I have nothing of value to add to this discussion other than my appreciation to all of you for working so hard to continue developing Evergreen as a robust, functional and stable ILS solution.
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Jason Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/10/2014 03:57 PM, Bob Neeper wrote: > [Snipped for brevity.] > > > My comments and questions. Bear in mind I'm not a linux expert. > > > > 1) Without Blake's guides I would not gotten past step 2 Installing > > Prerequisites. > > Step by step commands are very helpful. > > I don't know what "Blake's guides" are. I recommend following the steps > in the README inside the source archive exactly. The README instructions > assume that you have extracted the source archive and have cd'd into the > resulting directory in order to read the README. > > > > > 2) Any idea why Ubuntu 12.04 gave so many problems ? > > Several possiblities: > > 1. You installed the desktop edition. > 2. Your installation was bad to begin with, i.e. through no fault of > your own some things were not installed properly. > 3. Your VM image could have had some issue that you were not aware of. > > > > > 3) Did the 'precise' substitution work ? > > No. It would likely not work. > > > Will (or should) the install file have 'trusty' added ? > > As previously mentioned, basic support for trusty was added today. It > should be available when 2.7.0 is released. It will likely not be > backported to 2.6, meaning 2.6 will not get installation support for > trusty. > > > > > 4) Why is a file looking for the apache version when, I think, apache is > > really installed with evergreen ? > > Apache is required for OpenSRF. > > > Or did the precise substitution cause this ? > > Most likely Apache failed to install for a number of reasons, not > limited to the use of the precise target on a trusty system. > > You mentioned having problems installing in general on 12.04. > > > > > > 5) Any suggestions? > > Keep trying and pop into the #evergreen channel on irc.freenode.net to > ask questions while trying the installation. We're very helpful in there. > > Once you do get Evergreen working, you'll find you have learned more > about Linux than you ever thought you needed or wanted to know. > > > > > Thanks for your support > > > > > -- > Jason Stephenson > Assistant Director for Technology Services > Merrimack Valley Library Consortium > 1600 Osgood ST, Suite 2094 > North Andover, MA 01845 > Phone: 978-557-5891 > Email: [email protected] > -- Ruth Frasur Director of the Historic(ally Awesome) Hagerstown - Jefferson Township Library 10 W. College Street in Hagerstown, Indiana (47346) p (765) 489-5632; f (765) 489-5808 Our Kickin' Website <http://hagerstownlibrary.org> Our Rockin' Facebook Page <http://facebook.com/hjtplibrary> and Stuff I'm Reading <http://pinterest.com/hjtplibrary/ruth-reads/>
