Installing BIND 9.2.0rc9

This page covers installing BIND 9.2.0 release candidate 9 and using it for a DNSSEC domain. The configure script is used to set all the environment options for DNSSEC the options I used are explained below it. This HowTo will be broken up into different sections, the first one is to install bind.

As usual, obtain the latest source from isc.org (opens a new browser) and unpackage it.
```
   #gzip -cd bind-9.2.0rc9.tar .gz | tar xvf -
```
Change to the new bind-9.2.0rc9 directory and run the configure script using the following options:
```
  # cd bind-9.2.0rc9
  # ./configure \
   --with-openssl=/usr/local/openssl \
   --prefix=/usr/local/bind \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --sbindir=/usr/local/sbin \
   --bindir=/usr/local/bin \
   --mandir=/usr/share/man \
```
- To use DNSSEC you must have OpenSSL installed. To install it, see the OpenSSL section on the Apache + SSL page. Use the following option with configure to let it know where OpenSSL is installed.
```
   --with-openssl=/path/to/openssl
```
- The default location for the named.conf file is in /etc. To change it, use:
```
   --sysconfdir=/location/for/conf
```
- To change the location of named and its libraries, use:
```
   --prefix=/new/location
```
  The default is /usr/local. If you use --prefix, the sysconfdir changes to {prefix}/etc and localstatedir changes to {prefix}/var.
- Set the system binaries to be installed to /usr/local/sbin with
```
   --sbindir=/usr/local/sbin
```
  the default is {prefix}/sbin.
- Set the user binaries to be installed to /usr/local/bin with
```
   --bindir=/usr/local/bin
```
  the default is {prefix}/bin.
- Specify the directory that make install will install the man pages to with the following option:
```
   --mandir=/usr/share/man
```
Next make the binaries with:
```
   # make
```
Next install the binaries and man pages with:
```
   # make install
```
Now BIND should be installed. There is no default named.conf file or startup script when BIND is installed, so I'll go over these on the next page.

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