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     Re: SBBS Installation question   
     By: RickV to Digital Man on Fri Feb 06 2026 09:36 am   
      
    > I have been wondering, on a new installation of Synchronet on Linux, do you   
    > have to install with simlink or can you just install with regular   
    > directories?   
      
   During a Git-based *installation* of Synchronet for *nix, it's recommended,   
   but not required to use the SYMLINK=1 option to create symlinks (symbolic   
   links) of *some* of the Synchronet sub-directories to the git repo   
   sub-directories. This is so that later updates (git-pull operations) will   
   automatically synchronize the files in those directories.   
      
   After installation, you can use specify the 'install' or 'symlinks' build   
   target on the make command-line run in src/sbbs3 to either copy (install) or   
   create/update the symlinks to the newly-built executables from your Synchronet   
   exec directory. This is different than the *directory* symlinks (optionally)   
   created during install.   
   --    
                                               digital man (rob)   
      
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