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   As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host    As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host
   mtr runs on and a user-specified destination host.  After it    mtr runs on and a user-specified destination host.  After it
   determines the address of each network hop between the machines,     determines the address of each network hop between the machines, 
  it sends a sequence ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the   it sends a sequence of ICMP ECHO requests to each one to determine the 
   quality of the link to each machine.  As it does this, it prints    quality of the link to each machine.  As it does this, it prints
   running statistics about each machine.    running statistics about each machine.
   
  mtr is distributed under the GNU General Public License.   mtr is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2.
   See the COPYING file for details.      See the COPYING file for details.  
   
 INSTALLING  INSTALLING
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         make install          make install
   
  Note that mtr must be suid-root because it requires access to raw IP   Note that mtr-packet must be suid-root because it requires access to
  sockets.  See SECURITY for security information.  raw IP sockets.  See SECURITY for security information.
   
  Older versions used to require a non-existant path to GTK for a  Older versions used to require a non-existent path to GTK for a
   correct build of a non-gtk version while GTK was installed. This is    correct build of a non-gtk version while GTK was installed. This is
  no longer neccesary. ./configure --WITHOUT_GTK should now work.   no longer necessary. ./configure --without-gtk should now work. 
   If it doesn't, try "make WITHOUT_X11=YES" as the make step.     If it doesn't, try "make WITHOUT_X11=YES" as the make step. 
   
     On Solaris, you'll need to use GNU make to build.
     (Use 'gmake' rather than 'make'.)
   
   On Solaris (and possibly other systems) the "gtk" library may be    On Solaris (and possibly other systems) the "gtk" library may be
   installed in a directory where the dynamic linker refuses to look when    installed in a directory where the dynamic linker refuses to look when
   a binary is setuid. Roman Shterenzon reports that adding     a binary is setuid. Roman Shterenzon reports that adding 
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   you're out of luck when you use the sun LD. That's not quite true, as    you're out of luck when you use the sun LD. That's not quite true, as
   you can move the gtk libraries to /usr/lib instead of leaving them in    you can move the gtk libraries to /usr/lib instead of leaving them in
   /usr/local/lib.  (when the ld tells you that /usr/local/lib is untrusted    /usr/local/lib.  (when the ld tells you that /usr/local/lib is untrusted
  and /usr/lib is trusted, and you trust hte gtk libs enough to want them  and /usr/lib is trusted, and you trust the gtk libs enough to want them
   in a setuid program, then there is something to say for moving them    in a setuid program, then there is something to say for moving them
   to the "trusted" directory.)    to the "trusted" directory.)
   
  On Solaris, linking usually fails to find "wattr" or something like that.  Building on MacOS should not require any special steps.
  Somehow, I can't seem to be able to automate "configure" finding the right 
  libs on Solaris. So, the solution is that you cut-and-paste the line 
  doing the linking into a terminal window, and add "-lcurses" by hand.  
  Then it will link. Help on how to catch this in autoconf appreciated. 
   
  On Mac OS X the nameserver8_compat.h needs to be included. I put the BUILDING FOR WINDOWS
  include inside an "#if 0" section in the file "dns.c". If someone  
  knows how to make this automatic using autoconf / the configure script,  
  please tell me....  
   
  This should now also work:   Building for Windows requires Cygwin.  To obtain Cygwin, see
  ./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" LIBS="-lresolv" \  https://cygwin.com/install.html.  When installing Cygwin, select
       --without-gtk --disable-endian-check --disable-dependency-tracking  the 'lynx' package for installation.  lynx is required by apt-cyg.
   
     Next, install apt-cyg for easy installation of the remaining
     components.  See https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg.
   
     Install the packages required for building:
   
           apt-cyg install automake pkg-config make gcc-core libncurses-devel
   
     Build as under Unix:
   
           ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make
   
     Finally, install the built binaries:
   
           make install
   
 WHERE CAN I GET THE LATEST VERSION OR MORE INFORMATION?  WHERE CAN I GET THE LATEST VERSION OR MORE INFORMATION?
   
   mtr is now hosted on github.     mtr is now hosted on github. 
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   See the mtr web page at     See the mtr web page at 
          http://www.BitWizard.nl/mtr/            http://www.BitWizard.nl/mtr/ 
   
  There used to be a mailinglist, but all it got was spam. So  Bug reports and feature requests should be submitted to the Github
  when the server was upgraded, the mailing list died.   bug tracking system.
   
  Bug reports and feature requests should be submitted to the   Patches can be submitted by cloning the Github repository and issuing
  bug tracker at launchpad: https://launchpad.net/mtr/+bugs  a pull request, or by email to me. Please use unified diffs. Usually
   the diff is sort of messy, so please check that the diff is clean and
   doesn't contain too much of your local stuff (for example, I don't
   want/need the "configure" script that /your/ automake made for you).
   
  Patches can be submitted by Email to me, or submitted to the   (There used to be a mailinglist, but all it got was spam. So
  bug tracker. Or you can clone the github repository and issue a pull  when the server was upgraded, the mailing list died.)
  request. Please use unified diffs. Usually the diff is sort of 
  messy, so please check that the diff is clean and doesn't contain too 
  much of your local stuff (for example, I don't want/need the "configure" 
  script that /your/ automake made for you).  
   
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