Hi Karen, I don't think either setup is superior. As you are probably aware, the /Library directory is part of the OS directory structure, but I am not sure whether using it will give you any advantages or disadvantages (maybe there is someone with more knowledge who can chime in). The only thing I can think of right now is that certain tools such as Disk Utility.app will make sure the permissions are set in a certain way, but I don't know if they will try to apply those to unknown directories (most probably not).
For now, I would say do what you usually do with 3rd party software. If you are used to installing it in /opt, go ahead and do the same with Matterhorn. Tobias On 21.11.2011, at 14:53, Karen Dolan wrote: > Tobias, > > Thank you for the response. > Of the two types of setup below, would you say set up 1 is safer and more > generally practiced? > > Set up 1: > /opt/matterhorn/1.2.0/ > /opt/matterhorn/felix/ <- FELIX_HOME > /opt/matterhorn/felix/matterhorn > (change start_matterhorn.sh) > > Set up 2: > /opt/matterhorn/1.2.0/ > /Library/felix-framework-3.2.2/<- FELIX_HOME > /Library/felix-framework-3.2.2/matterhorn > (change /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.opencastproject.matterhorn.plist > Key:EnvironmentVariables -> Key:FELIX_HOME -> String: > /opt/matterhorn/felix, > and start_matterhorn.sh) > > - Karen > > On 11/20/2011 10:19 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Message: 5 >> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:19:32 +0100 >> From: Tobias Wunden<[email protected]> >> To: Matterhorn Users<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Matterhorn-users] To set or not to set FELIX_HOME for >> MacOSx MH 1.3/trunk install? >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Hi Karen, >> >> just take a look at the Matterhorn start script (start_matterhorn.sh). >> You'll see that in there, FELIX_HOME is evaluated. If it's not set, it is >> currently hardcoded to /Applications/Matterhorn (which will be removed soon). >> >> So you will either need to adjust that script or set FELIX_HOME in your >> shell environment. >> >> Tobias >> >> On 18.11.2011, at 17:43, Karen Dolan wrote: >> >>> > Matterhorn Users, >>> > > I am installing Matterhorn on Mac OS x and I have a little confusion >>> > over the FELIX_HOME environment variable. >>> > > I stumbled over some Matterhorn (OSx MH 1.2/trunk) files referencing >>> > "/Library/felix-framework-x" and "/opt/matterhorn/felix" values for >>> > FELIX_HOME. >>> > > After a few install attempts, it seems safest not to set FELIX_HOME >>> > in the general environment, and let the Matterhorn configuration files >>> > define it to (to /opt/matterhorn/felix). Is this true for you, too? >>> > > If FELIX_HOME is set in the environment to >>> > "/Library/felix-framework-3.2.2", will that cause problems for Matterhorn >>> > install and start scripts? >>> > > Thank you, >>> > Karen >>> > > Karen Dolan >>> > Harvard University, Division of Continuing Education >>> > [email protected] >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Matterhorn-users mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users _______________________________________________ Matterhorn-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users
