From e9ea4e9fcdc8390575bb86be95b1425f94c9ddd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joachim Nilsson Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:48:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: Mention how excellent the .deb package is to use Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 576ebc3..0af26f3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -113,13 +113,17 @@ user@example:~/> sudo apt install pkg-config ``` uftpd, as well as its dependencies, can be built as `.deb` packages on -Debian or Ubuntu based distributions. Simply download each source -component and run +Debian or Ubuntu based distributions. Download and install each of the +dependencies, and then run ./autogen.sh <--- Only needed if using GIT sources ./configure make package +The `.deb` package takes care of setting up `/etc/inetd.conf`, create an +`ftp` user and an `/srv/ftp` home directory with write permissions for +all members of the `users` group. + If you are using a different Linux or UNIX distribution, check the output from `./configure --help`, followed by `make all install`. For instance, building on [Alpine Linux](https://alpinelinux.org/):