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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Installation instructions for nftables Prerequisites ============= - - standard glibc headers, gcc etc. + - build tooling: glibc headers, gcc, autotools, automake, libtool, pkg-config. - libmnl: git://git.netfilter.org/libmnl.git @@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ Installation instructions for nftables - bison - - libgmp + - libgmp: alternatively, see mini-gmp support below. - - libreadline - - - pkg-config - - - libtool + - libreadline or libedit or linenoise: required by interactive command line - optional: libxtables: required to interact with iptables-compat - - optional: docbook2x: required for building man-page + - optional: libjansson: required to build JSON support + + - optional: asciidoc: required for building man-page Configuring and compiling ========================= @@ -60,17 +58,50 @@ Installation instructions for nftables For libxtables support to interact with the iptables-compat utility. - Suggested configuration options: --prefix=/ --datarootdir=/usr/share + --without-cli + + To disable interactive command line support, ie. -i/--interactive. + + --with-cli=readline + + To enable interactive command line support with libreadline. + + --with-cli=linenoise + + To enable interactive command line support with linenoise. + + --with-cli=editline + + To enable interactive command line support with libedit. + + --with-json + + To enable JSON support, this requires libjansson. Run "make" to compile nftables, "make install" to install it in the configured paths. - Other notes + Python support + ============== + + CPython bindings are available for nftables under the py/ folder. They can be + installed using pip: + + python -m pip install py/ + + A legacy setup.py script can also be used: + + ( cd py && python setup.py install ) + + However, this method is deprecated. + + Source code =========== - The nftables kernel tree can be found at: + Netfilter's Linux kernel tree can be found at: - git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nftables.git + git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf.git/ + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netfilter/nf.git The latest version of this code can be found at: |