></term>
<listitem><para>
- Various files that may be read by YAZ proxy - including
- configuration file, XSLT files, CQL to RPN conversion.
+ Various files such as
+ configuration files, XSLT files, CQL to RPN conversion files,
+ a sample start/stop control script
+ <filename>yazproxy.ctl.sh</filename> that can be used as
+ template for an <filename>/etc/init.d</filename> script.
These files are installed in the YAZ proxy's data area
(<parameter>prefix</parameter><literal>/share/yazproxy</literal>).
</para></listitem>