How to install BIRD =================== $ ./configure $ make # make install Default location for configuration file is /usr/local/etc/bird.conf and for control socket is /usr/local/var/run/bird.ctl . You can change that by --sysconfdir and --localstatedir configure options. Requirements ============ For compiling BIRD you need these programs and libraries: - GNU C Compiler - GNU Make - GNU Bison - GNU M4 - Flex - ncurses library - GNU Readline library (2.1 or newer) For compiling BIRD documentation you also need: - Linuxdoc-Tools - LaTeX