====== Installing Accel-ppp on Raspberry Pi OS ======
===== Introduction =====
  * The Accel-ppp project has quite a lot documentation available along with forums which you can go through to gather information.
  * Their install instructions for Debian served as a reference for the instructions on this page.
  * https://docs.accel-ppp.org/installation/debian.html
===== Install Instructions =====
  * Install the following packages:
<code bash>
apt-get install -y build-essential cmake gcc linux-headers-`uname -r` git libpcre3-dev libssl-dev liblua5.1-0-dev
</code>
  * Checkout the latest git source code:
<code bash>
sudo git clone https://github.com/accel-ppp/accel-ppp.git /opt/accel-ppp-code
</code>
  * Create directory for build source code and go to this directory.
<code bash>
sudo mkdir /opt/accel-ppp-code/build
cd /opt/accel-ppp-code/build/
</code>
  * Generate the Makefile:
<code bash>
cmake -DBUILD_IPOE_DRIVER=TRUE -DBUILD_VLAN_MON_DRIVER=TRUE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DKDIR=/usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r` -DLUA=TRUE -DCPACK_TYPE=Debian12 ..
</code>
<WRAP center round tip 90%>
Remember the .. at the end of the statement. It sets the path to the accel-ppp source code. **Do not delete this!** Alternatively you can replace it with the full path to the accel-ppp souce code like ///opt/accel-ppp-code///
</WRAP>
  * Compile
<code bash>
sudo make
</code>
  * Create a DEB package
<code bash>
sudo cpack -G DEB
</code>
  * Install the package
<code bash>
sudo dpkg -i accel-ppp.deb
</code>
  * If the install went OK you can use the reference config file and make it active
<code bash>
sudo mv /etc/accel-ppp.conf.dist /etc/accel-ppp.conf
</code>
  * See if it starts up. It should start up with the default config file
<code bash>
sudo systemctl start accel-ppp
sudo systemctl status accel-ppp
</code>