Installing dhcpcd

Initial installation. Change the version as required.

cd /tmp
tar xvjpf /path/to/dhcpcd-5.1.4.tar.bz2
cd dhcpcd-5.1.4
./configure
make install

RPM build tips

To build dhcpcd as a rpm package, here is a src.rpm sample :  dhcpcd-5.1.4-1.src.rpm

To directly generate the rpm binary files for your architecture :

rpmbuild --rebuild dhcpcd-5.1.4-1.src.rpm

You can adapt it to you needs by:

1. Intalling it :

rpm -ivh dhcpcd-5.1.4-1.src.rpm

2. Customize the spec file

vim %_topdir/SPECS/dhcpcd.spec

3. Rebuild the spec file

rpmbuild -ba %_topdir/SPECS/dhcpcd.spec

%_topdir is usualy /usr/src/redhat on RHEL or $HOME/rpmbuild on Fedora

Platform specific issues

BSD platforms generally do not allow userland applications to change, add or delete subnet (or connected) interface routes. This is a significant problem for dhcpcd-5, as it will manipulate them. Fortunately, the required kernel patch is quite simple and should be able to be ported to your BSD platform.

 Initial discussion of the issue.
Patch for  sys/netinet/in.c

Here is a list of the BSD platforms which have been patched to allow the manipulation of these routes:

• NetBSD-5.0_RC1