Debian

If you want to rebuild Elektra from Debian unstable or our repositories, add a deb-src entry to /etc/apt/sources.list and then run:

    apt-get source -b elektra

To build Debian Packages from the source you might want to use:

    dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -sa

(You need to be in the Debian branch, see GIT)

Generic

First follow the steps in COMPILE.

To install Elektra use:

    sudo make install
    sudo ldconfig  # See troubleshooting below

To uninstall Elektra use (will not be very clean, e.g. it will not remove directories and *.pyc files):

    sudo make uninstall
    sudo ldconfig

or in the build directory (will not honor DESTDIR!):

    xargs rm < install_manifest.txt

CPack

First follow the steps in COMPILE.

Then use:

    cpack

which should create a package for distributions where a Generator is implemented. See this cmake file for available Generators and send a merge request for your system.

Troubleshooting

error loading libraries

If you encounter the problem that the library can not be found (output like this)

    kdb: error while loading shared libraries: libelektra-core.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

or:

    kdb: error while loading shared libraries: libelektratools.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

you need to place a configuration file at /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ (e.g. /etc/ld.so.conf.d/elektra.conf).

Add the path where the library has been installed

    /usr/lib/local/

and run ldconfig as root.

Installation Manuals

For some of the plugins and tools that ship with Elektra, additional installation manuals have been written. You can find them in the tutorial overview.