I have prepared a list of commands to install ledgersmb on a clean Ubuntu Server 11.10 installation.
I found problems with the existing Ubuntu installation instructions at: http://www.ledgersmb.org/help/install/Ubuntu_Installation_Tutorial_LedgerSMB-1.3-SERIES.html The commands are based on those instructions, but they address problems including: * update package requirements to suit ledgersmb-1.3.14 * remove references to broken links * remove redundant/duplicate steps I have tested this procedure, starting with a clean Ubuntu Server installation, on a Virtualbox machine. I'm happy to make that machine image available if it is of interest. I hope this will help others looking to try ledgersmb on Ubuntu. Any feedback or questions welcome. Nick #### # Installation commands for ledgersmb on clean Ubuntu Server 11.10 # Make sure base packages are up-to-date before starting sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade # Install necessary packages sudo apt-get install \ apache2 postgresql postgresql-contrib \ texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra \ dh-make-perl build-essential \ libcgi-simple-perl libconfig-std-perl libdbi-perl \ liblog-log4perl-perl libmime-lite-perl libdbd-pg-perl \ liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl libmodule-install-perl \ libtest-trap-perl libtest-exception-perl libdatetime-perl \ libtemplate-perl libfile-mimeinfo-perl libnet-tclink-perl \ liblatex-driver-perl liblatex-encode-perl liblatex-table-perl \ libtest-deep-perl libxml-parser-perl libopenoffice-oodoc-perl \ libspreadsheet-writeexcel-perl libspreadsheet-parseexcel-perl \ libparse-recdescent-perl # Build and install packages for perl modules not packaged with Ubuntu # May need to adjust version numbers if CPAN modules have been updated # to later versions since these instructions were written dh-make-perl --build --cpan Template::Plugin::Latex sudo dpkg -i libtemplate-plugin-latex-perl_3.02-1_all.deb dh-make-perl --build --cpan Excel::Template sudo dpkg -i libexcel-template-perl_0.33-1_all.deb dh-make-perl --build --cpan MooseX::Param sudo dpkg -i libmoosex-param-perl_0.02-1_all.deb dh-make-perl --build --cpan Excel::Template::Plus sudo dpkg -i libexcel-template-plus-perl_0.05-1_all.deb # Download and unpack latest ledgersmb tarball # a directory called ledgersmb will result wget -O- "http://sourceforge.net/projects/ledger-smb/files/latest/download?source=files"; | tar -zx sudo mv ledgersmb /usr/local/ sudo chown -Rv www-data:www-data /usr/local/ledgersmb # Generate apache config sudo sed \ -e "s|WORKING_DIR|/usr/local/ledgersmb|g" \ -i /usr/local/ledgersmb/ledgersmb-httpd.conf.template sudo mv \ /usr/local/ledgersmb/ledgersmb-httpd.conf.template \ /etc/apache2/conf.d/ledgersmb-httpd.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo mv \ /usr/local/ledgersmb/ledgersmb.conf.default \ /usr/local/ledgersmb/ledgersmb.conf sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart # Update config to point to database contrib/extension dir sudo sed \ -e "s|^contrib_dir =.*|contrib_dir = /usr/share/postgresql/9.1/extension|"\ -i /usr/local/ledgersmb/ledgersmb.conf # Change postgres 'superuser' password echo "ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD 'postgres'" | \ sudo su postgres -c "psql -f -" # Sanity test: check that dependencies are satisfied cd /usr/local/ledgersmb sudo perl Makefile.PL sudo make test # should eventually get output: # All tests successful. # Result: PASS # Make sure there is no existing direcory /tmp/ledgersmb # If there is and permissions are wrong, this will prevent # database initialisation. The first you will know is an # error, several steps into the setup process, # complaining about salutations - not obvious! sudo rm -rvf /tmp/ledgersmb # Ready to start configuring and using LedgerSMB... # Point a browser at http://localhost/ledgersmb/setup.pl #### ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list Ledger-smb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
