Tape Dispatcher is distributed in two ways: rpm and source tarball file.

The distribution contains:

• A ready-to-use server code (tapedispatcher), it requires only perl and will
  run on any UNIX/Linux host.
• Template tapedispatcher.conf and tapedispatcher.usedtapes files that are
  to be placed in /etc/sysconfig.
• A sample tapemounter front-end command and some library-specific scripts.
• Tape Dispatcher API .

If you are installing from the .tar.gz archive you have to do the following by hand:

• Make sure that you have perl and /var/log and /etc/sysconfig directories on your system.
• Carefully edit and install both tapedispatcher.conf and tapedispatcher.usedtapes configuration files in /etc/sysconfig.
• Prepare and install your site-specific /bin/tapemounter command.
• Your system is configured! Start the server (use the rc.tdisp script that we supply) and maybe make sure that it restarts on reboot. We suggest that you do it via inittab. For instance, if you have unpacked the distribution directory under /etc you may add a following line to /etc/inittab:

  tdis:2345:once:/etc/tapedispatcher-0.99-1/genericunix/rc.tdisp

• For each of your tape-related systems involved, replace any direct tape handling with the interface to your tape dispatcher.