Subj : SBBS Installation question
To   : RickV
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Feb 06 2026 02:54 pm

  Re: SBBS Installation question
  By: RickV to Digital Man on Fri Feb 06 2026 09:36 am

 > I have been wondering, on a new installation of Synchronet on Linux, do you
 > have to install with simlink or can you just install with regular
 > directories?

During a Git-based *installation* of Synchronet for *nix, it's recommended, but not required to use the SYMLINK=1 option to create symlinks (symbolic links) of *some* of the Synchronet sub-directories to the git repo sub-directories. This is so that later updates (git-pull operations) will automatically synchronize the files in those directories.

After installation, you can use specify the 'install' or 'symlinks' build target on the make command-line run in src/sbbs3 to either copy (install) or create/update the symlinks to the newly-built executables from your Synchronet exec directory. This is different than the *directory* symlinks (optionally) created during install.
-- 
                                            digital man (rob)

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #78:
SSH = Secure Shell
Norco, CA WX: 67.8øF, 62.0% humidity, 5 mph NW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

.