How to Compile openNDS ######################
Linux/Unix - Compile in Place on Target Hardware
Make sure the development suite for your Linux distribution is installed.
The libmicrohttpd library (MHD) is a dependency of openNDS so compiling and installing this is a prerequisite.
First, create a working directory and "cd" into it.
Next, Download and un-tar the libmicrohttpd source files.
You can find a version number for MHD at https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/
The version number for MHD must not exceed 0.9.70 for versions of openNDS less than 6.0.0
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-0.9.71.tar.gz
tar -xf libmicrohttpd-0.9.71.tar.gz
cd libmicrohttpd-0.9.71
where "0.9.71" is the MHD version number we are using in this example.
Now configure and compile:
./configure --disable-https
make
sudo rm /usr/local/lib/libmicrohttpd*
sudo make install
sudo rm /etc/ld.so.cache
sudo ldconfig -v
cd ..
Then proceed to download the opennds source files.
You can find a release version number for openNDS at https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases
wget https://codeload.github.com/opennds/opennds/tar.gz/v7.0.1
tar -xf v7.0.1
cd openNDS-7.0.1
make
sudo make install
sudo systemctl enable opennds
Where "7.0.1" is the openNDS version we are using in this example.
openNDS should now start automatically at boot time.
It can be manually started, restarted, stopped or disabled with the following commands:
sudo systemctl start opennds
sudo systemctl restart opennds
sudo systemctl stop opennds
sudo systemctl disable opennds
The status of openNDS can be checked with the following command:
sudo ndsctl status
On most Linux distributions you can read the last few entries for openNDS in the system message log with the command:
sudo systemctl status opennds
If openNDS fails to start, check for error messages with the command:
sudo journalctl -e