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+
+# Compile and install babeld
+
+It may happen that the babeld from the operating system package sources is outdated or no longer current. In this case it is recommended to compile and install babeld yourself.
+
+## Preparation
+
+For this you need a C compiler, git and the program make. These can be installed on Debian with the following command:
+```
+sudo apt install build-essential make git
+```
+
+After that you can clone the babeld Git repo and initialize the submodules. GitHub requires an IPv4 clearnet connection.
+```
+https://github.com/jech/babeld.git
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+
+## Compilation
+
+After that you can compile and install babeld with make. With `-j4` you can specify the number of concurrent tasks. Here it is recommended to take the number of CPU cores. In this example there are four.
+```
+make -j4
+sudo make install
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+After that you can install various configuration files. This tutorial assumes a Debian-based operating system with systemd. The instructions are based on the configuration files of the Debian package.
+
+File `/etc/default/babeld`:
+```
+# List of interfaces on which the protocol should operate
+INTERFACES=""
+
+# Additional arguments
+DAEMON_ARGS="-S /var/lib/babeld/state"
+```
+
+File `/etc/init.d/babeld`:
+```
+#! /bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          babeld
+# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Initscript for babeld
+# Description:       Babel routing daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Author: Stéphane Glondu <glondu@debian.org>
+
+# Based on /etc/init.d/skeleton from initscripts_2.87dsf-10 and an
+# initscript provided by Juliusz Chroboczek.
+
+# Do NOT "set -e"
+
+# PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script
+PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
+DESC="Babel routing daemon"
+NAME=babeld
+DAEMON=/usr/sbin/$NAME
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME
+
+# Exit if the package is not installed
+[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0
+
+# Read configuration variable file if it is present
+[ -r /etc/default/$NAME ] && . /etc/default/$NAME
+
+# Exit if there is no interfaces
+if [ -z "$INTERFACES" ]; then
+  if [ ! -f /etc/babeld.conf ] || [ $(grep -v '^#' /etc/babeld.conf| wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "$DESC: no interfaces to operate on"
+    exit 0
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
+. /lib/init/vars.sh
+
+# Define LSB log_* functions.
+# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+do_start()
+{
+	# Return
+	#   0 if daemon has been started
+	#   1 if daemon was already running
+	#   2 if daemon could not be started
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \
+		|| return 1
+	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON -- \
+		-D -I $PIDFILE $DAEMON_ARGS $INTERFACES \
+		|| return 2
+	# Wait for the daemon to be ready
+        sleep 1
+        [ -e $PIDFILE ] || sleep 4
+        [ -e $PIDFILE ] || return 2
+}
+
+do_stop()
+{
+	# Return
+	#   0 if daemon has been stopped
+	#   1 if daemon was already stopped
+	#   2 if daemon could not be stopped
+	#   other if a failure occurred
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_start
+	case "$?" in
+		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+  stop)
+	[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_stop
+	case "$?" in
+		0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
+		2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+  status)
+       status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+       ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+	log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_stop
+	case "$?" in
+	  0|1)
+		do_start
+		case "$?" in
+			0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
+			1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
+			*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
+		esac
+		;;
+	  *)
+		# Failed to stop
+		log_end_msg 1
+		;;
+	esac
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+	exit 3
+	;;
+esac
+
+:
+```
+
+File `/etc/logrotate.d/babeld`:
+```
+/var/log/babeld.log {
+    weekly
+    rotate 8
+    compress
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+    postrotate
+        [ -r /var/run/babeld.pid ] && kill -USR2 $(cat /var/run/babeld.pid)
+    endscript
+}
+```
+
+File `/etc/systemd/system/babeld.service`:
+```
+[Unit]
+Documentation=man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
+SourcePath=/etc/init.d/babeld
+Description=LSB: Initscript for babeld
+Before=multi-user.target
+Before=graphical.target
+After=remote-fs.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+Restart=on-failure
+TimeoutSec=5min
+IgnoreSIGPIPE=no
+KillMode=process
+GuessMainPID=no
+SuccessExitStatus= 5 6
+ExecStart=/etc/init.d/babeld start
+ExecStop=/etc/init.d/babeld stop
+```
+
+After that you can make the init script executable, load the new Systemd unit and create an empty babeld configuration file:
+```
+chmod +x /etc/init.d/babeld
+systemctl daemon-reload
+touch /etc/babeld.conf
+```
diff --git a/docs/routing/index.md b/docs/routing/index.md
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 ## babeld
 - [Setting up Babeld](babeld/babeld)
+- [Compile and install babeld](babeld/compile-install)
 - [max-len filter in babeld](babeld/maxlen-filter)
 - [babelweb2](babeld/babelweb2)