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Verified Releases

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Direct Package Installation

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User-Level Service

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Starting the FreeM Daemon Automatically

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Testing Details

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Starting the FreeM Daemon Automatically

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System-Level Service

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 == Verified Releases ==
 * FreeM <code>cvs-current</code>
 * FreeM 0.62.1 (14 Mar 2025)

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 === Direct Package Installation ===
-# Download the appropriate package from [https://freem.coherent-logic.com/downloads/binaries/debian/ https://freem.coherent-logic.com/downloads/binaries/debian/]
+# Download the appropriate package from [https://freem.coherent-logic.com/binaries.cfm https://freem.coherent-logic.com/binaries.cfm]
 # Install the package with <code>sudo dpkg -i &lt;package-file&gt;</code>, substituting the name of the downloaded file for <code>&lt;package-file&gt;</code>

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 == Verified Releases ==
 * FreeM <code>cvs-current</code>
 * FreeM 0.61.2
 * FreeM 0.59.2 (04 Aug 2023)

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 # Copy <code>scripts/systemd/user/freem.service</code> from the FreeM distribution to <code>$HOME/.config/systemd/user</code>
 # Type the following commands:
- $ systemctl --user enable freem
+<pre>
- $ systemctl --user start freem
+$ systemctl --user enable freem
 # You may then check the status of the daemon with the following command:
- $ sudo systemctl --user status freem
+<pre>
 If the third line of output contains the text <code>active (running)</code>, the service has been successfully configured and started.

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 ==== User-Level Service ====
-* Copy 'scripts/systemd/user/freem.service' from the FreeM distribution to '$HOME/.config/systemd/user'
+# Copy <code>scripts/systemd/user/freem.service</code> from the FreeM distribution to <code>$HOME/.config/systemd/user</code>
+# Type the following commands:
   $ systemctl --user enable freem
   $ systemctl --user start freem
+# You may then check the status of the daemon with the following command:
   $ sudo systemctl --user status freem
-If the third line of output contains the text 'active (running)', the service has been successfully configured and started.
+If the third line of output contains the text <code>active (running)</code>, the service has been successfully configured and started.
 === sysvinit ===

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 * amd64-based host
-* Arch Linux running the 6.1.39-1-lts Linux kernel
+* Arch Linux running the 6.12.18-1-lts Linux kernel
-* GNU gcc v13.1.1
+* GNU gcc v14.2.1
-* GNU autoconf 2.71
+* GNU autoconf 2.72
-* GNU automake 1.16.5
+* GNU automake 1.17
 == Required Kernel Tuning ==

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 * Copy <code>scripts/systemd/system/freem.service</code> from the FreeM distribution to <code>/etc/systemd/system</code>
-* Type the following commands as root:
+# Type the following commands as root:
-# <code>groupadd freem</code>
+## <code>groupadd freem</code>
-# <code>useradd -m -d /home/freem -g freem freem</code>
+## <code>useradd -m -d /home/freem -g freem freem</code>
-* Type the following command for each user who will use FreeM, substituting the user's login name for <code>username</code>:
+# Type the following command for each user who will use FreeM, substituting the user's login name for <code>username</code>:
-# <code>usermod -aG freem ''username''</code>
+## <code>usermod -aG freem ''username''</code>
-* Type the following commands as root:
+If the third line of output contains the text <code>active (running)</code>, the service has been successfully configured and started.
 ==== User-Level Service ====

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 ==== System-Level Service ====
-* Copy 'scripts/systemd/system/freem.service' from the FreeM distribution to '/etc/systemd/system'
+* Copy <code>scripts/systemd/system/freem.service</code> from the FreeM distribution to <code>/etc/systemd/system</code>
 * Type the following commands as root:
-  # groupadd freem
+  # <code>groupadd freem</code>
-  # useradd -m -d /home/freem -g freem freem
+  # <code>useradd -m -d /home/freem -g freem freem</code>
 * Type the following command for each user who will use FreeM, substituting the user's login name for <code>username</code>:
-  # usermod -aG freem ''username''
+  # <code>usermod -aG freem ''username''</code>
 * Type the following commands as root:
-  # systemctl daemon-reload
+  # <code>systemctl daemon-reload</code>
-  # systemctl enable freem
+  # <code>systemctl enable freem</code>
-  # systemctl start freem
+  # <code>systemctl start freem</code>
 * You may then check the status of the daemon with the following command:
-  # systemctl status freem
+  # <code>systemctl status freem</code>
 If the third line of output contains the text 'active (running)', the service has been successfully configured and started.