The build/install procedure for publicfile is the usual make setup check.

First, obtain the source distribution for the package. Right click on the link above; use ftp, wget, curl, lynx -dump; whatever works for you. The installation procedure described below assumes the package will be available on your system in /usr/local/djb/dist/publicfile-0.52.tar.gz.

Verify the MD5 checksum:

# cd /usr/local/djb/dist
# md5 publicfile-0.52.tar.gz
MD5 (publicfile-0.52.tar.gz) = e493d69627b4fb2c7c764c0ff34330d7

If the reported checksum doesn't agree, the package has been altered or corrupted. Delete the package and download it again from a trusted source.

Unpack the archive into your build directory:

# cd /usr/local/djb/build
# tar -xzvf ../dist/publicfile-0.52.tar.gz

You should now find a new directory in /usr/local/djb/build named publicfile-0.52. Change into this directory:

# cd publicfile-0.52

Apply patches as necessary. The errno patch is for GNU glibc systems as described in the appendix errno patches.

# patch -p1 < ../../patches/publicfile-0.52.errno.patch

Then continue with the build/install:

# make
# make setup check

Let Bernstein know how everything worked out, using your own name in the following:

# (echo 'Jennifer Lopez'; cat `cat SYSDEPS`) | mail djb-qst@cr.yp.to