openvas-libraries
=================

This is the libraries module for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System
(OpenVAS).

For more information, please refer to the OpenVAS website available at
http://www.openvas.org/.

Please see the file COPYING for the license information.

Please refer to the instructions provided below if you want to install
openvas-libraries. If you are not familiar or comfortable with the procedure
described below, we recommend that you use a binary package provided by your
distribution. Information regarding available binary packages is available from
the OpenVAS website.

If you have any question or suggestions, please feel free to use the mailing
list and the IRC chat to contact the OpenVAS developers.

Please use the OpenVAS bug tracker located at http://bugs.openvas.org/ to report
bugs.


Compiling openvas-libraries
---------------------------

Before compiling, you will need to configure openvas-libraries. This can be done
by executing the following command:

$ ./configure

During configuration, error messages may show up if libraries or applications
needed to compile openvas-libraries are not present on your system. Please
resolve the issues reported and run configure again.

If you want to install openvas-libraries into a different hierarchy, you may
want to use the prefix option during configuration:

$ ./configure --prefix=/opt/openvas

More information about the configuration options is available through the help
option:

$ ./configure --help

Once you have configured openvas-libraries successfully, you can start the
compilation by executing the following command:

$ make

To install openvas-libraries, you can use the following command:

$ make install

Please note that you may have to execute this command as root, especially if you
have specified a prefix for which your user does not have full permissions.
