2010-05-13 00:35:42 +02:00
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Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS
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specifications for Zeroconf Computing. It uses D-BUS for communication
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between user applications and a system daemon. The daemon is used to
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coordinate application efforts in caching replies, necessary to minimize the
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traffic imposed on networks. This kind of technology is already found in
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Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very
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convenient.
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2010-05-11 22:54:38 +02:00
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You will need to have an "avahi" user and group on the target system
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prior to installing the avahi package. See README.SBo in this
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directory (it is also installed to the package docmentation directory)
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for more information and for setup notes.
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2010-05-13 00:35:42 +02:00
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This requires libdaemon, and mono is optional - enable it with the following:
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MONO=yes ./avahi.SlackBuild
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