These notes relate to the binary distribution of HylaFAX version 4 patch level 0 which is available at ftp.sgi.com/sgi/fax/binary/ with the name :
hylafax-i386-linux-v4.0pl0-1.tar.gz [06-Sep-96] 2009 Kbytes
The INSTALL readme notes provide useful information, and should be sufficient
if you are using the RedHat 3.0.3 Linux Distribution.
For Slackware 3.0 users, some additional work is required.
Most importantly, you will need to upgrade the libg++ package.
Version 2.7.0 in the slackware distribution is not compatible with the Hylafax
code, and an upgrade to version 2.7.1.4 is neccessary.
The library is available from sunsite or its mirrors in the
/pub/Linux/GCC directory.
libg++-2.7.1.4.bin.tar.gz [15-Feb-96] 1252 Kbytes
mv -v libg++.a libg++.a.2.7.0 mv -v libstdc++.a libstdc++.a.2.7.0 rm -v libg++.so.2 rm -v libstdc++.so.2
Now we can move the new files into /usr/lib, and recreate the two links, plus two new links required by Hylafax :~
ln -vs libg++.so.27.1.4 libg++.so.2 ln -vs libstdc++.so.27.1.4 libstdc++.so.2 ln -vs libg++.so.27.1.4 libg++.so.27 ln -vs libstdc++.so.27.1.4 libstdc++.so.27
ln -vs /bin/mkfifo /usr/bin/mkfifo ln -vs /usr/bin/sed /bin/sed ln -vs /usr/bin/gawk /usr/bin/mawk
Now you have a good chance to run faxsetup and follow into faxaddmodem successfully. BTW, you can ignore messages about the absence of egetty and vgetty; they are optional which you probably not need.
Matthias Apitz / guru@softcon.de ; (07:34:58 AM 01/27/97)