Compile Netatalk from Source

Below are instructions on how to compile Netatalk from source for specific
operating systems. Before starting, please read through the Install Quick Start
guide first. You need to have a local clone of Netatalk's source code before
proceeding.

Please note that these steps are automatically generated from the CI jobs, and
may not always be optimized for standalone execution.

Alpine Linux

Install dependencies

apk add acl-dev avahi-compat-libdns_sd avahi-dev bison build-base cracklib cracklib-dev cracklib-words cups cups-dev curl db-dev dbus-dev flex gcc glib iniparser-dev krb5-dev libevent-dev libgcrypt-dev libtirpc-dev libtracker linux-pam-dev localsearch mariadb-dev meson ninja openldap-dev openrc pandoc perl pkgconfig rpcsvc-proto-dev sqlite-dev talloc-dev tinysparql-dev valgrind

Configure

meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-cups-pap-backend=true -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-statedir-path=/var/lib -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true

Build

meson compile -C build

Run integration tests

meson test -C build

Run memory profiling

meson test --wrapper='valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1' -C build

Install

meson install -C build

Check netatalk capabilities

netatalk -V
afpd -V
atalkd -V
a2boot -V
macipgw -V
papd -V
timelord -V

Uninstall

ninja -C build uninstall

Arch Linux

Install dependencies

pacman -Sy --noconfirm avahi bison cmark-gfm cracklib cups db flex gcc iniparser localsearch mariadb-clients meson ninja perl pkgconfig rpcsvc-proto sqlite talloc tinysparql

Configure

meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-cups-pap-backend=true -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-init-hooks=false -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true

Build

meson compile -C build

Run integration tests

meson test -C build

Install

meson install -C build

Check netatalk capabilities

netatalk -V
afpd -V
atalkd -V
a2boot -V
macipgw -V
papd -V
timelord -V

Uninstall

ninja -C build uninstall

Debian Linux

Install dependencies

apt-get update
apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends bison ca-certificates cmark-gfm cracklib-runtime file flex gcc libacl1-dev libavahi-client-dev libcrack2-dev libcups2-dev libdb-dev libdbus-1-dev libevent-dev libgcrypt20-dev libglib2.0-dev libiniparser-dev libkrb5-dev libldap2-dev libmariadb-dev libpam0g-dev libsqlite3-dev libtalloc-dev libtirpc-dev libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev libwrap0-dev meson ninja-build quota systemtap-sdt-dev tcpd tracker tracker-miner-fs valgrind

Configure

meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-cups-pap-backend=true -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-init-hooks=false -Dwith-init-style=debian-sysv,systemd -Dwith-pkgconfdir-path=/etc/netatalk -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true

Build

meson compile -C build

Run integration tests

meson test -C build

Run memory profiling

meson test --wrapper='valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1' -C build

Install

meson install -C build

Check netatalk capabilities

netatalk -V
afpd -V
atalkd -V
a2boot -V
macipgw -V
papd -V
timelord -V

Uninstall

ninja -C build uninstall

Fedora Linux

Install dependencies

dnf --setopt=install_weak_deps=False --assumeyes install avahi-devel bison chkconfig cracklib-devel cups-devel dbus-devel flex glib2-devel iniparser-devel krb5-devel libacl-devel libdb-devel libgcrypt-devel libtalloc-devel localsearch mariadb-connector-c-devel meson ninja-build openldap-devel pam-devel pandoc perl perl-Net-DBus quota-devel sqlite-devel systemd systemtap-sdt-devel tinysparql-devel valgrind

Configure

meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-cups-pap-backend=true -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-init-hooks=false -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true

Build

meson compile -C build

Run integration tests

meson test -C build

Run memory profiling

meson test --wrapper='valgrind --leak-check=full --error-exitcode=1' -C build

Install

sudo meson install -C build

Check netatalk capabilities

netatalk -V
afpd -V
atalkd -V
a2boot -V
macipgw -V
papd -V
timelord -V

Uninstall

sudo ninja -C build uninstall

Ubuntu Linux

Install dependencies

apt-get update
apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends bison ca-certificates cmark-gfm cracklib-runtime file flex gcc libacl1-dev libavahi-client-dev libcrack2-dev libcups2-dev libdb-dev libdbus-1-dev libevent-dev libgcrypt20-dev libglib2.0-dev libiniparser-dev libkrb5-dev libldap2-dev libmariadb-dev libpam0g-dev libtalloc-dev libtirpc-dev libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev libwrap0-dev meson ninja-build quota systemtap-sdt-dev tcpd tracker tracker-miner-fs

Configure

meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-cups-pap-backend=true -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-init-hooks=false -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true

Build

meson compile -C build

Run integration tests

meson test -C build

Install

meson install -C build

Check netatalk capabilities

netatalk -V
afpd -V
atalkd -V
a2boot -V
macipgw -V
papd -V
timelord -V

Uninstall

ninja -C build uninstall

macOS

Install dependencies

brew update
brew upgrade
brew install bstring cmark-gfm cracklib iniparser mariadb meson openldap

Configure

meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-homebrew=true -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true

Build

meson compile -C build

Run integration tests

meson test -C build

Install

sudo meson install -C build

Check netatalk capabilities

netatalk -V
afpd -V

Start netatalk

sudo netatalkd start
sleep 1
asip-status localhost

Stop netatalk

sudo netatalkd stop

Uninstall

sudo ninja -C build uninstall

DragonflyBSD

Install required packages

pkg install -y avahi bison cmark db5 iniparser libevent libgcrypt meson mysql80-client openldap26-client perl5 pkgconf py39-gdbm py39-sqlite3 py39-tkinter sqlite talloc tracker3

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson install -C build
netatalk -V
afpd -V
ninja -C build uninstall

FreeBSD

Install required packages

pkg install -y avahi bison cmark db5 flex iniparser libevent libgcrypt localsearch meson mysql91-client openldap26-client p5-Net-DBus perl5 pkgconf sqlite3 talloc

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dpkg_config_path=/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build
meson install -C build
netatalk -V
afpd -V
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/netatalk start
sleep 1
asip-status localhost
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/netatalk stop
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/netatalk disable
ninja -C build uninstall

NetBSD

Install required packages

export PKG_PATH="http://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname -p)/$(uname -r|cut -f '1 2' -d.)/All"
pkg_add cmark db5 gcc13 heimdal iniparser libevent libgcrypt meson mysql-client perl pkg-config sqlite3

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dwith-appletalk=true -Dwith-cups-pap-backend=true -Dwith-dtrace=false -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build
meson install -C build
netatalk -V
afpd -V
atalkd -V
a2boot -V
macipgw -V
papd -V
timelord -V
service netatalk onestart
sleep 1
asip-status localhost
service netatalk onestop
ninja -C build uninstall

OpenBSD

Install required packages

pkg_add -I avahi bison cmark db-4.6.21p8v0 dbus gcc-11.2.0p19 heimdal iniparser libevent libgcrypt libtalloc localsearch-3.10.0 mariadb-client meson openldap-client-2.6.10v0 p5-Net-DBus pkgconfig sqlite3-3.50.4 tinysparql-3.10.0

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dpkg_config_path=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig -Dwith-gssapi-path=/usr/local/heimdal -Dwith-kerberos-path=/usr/local/heimdal -Dwith-pam=false -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson install -C build
netatalk -V
afpd -V
rcctl -d start netatalk
sleep 1
asip-status localhost
rcctl -d stop netatalk
rcctl -d disable netatalk
ninja -C build uninstall

OmniOS

Install required packages

pkg install build-essential pkg-config
curl -o bootstrap.tar.gz https://pkgsrc.smartos.org/packages/SmartOS/bootstrap/bootstrap-2024Q4-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -zxpf bootstrap.tar.gz -C /
export PATH=/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
pkgin -y install avahi cmark gnome-tracker iniparser libevent libgcrypt meson mysql-client sqlite3 talloc

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
export PATH=/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
meson setup build --prefix=/opt/local -Dbuildtype=release -Dpkg_config_path=/opt/local/lib/pkgconfig -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-ldap-path=/opt/local -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build
meson install -C build
netatalk -V
afpd -V
sleep 1
svcadm enable svc:/network/netatalk:default
sleep 1
asip-status localhost
svcadm disable svc:/network/netatalk:default
ninja -C build uninstall

OpenIndiana

Install required packages

pkg install archiver/gnu-tar build/meson compress/gzip database/mariadb-114/client database/mariadb-114/library database/sqlite-3 developer/build/cmake developer/build/meson developer/build/ninja developer/build/pkg-config developer/gcc-14 library/cmark library/glib2 library/libevent2 library/security/cracklib runtime/perl system/library/dbus system/library/libdbus system/library/security/libgcrypt web/curl
curl --location -o iniparser.tar.gz https://gitlab.com/iniparser/iniparser/-/archive/v4.2.6/iniparser-v4.2.6.tar.gz
set +e # tar on illumos is too old to handle git tarballs cleanly
tar xzf iniparser.tar.gz
set -e
cd iniparser-v4.2.6
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr/local ..
make all
make install

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
export PATH=/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
meson setup build -Dbuildtype=release -Dpkg_config_path=/usr/lib/amd64/pkgconfig -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-iniparser-path=/usr/local -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build
meson install -C build
/usr/local/sbin/netatalk -V
/usr/local/sbin/afpd -V
sleep 1
svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/multicast:default
svcadm enable svc:/network/netatalk:default
sleep 1
/usr/local/bin/asip-status localhost
svcadm disable svc:/network/netatalk:default
ninja -C build uninstall

Solaris

Install required packages

set -e
pkg install bison cmake flex gcc libevent libgcrypt meson ninja pkg-config sqlite-3
curl --location -o cmark.tar.gz https://github.com/commonmark/cmark/archive/refs/tags/0.31.1.tar.gz
curl --location -o iniparser.tar.gz https://gitlab.com/iniparser/iniparser/-/archive/v4.2.6/iniparser-v4.2.6.tar.gz
set +e # tar on Solaris is too old to handle git tarballs cleanly
tar xzf cmark.tar.gz
tar xzf iniparser.tar.gz
set -e
cd cmark-0.31.1
cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
cmake --build build
cmake --install build
cd ..
cd iniparser-v4.2.6
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make all
make install

Configure, compile, install, run, and uninstall

set -e
meson setup build --prefix=/usr/local -Dbuildtype=release -Dpkg_config_path=/usr/lib/amd64/pkgconfig -Dwith-dbus-sysconf-path=/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d -Dwith-iniparser-path=/usr/local -Dwith-tests=true -Dwith-testsuite=true
meson compile -C build
meson test -C build
meson install -C build
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
netatalk -V
afpd -V
sleep 1
svcadm -v enable svc:/network/netatalk:default
sleep 1
asip-status localhost
svcadm -v disable svc:/network/netatalk:default
ninja -C build uninstall
