In order to install the AXIGEN Mail Server on Gentoo follow these instructions:

1. Unzip installation file

Issue the following command, in the same directory as the downloaded file, to unzip the installation file:
tar xzvf <install kit file>

For example, to unpack the AXIGEN installation file for Gentoo architecture, type the command below in the directory where the file is located:
tar xzvf axigen-6.1.0.i386.ebuild.tar.gz

2. Installation

In order to install the ebuild package, you must issue the following commands (while logged in as root) from the same directory as the ebuild file:
./prepare.sh
emerge axigen

After the installation, no daemons or related applications are started.

3. Configuration

Before you start AXIGEN, you need to configure it. You can do that automatically with the help of the AXIGEN Configuration Wizard (please refer to the Automated Configuration with AXIGEN Configuration Wizard section for more information).

More information about each configuration setting can be found in the sample configuration files installed by default, as comments.

4. Start AXIGEN

In Gentoo, AXIGEN can be started via its initscript, by issuing:
/etc/init.d/axigen start

Several settings for the AXIGEN initscript are available via the following file (please read the comments from this file for information about using them):
/etc/conf.d/axigen