Chapter 2. Installing the gateway
Installing Kannel
1. Download the binary RPM packet from the Kannel web site.
2. Log in as root:
su -
3. Install the RPM package:
rpm -ivh kannel-VERSION.i386.rpm
Upgrading Kannel
1. Download the binary RPM packet from the Kannel web site.
2. Log in as root
3. Upgrade the RPM package:
rpm -Uvh kannel-VERSION.i386.rpm
Removing Kannel
1. Log in as root:
2. Remove the RPM package:
rpm -e kannel
After you have installed Kannel from the RPM packages you x should now be able to run the Kannel
init.d script that will start Kannel as a WAP gateway. Run the script as root.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/kannel start
To stop the gateway just run the same script with the stop parameter.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/kannel stop
If Kannel is already running and you just want to quickly stop and start the gateway,e.g.to set a new
configuration option, run the script with the restart parameter.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/kannel restart
If you want Kannel to run as a daemon, you need to add a symbolic link to the Kannel script from the
runlevel you want Kannel to run in. E.g. to run Kannel in runlevel 5 add symbolic links to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/.
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