In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing DOCAT on Linux Mint. DOCAT is a lightweight, open-source implementation of the DTN (Delay-Tolerant Networking) protocol.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to clone the DOCAT repository from GitHub. Open the terminal and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/docat-org/docat.git
This will download the DOCAT source code to your current directory.
Next, we need to install the dependencies required by DOCAT. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get install build-essential automake libtool gnulib libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
This will install the necessary tools and libraries that are required for building DOCAT.
Now, we can build DOCAT by running the following commands:
cd docat
./bootstrap.sh
./configure
make
This will configure and build DOCAT. This process may take some time, depending on your system's hardware.
After the build process is complete, we can install DOCAT by running the following command:
sudo make install
This will install DOCAT to your system. You can verify the installation by running the following command:
docat -h
This should display the DOCAT help menu.
To test DOCAT, we can send a file to another node. First, we need to create a file in the DOCAT directory:
echo "Hello, world!" > test.txt
Next, we need to start the DOCAT receiver on another node. We can do this by running the following command:
docat recv file:///path/to/directory
Replace /path/to/directory with the path to the directory where you want to receive the file.
Finally, we can send the file using the following command:
docat send file:///path/to/test.txt dtn://destination/node
Replace /path/to/test.txt with the path to the test file, and destination/node with the node where you started the DOCAT receiver.
If everything worked correctly, you should see the file being received on the other node.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed DOCAT on Linux Mint and sent a file using the DTN protocol. DOCAT is a powerful and flexible tool for building robust communication networks, and we encourage you to explore its many features and options.
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