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Build SoftEther VPN For UNIX

This document provides instructions for building and running SoftEther VPN for UNIX systems. It outlines the requirements including development tools and libraries needed to build SoftEther VPN. It describes running commands to configure, make, and install the VPN server, bridge, and client programs. It also provides commands for starting, stopping, and configuring the VPN server, bridge, and client services for testing purposes.

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Build SoftEther VPN For UNIX

This document provides instructions for building and running SoftEther VPN for UNIX systems. It outlines the requirements including development tools and libraries needed to build SoftEther VPN. It describes running commands to configure, make, and install the VPN server, bridge, and client programs. It also provides commands for starting, stopping, and configuring the VPN server, bridge, and client services for testing purposes.

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How to build SoftEther VPN for UNIX

Requirements
1. You need to install the following software to build SoftEther VPN for UNIX.
- Linux.
- GNU Compiler Collectipon (gcc) and binary utilities.
- GNU Make (gmake).
- GNU C Library (glibc).
- POSIX Threads (pthread).
- OpenSSL (crypto, ssl).
- libiconv.
- readline.
- ncurses.
2. For example, the following commands help you to install the above programs
on CentOS Linux:
$ yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ yum -y install readline-devel ncurses-devel openssl-devel
How to Build
1. To build the programs from the source code, run the following commands:
$ ./configure
$ make
2. If any error occurs, please check the above requirements.
How to Install SoftEther VPN Server, Bridge or Client
1. To install the vpnserver, vpnbridge and vpnclient programs into /usr/bin
directory, run the following as the root user:
# make install
2. After the installation will complete successfully:
- Execute 'vpnserver start' to run the SoftEther VPN Server background service.
- Execute 'vpnbridge start' to run the SoftEther VPN Bridge background service
- Execute 'vpnclient start' to run the SoftEther VPN Client background service.
- Execute 'vpncmd' to run SoftEther VPN Command-Line Utility to configure
VPN Server, VPN Bridge or VPN Client.
- You can also use VPN Server/Client Manager GUI Tool on other Windows
PC to connect to VPN services remotely. You can download the GUI Tools
from https://www.softether-download.com/.
How to Run SoftEther VPN Server for Test
1. To start the SoftEther VPN Server background service, run the following:
$ bin/vpnserver/vpnserver start
2. To stop the service, run the following:
$ bin/vpnserver/vpnserver stop
3. To configure the running SoftEther VPN Server service,you can use SoftEther
VPN Command Line Management Utility as following:
$ bin/vpncmd/vpncmd
4. Or you can also use VPN Server Manager GUI Tool on other Windows PC to
connect to the VPN Server remotely. You can download the GUI Tool from
https://www.softether-download.com/.

How to Run SoftEther VPN Bridge for Test


1. To start the SoftEther VPN Bridge background service, run the following:
$ bin/vpnbridge/vpnbridge start
2. To stop the service, run the following:
$ bin/vpnbridge/vpnbridge stop
3. To configure the running SoftEther VPN Bridge service,you can use SoftEther
VPN Command Line Management Utility as following:
$ bin/vpncmd/vpncmd
4. Or you can also use VPN Server Manager GUI Tool on other Windows PC to
connect to the VPN Bridge remotely. You can download the GUI Tool from
https://www.softether-download.com/.
How to Run SoftEther VPN Client for Test
1. To start the SoftEther VPN Client background service, run the following:
$ bin/vpnclient/vpnclient start
2. To stop the service, run the following:
$ bin/vpnclient/vpnclient stop
3. To configure the running SoftEther VPN Client service, you can use SoftEther
VPN Command Line Management Utility as following:
$ bin/vpncmd/vpncmd
4. Or you can also use VPN Client Manager GUI Tool on other Windows PC to
connect to the VPN Client remotely. You can download the GUI Tool from
https://www.softether-download.com/.

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