Where do I get the most current info about Sync? Install, etc.

I went to www.synchro.net, but the instructions there caused a failure to build on standard Ubuntu server... I might be doing something wrong, but just wanna make sure I'm at the correct website.

I'm thinking of using Sync to create a retro-computer BBS. DOS, C=, Amiga - because if I remember correctly I can run all of these at once and prompt the user which will look correct on their hardware.

I run a Mystic bbs, but with my heavy modification the software isn't so friendly to period-correct retro hardware. I want to create a hardware friendly bbs using Sync.

Please gimme current info on what I should be following to install.. and, I'll surely be asking all the newbie questions in the weeks to come.



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Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: paulie420 to All on Tue Apr 04 2023 10:06 pm

Where do I get the most current info about Sync? Install, etc.

wiki.synchro.net

I went to www.synchro.net, but the instructions there caused a failure to build on standard Ubuntu server... I might be doing something wrong, but just wanna make sure I'm at the correct website.

www.synchro.net links to wiki.synchro.net for documentation. You're probably talking about instructions on wiki.synchro.net. What error did you encounter?

Please gimme current info on what I should be following to install.. and, I'll surely be asking all the newbie questions in the weeks to come.

wiki.synchro.net :-)
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Where do I get the most current info about Sync? Install, etc.

wiki.synchro.net

www.synchro.net links to wiki.synchro.net for documentation. You're probably talking about instructions on wiki.synchro.net. What error did you encounter?

Ok; I did see wiki.synchro.net, but dunno if I used it for the install info...

It was just a [simple] build error. didn't save the log as I just killed the VM and thought I'd hit it tomorrow... think I used make SYMLINK=whatever and got an Errno2 - or some basic fail. I'm gonna hit it again w/ wiki.synchro.net.

Also, I was on Ubuntu server 22.04 which has also given some issues with other bbS software [as opposed to 20.04]; anyway, I'll be posting more questions as I get going.. I have a new idea that I wanna use Synchronet for - but hopefully it won't be installation questions.

Thanks dm.



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Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: paulie420 to Digital Man on Wed Apr 05 2023 05:57 pm

www.synchro.net links to wiki.synchro.net for documentation. You're probably talking about instructions on wiki.synchro.net. What error did you encounter?

Ok; I did see wiki.synchro.net, but dunno if I used it for the install info...

There's no *other install info at www.synchro.net

It was just a [simple] build error. didn't save the log as I just killed the VM and thought I'd hit it tomorrow... think I used make SYMLINK=whatever and got an Errno2 - or some basic fail. I'm gonna hit it again w/ wiki.synchro.net.

Next time, copy paste the error message and the commands you typed.

Also, I was on Ubuntu server 22.04 which has also given some issues with other bbS software [as opposed to 20.04];

Ubuntu 22.04 will work fine for Synchronet.
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On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 17:57:00 +0000
"paulie420" (VERT/BEERS20) <VERT/BEERS20!paulie420@endofthelinebbs.com>
wrote:

Also, I was on Ubuntu server 22.04 which has also given some issues
with other bbS software [as opposed to 20.04]; anyway, I'll be
posting more questions as I get going.. I have a new idea that I
wanna use Synchronet for - but hopefully it won't be installation
questions.

Sounds like a missing dependency. With no error and no log, it's hard
to tell.

bbs@wibble:/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS"


bbs@wibble:/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3$ make setcap symlinks
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../../3rdp/build jslib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/3rdp/build'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'jslib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/3rdp/build'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../smblib lib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../xpdev mtlib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../../3rdp/build cryptlib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/3rdp/build'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'cryptlib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/3rdp/build'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../encode lib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/encode'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/encode'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../hash lib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/hash'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/hash'
Linking gcc.linux.x64.lib.release/libsbbs.so
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../xpdev lib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../conio mtlib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make -C /home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/../uifc mtlib
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../conio mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
Creating gcc.linux.x64.lib.release/libuifc_mt.a ...
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/echocfg
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/readsauce
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/pktdump
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/fmsgdump
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/upgrade_to_v319
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/upgrade_to_v320
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/sbbs
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/jsexec
make -C scfg
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/scfg'
make -C ../../xpdev mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make -C ../../uifc mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../conio mtlib
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
Creating gcc.linux.x64.lib.release/libuifc_mt.a ...
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../../conio mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make -C ../../smblib lib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make -C ../../encode lib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/encode'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/encode'
make -C ../../../3rdp/build cryptlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/3rdp/build'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'cryptlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/3rdp/build'
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/scfg
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/scfg'
make -C uedit
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/uedit'
make -C ../../smblib lib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make -C ../../uifc mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../conio mtlib
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
Creating gcc.linux.x64.lib.release/libuifc_mt.a ...
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../../conio mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make -C ../../xpdev mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/uedit
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/uedit'
make -C umonitor
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/umonitor'
make -C ../../conio mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make -C ../../uifc mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../conio mtlib
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/conio'
Creating gcc.linux.x64.lib.release/libuifc_mt.a ...
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/uifc'
make -C ../../xpdev mtlib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'mtlib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/xpdev'
make -C ../../smblib lib
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'lib'.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/smblib'
Linking gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/umonitor
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bbs/sbbs/repo/src/sbbs3/umonitor'
sudo `whereis -b setcap | cut -d" " -f2` 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/sbbs [sudo] password for bbs:
ln -sfr gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/* /sbbs/ctrl/../exec
ln -sfr gcc.linux.x64.lib.release/* /sbbs/ctrl/../exec
ln -sfr */gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/* /sbbs/ctrl/../exec

bbs@wibble:/sbbs/exec$ sbbs

Synchronet Console for Linux-x64 Version 3.20a Copyright 2022 Rob
Swindell

Reading /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini
Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl
Disabling FTP Server recycle support
Disabling Web Server recycle support
Disabling Mail Server recycle support
Disabling Services recycle support
!Started as non-root user (id 1030): May fail to bind TCP/UDP ports
below 1024 4/5 20:42:01 term Synchronet Terminal Server Version 3.20a
4/5 20:42:01 term Compiled master/f4dcbf61d Apr 5 2023 20:32:37 with
GCC 11.3.0 4/5 20:42:01 term Initializing on Wed Apr 5 20:42:01 2023
with options: 1022 4/5 20:42:01 term Loading configuration files from /sbbs/ctrl 4/5 20:42:01 term Verifying/creating data directories 4/5
20:42:01 term Verifying/creating node directories 4/5 20:42:01 term
Telnet Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 2300 4/5 20:42:01 term
Telnet Server listening on socket :: port 2300 4/5 20:42:01 term RLogin
Server listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 51300 4/5 20:42:01 term RLogin
Server listening on socket :: port 51300 4/5 20:42:01 term SSH Server
listening on socket 0.0.0.0 port 2200
4/5 20:42:01 term SSH Server listening on socket :: port 2200
4/5 20:42:01 term Terminal Server constructor using socket 3
(settings=8212) 4/5 20:42:01 term Terminal Server temporary file
directory: /sbbs/temp/ 4/5 20:42:01 term Terminal Server outbuf
highwater mark tuned to 536 based on MSS 4/5 20:42:01 evnt BBS Events constructor using socket -1 (settings=8212) 4/5 20:42:01 evnt BBS
Events temporary file directory: /sbbs/temp/event/ 4/5 20:42:01 evnt
BBS Events BBS Events thread started 4/5 20:42:01 evnt BBS Events
JavaScript: Creating event runtime: 167772160 bytes 4/5 20:42:01 term
Node 1 local spy using socket localspy1.sock 4/5 20:42:01 term Node 2
local spy using socket localspy2.sock 4/5 20:42:01 term Node 3 local
spy using socket localspy3.sock 4/5 20:42:01 term Node 4 local spy
using socket localspy4.sock 4/5 20:42:01 term Terminal Server thread
started for nodes 1 through 4 [Threads: 5 Sockets: 6 Clients: 0
Served: 0 Errors: 0] (?=Help):


Ubuntu 22.04. Clean compile, runs no problems.
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Sounds like a missing dependency. With no error and no log, it's hard
to tell.

Thanks Nelgin; I was missing build-essential, but was mixed up because I had 'most' make/g++ utilities installed... I think 'autoconf' was one that I was missing. At any rate, as everything with Linux; garbage in garbage out - and once you feed it the right ingredients it turned right over.

Derp.

Don't worry, I'm gonna have all sorts of Synchro questions coming up soon... starting a new project.



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On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 18:52:00 +0000
"paulie420" (VERT/BEERS20) <VERT/BEERS20!paulie420@endofthelinebbs.com>
wrote:

Sounds like a missing dependency. With no error and no log, it's
hard to tell.

Thanks Nelgin; I was missing build-essential, but was mixed up
because I had 'most' make/g++ utilities installed... I think
'autoconf' was one that I was missing. At any rate, as everything
with Linux; garbage in garbage out - and once you feed it the right ingredients it turned right over.

Derp.

Don't worry, I'm gonna have all sorts of Synchro questions coming up
soon... starting a new project.

Good to hear you got it working.
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I am currently v3.19. If it is available I would like to ugrade to v3.20.
My current version is runnng on Windows 10 32bi.

What is recommeded way I can do this?


Ruben Figueroa
aka Zazz
PBSync Prison BBS
[1:124/5014.4]

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Zazz wrote to All <=-

I am currently v3.19. If it is available I would like to ugrade
to v3.20. My current version is runnng on Windows 10 32bi.

What is recommeded way I can do this?

https://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev




... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: Gamgee to Zazz on Wed Oct 04 2023 09:59 pm

I am currently v3.19. If it is available I would like to ugrade to
v3.20. My current version is runnng on Windows 10 32bi.

What is recommeded way I can do this?

https://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev

Also you'll need to run upgrade_to_v320.js with jsexec, from your sbbs/exec directory:

jsexec upgrade_to_v320.js

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: Nightfox to Zazz on Thu Oct 05 2023 10:58 am

Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: Gamgee to Zazz on Wed Oct 04 2023 09:59 pm

I am currently v3.19. If it is available I would like to ugrade to
v3.20. My current version is runnng on Windows 10 32bi.

What is recommeded way I can do this?

https://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev

Also you'll need to run upgrade_to_v320.js with jsexec, from your sbbs/exec directory:

jsexec upgrade_to_v320.js

update.js automatically runs that script when needed, so 'jsexec update.js' should be all that's needed to be run by a upgrading sysop.
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Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: Nightfox to Zazz on Thu Oct 05 2023 10:58:20

jsexec upgrade_to_v320.js

Doesn't upgrade.js call this? There's also an executable that has to be run too.

root@bbs:/sbbs/exec# grep 320 update.js
js.exec("upgrade_to_v320.js", {});
var cmdline = system.exec_dir + "upgrade_to_v320";

You definitely want to make sure you run stuff in the right order.
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Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: nelgin to Nightfox on Fri Oct 06 2023 03:06 pm

jsexec upgrade_to_v320.js

Doesn't upgrade.js call this? There's also an executable that has to be run too.

Yeah, I keep forgetting. I only did the upgrade to 3.20 once, and it was a while ago. :)

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Synchronet 3.20
By: Nightfox to nelgin on Fri Oct 06 2023 14:21:25

Yeah, I keep forgetting. I only did the upgrade to 3.20 once, and it was a while ago. :)

I was an early adapter and went through it a couple of times to help track down bugs in the conversion and recover from corruption or lost data in the .ini files. At that time, I don't think the seperate processes were built into the one.

At least that does help everyone just have to use the one script with a fair amount of confidence they're not going to have to restore from backup :)
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