PirateBox Laptop

It is possible to run PirateBox directly on a computer running Linux. Note: The instructions on this page are incomplete and need to be updated. For additional info and support, please visit the PirateBox Forum.

---- ==== Required Packages ==== The following software is required to run PirateBox locally serving files only: * lighttpd * python (installed per default on the most distributions) * hostapd * dnsmasq * iw ==== Installation of required packages ==== === Debian === sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop sudo update-rc.d lighttpd disable sudo apt-get -y install dnsmasq sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq stop sudo update-rc.d dnsmasq disable sudo apt-get -y install hostapd sudo /etc/init.d/hostapd stop sudo update-rc.d hostapd disable sudo apt-get -y install iw ==== Installation of PirateBox Scripts ==== wget http://downloads.piratebox.de/piratebox-ws_current.tar.gz tar xzf piratebox-ws_current.tar.gz cd piratebox sudo mkdir -p /opt sudo cp -rv piratebox /opt cd /opt/piratebox ==== Customization of your installation ==== If you don't want to use /opt/piratebox/shared as you default download location, sudo rm -rfv /opt/piratebox/share sudo ln -s /opt/piratebox/share If you want to customize your PirateBox, have a look at conf/piratebox.conf You may even install the imageboard. /opt/piratebox/bin/install_piratebox.sh /opt/piratebox/conf/piratebox.conf imageboard After this point, you may start the PirateBox with: /opt/piratebox/init.d/piratebox start ==== Enable PirateBox for system start ==== If you want to run it on default startup (Debian): sudo ln -s /opt/piratebox/init.d/piratebox /etc/init.d/piratebox sudo update-rc.d piratebox defaults Depending on your distribution, PirateBox scripts may interfere with the running network-manager. You may need to customize the network-manager configuration or disable the network manager, like wicd sudo /etc/init.d/wicd stop After this you have can enable it with sudo /etc/init.d/piratebox start ===== Remove Piratebox ===== You have to run: sudo /etc/init.d/piratebox stop sudo update-rc.d piratebox remove sudo rm -v /etc/init.d/piratebox sudo rm -rf -v /opt/piratebox