Quick Start
To build IPwatchD from source code you will need gcc (C compiler), libpcap (network packet capture library) and libnet1 (network packet construction library) installed in your system. On Ubuntu 7.04 it should be enough to install three packages: build-essential, libpcap-dev and libnet1-dev.
Download IPwatchD 1.0 source from sourceforge project page.
Extract code and build it:
$ bunzip2 ipwatchd-1.0.tar.bz2
$ tar -xf ipwatchd-1.0.tar
$ cd ipwatchd-1.0/src
$ make
Install IPwatchD as a root with command:
# make install
IPwatchD executable is installed into /usr/local/sbin and the configuration file is copied into /usr/local/etc.
Edit configuration file /usr/local/etc/ipwatchd.conf with your favourite editor to suite your needs.
Run IPwatchD as root with command:
# /usr/local/sbin/ipwatchd -c /usr/local/etc/ipwatchd.conf