How to Install Laminar on OpenBSD

Laminar is a simple file transfer program that allows you to transfer files between two machines over a network. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Laminar on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you will need the following:

• A machine running OpenBSD.
• root access to the machine.
• An Internet connection.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

OpenBSD has a package manager called pkg_add that allows you to easily install packages. To install Laminar, we need to install its dependencies first.

Run the following command to install the required packages:

# pkg_add gcc perl p5-IO-Socket-IP p5-Term-ReadKey p5-File-Copy-Recursive

This command will install the gcc compiler, perl, and Perl modules IO-Socket-IP, Term-ReadKey, and File-Copy-Recursive.

Step 2: Download and Extract Laminar

Next, download the Laminar tarball from the official website:

# ftp http://laminar.ohwg.net/laminar-1.0.4.tar.gz

Extract the tarball:

# tar xzf laminar-1.0.4.tar.gz

This will create a directory called laminar-1.0.4 containing the Laminar source code.

Step 3: Build and Install Laminar

Change into the laminar-1.0.4 directory:

# cd laminar-1.0.4

Configure the build:

# ./configure

Build and install Laminar:

# make
# make install

This will install Laminar to the default location of /usr/local/bin.

Step 4: Test Laminar

To test Laminar, start a Laminar server on one machine:

$ laminar server

This will start a Laminar server on port 6666. Make a note of the IP address of this machine.

On another machine, start a Laminar client:

$ laminar client <server-ip>

Replace <server-ip> with the IP address of the Laminar server machine.

You can now transfer files between the two machines using Laminar.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Laminar on OpenBSD. Laminar is a simple and useful tool for transferring files over a network.