In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SmartDNS on Clear Linux Latest. SmartDNS is a DNS server that can be used to block ads, tracking, and other unwanted content on your network.
Before we get started with the installation process, you need to have the following:
First, we need to install Git so that we can download SmartDNS from GitHub. Run the following command on your terminal:
sudo swupd bundle-add git
Enter your password when prompted and wait for Git to be installed.
Now, we need to download SmartDNS from GitHub. Run the following command on your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/pymumu/smartdns.git
This will download the latest version of SmartDNS to your system.
Next, we need to install the dependencies required to build SmartDNS. Run the following command on your terminal:
sudo swupd bundle-add devpkg-openssl devpkg-glib2
Enter your password when prompted and wait for the dependencies to be installed.
Now we can build SmartDNS from the source code that we downloaded. Move to the SmartDNS directory by running the following command on your terminal:
cd smartdns
Next, run the following commands to configure and build SmartDNS:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
This will configure and build SmartDNS on your system.
Finally, we can install SmartDNS by running the following command on your terminal:
sudo make install
Enter your password when prompted and wait for SmartDNS to be installed.
Now that SmartDNS is installed, you can configure it by editing the configuration file located at /usr/local/etc/smartdns/smartdns.conf. You can use any text editor to edit this file.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SmartDNS on Clear Linux Latest from the source code available on GitHub. You can now use SmartDNS to block unwanted content on your network.
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