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Quick-start installation

This section gives quick hints to those who wants to build Inquisitor from source. Note that you don’t have to do it: you can download and run a pre-built Live CD.

For complete build system documentation, see build system.

Requirements

  • A Linux system; the following software is required for a succesful build:
    • GNU make
    • gcc v4 or later
    • ruby v1.8.6 or later
    • wget
    • rpm or deb development set
  • For Live and Enterprise – a properly configured access to repositories that you want to build your distribution from; a local mirror copy is preferred, as it would be much faster to install from.
  • A system to test (it can be the same system).

Configure

Untar Inquisitor source code. Edit Makefile.config to choose:

  • FLAVOUR – one of three flavours.
  • TARGET – set your target architecture to build a client for (i586, x86_64).
  • CLIENT_BASE – which distribution would should we build client for (if you’re going to do a Live or Enterprise build, you’d need properly configured access to repositories of this distribution, otherwise, it just affects what you’ll get as a resulting package).

Build

Just run 
make all

Note that if your build will require confirmation of proprietary licenses (for hardware RAID controllers handling), you’ll be asked to enter your confirmation interactively.

Result

  • Standalone – you’ll get an *.rpm or *.deb in Inquisitor directory.
  • Live – work/livecd.iso.
  • Enterprise – client root image in work/chroot directory, ready to be served from NFS server.

Running

  • Standalone – run /usr/bin/inq-live for a nice text UI or invoke individual tests manually.
  • Live – burn a resulting ISO on a CD and boot from it.
  • Enterprise – running an enterprise version is more complex than other flavours; please refer to server deployment guide for more information.