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  • SBBS Installation questio

    From Robert Wolfe@1:103/705 to RICKV on Friday, February 06, 2026 12:47:00
    I have been wondering, on a new installation of Synchronet on Linux, do you

    it's easier to use with the symlinks, IMO.

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  • From RickV@1:154/110 to Robert Wolfe on Friday, February 06, 2026 15:51:47
    Hello Robert!

    17 Apr 70 14:06, you wrote to me:

    I have been wondering, on a new installation of Synchronet on
    Linux, do you

    it's easier to use with the symlinks, IMO.

    My system is setup with them, but would you tell me why you feel that way? I'm just trying to learn a bit more about that.


    Thanks,
    RickV


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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:103/705 to RICKV on Saturday, February 07, 2026 07:38:00
    My system is setup with them, but would you tell me why you feel that way?
    I

    well for an old guy like me it's easier not yo have to remember where everything is stored and not havingto set environment variables each
    time i wanted to start sbbsctrl.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Robert Wolfe on Saturday, February 07, 2026 13:01:28
    Re: SBBS Installation questio
    By: Robert Wolfe to RICKV on Sat Feb 07 2026 07:38 am

    My system is setup with them, but would you tell me why you feel that way?

    well for an old guy like me it's easier not yo have to remember where everything is stored and not havingto set environment variables each time i wanted to start sbbsctrl.

    The message you were replying to was about using symlinks in Linux, though sbbsctrl is for Windows..? But either way, you shouldn't have to set environment variables every time you start sbbsctrl. In Windows, you can go to the system configuration and go to the environment variables from there and add any environment variables you want to be set permanently. Once you close out of those dialogs, the new environment variables will go into effect.

    In Linux, at least for anything running under Bash, you can set environment variables in your .bashrc file and/or .bash_profile .

    Nightfox

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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:103/705 to NIGHTFOX on Saturday, February 07, 2026 20:17:00
    The message you were replying to was about using symlinks in Linux, though s

    In Linux, at least for anything running under Bash, you can set environment

    sbbsctrl is in the linux version, too. in the exec directory, last time
    i ran synchronet under linux.

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  • From Nightfox@1:103/705 to Robert Wolfe on Saturday, February 07, 2026 18:04:44
    Re: SBBS Installation questio
    By: Robert Wolfe to NIGHTFOX on Sat Feb 07 2026 08:17 pm

    In Linux, at least for anything running under Bash, you can set
    environment

    sbbsctrl is in the linux version, too. in the exec directory, last time i ran synchronet under linux.

    Interesting.. I'm running the Linux version, and I don't have a sbbsctrl. From what I recall, I thought sbbsctrl was a Windows-specific GUI for running Synchronet. In Linux, I've normally been running 'sbbs' (as a service) and using umonitor or GTKMonitor to show the node & system status.

    Nightfox

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Robert Wolfe on Saturday, February 07, 2026 20:06:59
    Re: SBBS Installation questio
    By: Robert Wolfe to NIGHTFOX on Sat Feb 07 2026 08:17 pm

    The message you were replying to was about using symlinks in Linux, though s

    In Linux, at least for anything running under Bash, you can set environment

    sbbsctrl is in the linux version, too. in the exec directory, last time
    i ran synchronet under linux.

    Not that I've heard of. :-) Perhaps you're thinking gtkmonitor? There's never been an sbbsctrl (Synchronet Control Panel) for non-Windows systems.
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Robert Wolfe on Sunday, February 08, 2026 08:36:26
    Robert Wolfe wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-

    In Linux, at least for anything running under Bash, you can set environment

    sbbsctrl is in the linux version, too.

    Nope. That's a Windows only file.

    in the exec directory, last time i ran synchronet under linux.

    It's never been present (anywhere) in the Linux version.




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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:103/705 to DIGITAL MAN on Sunday, February 08, 2026 08:05:00
    Not that I've heard of. :-) Perhaps you're thinking gtkmonitor? There's
    neve

    Sorry. Old age kicking in I guess.

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