cnping

commit 070b2ec278a41960ac503cec9d475ec5f8a49fc6
parent c415b254ca88c089c19ccac8dfaa92db3f48f9d4
Author: Charles Lohr <charles@cnlohr.com>
Date:   Sun, 12 Jun 2016 01:00:31 -0400

update cnping's readme

Diffstat:
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Makefile
 | 
6
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M
README.md
 | 
16
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2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ cnping-mousey : cnping-mousey.o DrawFunctions.o XDriver.o os_generic.o ping.o
 
 searchnet : os_generic.o ping.o searchnet.o
 	gcc $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -lpthread
- 
+
+linuxinstall : cnping
+	sudo cp cnping /usr/local/bin/
+	sudo chmod +s /usr/local/bin/cnping
+
 clean : 
 	rm -rf *.o *~ cnping cnping.exe
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -13,3 +13,19 @@ Usage: cnping [host] [period] [extra size] [y-axis scaling]
 Picture:
 
 <IMG SRC=cnping.png>
+
+To build on ubuntu, please run: 
+
+```
+sudo apt install libxinerama-dev libxext-dev libx11-dev build-essential
+make linuxinstall
+```
+
+'linuxinstall' builds the tool and copies it to your usr/local/bin folder, and sets the sticky bit allowing it to run as though it were root, allowing it to create raw sockets.
+
+```
+	sudo cp cnping /usr/local/bin/
+	sudo chmod +s /usr/local/bin/cnping
+```
+
+