This is the Dx980516.tgz ( Alpha) version of dxnet cluster under Linux.
(INSTALL version June 21 1998 k5di)

The installation can be simple.

Move the filename.tgz to your /usr/local/ directory.
Use tar xvfz filename.tgz to make a directory /usr/local/dxnet/.

Then you will have a directory tree like :

Directory dxnet:
dxnet             Main program
dxnet.sh [-v]     Shell script to run the program (endless loop)

Directory dxnet/language:
english.txt         
french.txt         
english.mot	    
french.mot
english.hlp
french.hlp
...
...
Directory dxnet/script:
f6krq_ax.fwd         Script to connect f6krq-3 using ax25 interface
f6krq_nr.fwd         Script to connect f6krq-3 using netrom interface
f6krq_rs.fwd         Script to connect f6krq-3 using rose interface

Directory dxnet/system:
dxnet.cfg         Main configuration file
dxtodo.dat        Jobs file
language.dat      Languages to use
local.dat
Directory dxnet/system/bin:
                  Will hold all bin data files

First edit dxnet.sh and where it says BASEDIR=xxxx and replace xxx
with /usr/local/dxnet.

Next, edit system/dxnet.cfg 
- Put the callsign of the cluster   : set/call f6fbb-3
- Put the list of adjacent clusters : set/node +f6krq-3

Then, edit system/dxtodo.dat
for each line, the first for characters are the mask for time.
???5 means each minute 5, like 1005 1015 1025, etc...
??00 means each hour at minute 00 like 1000 1100 1200, etc...

???5 c f6krq_ax  (limited to 8 characters)

call the script f6krq_ax.fwd each minute 5 (every 10 minutes).

You must have one line and one scrip file for each adjacent Cluster
to be called.

To start DXnet from a root xterm window type usr/local/dxnet/dxnet.sh
- v and you will see what is happening in that xterm window.

This version includes a new functionality to specify ports to be listened.

use the command from dxnet.cfg (This command may be in one or more lines)

set/port 0 4 netrom1 rose0

to specify a list of ports (ax25, netrom or rose) to be listened.
in this example will be listened : 
- ax25   port 0       (from /etc/ax25/axports)
- ax25   port 4       (from /etc/ax25/axports)
- NetRom port netrom0 (from /etc/ax25/nrports)
- Rose   port rose0   (from /etc/ax25/rsports)

Look at the script examples for ax25, NetRom and Rose connections.

In the ~language/ directory copy the languages you want to use by
removing the .example from the file, ie: cp english.hlp.example
english.hlp and such.