Re: [midgard-user] Midgard compiled & installed - How to get it work?

[Philipp Rotmann, Linksystem Muenchen]

     Hi,

On 21.04.01 (19:35), Thommie Rother wrote:
> - I needed to put the /usr/lib/apache/ path (where midgard.so
> resides) into /etc/ld.so.conf.

That's clear, when you're using DSOs -- but you're right
concerning the installation instructions. Could you go to 

http://www.midgard-project.org/req/midgard-1.4/installation.htm

and find a meaningful place to annotate that bit? Thanks.

> I still can't get more than the plain source text from any
> *.mdg files.

Well, here's why:

> The midgard-data.conf states:
> 
> --------------------------------
> MidgardDatabase midgard midgard midgard
>  
> ## Uncomment these if you want to use filetemplates
> # MidgardTemplate phpelements.xml
> # AddType application/x-httpd-php-midgard .mgd

You have to uncomment those two lines in order to use
filetemplates (midgard objects served from *.mgd files as
opposed to the usual way of serving midgard objects from the
database).

> The dbinstall replies during install were ok, except:
> " REPLIGARD/READ-Message: ERROR OPENING FILE Asgard-1.4.1.xml.gz
> gzip: Asgard-1.4.1.xml.gz: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden"
> 
> There is no such file in the CVS. I grabbed it from the /data
> tarballs and re-started dbinstall which imported something. At
> the end of dbinstall I was asked to connect Midgard through
> [servername]/admin/.  But there was no such directory created,
> so I assume this info is wrong.

You don't need directories in your DocumentRoot in order to work
with Midgard pages. See

http://www.midgard-project.org/req/midgard-1.4/midgardserved.htm

for the concepts behind that.

> I copied example/ and midgard/ from the snapshot/data/images
> path (this was mentioned in INSTALL). Both contain no code
> except pics. I also copied the data/filetemplates/ft-en branch
> into DOC-ROOT/midgard2. I accessed DOCROOT/midgard2/index.mdg
> but only get the source code back.

See above.

> I am still not clear about the last steps: Why do I need the
> admin and example files? They contain no source/code data. And
> where is the real code stuff then? Is everythig grabbed from
> the Midgard database? And why then do I not have any connects
> there?

What happens if you access http://yourhost/admin/ oder /asgard/?

> From my point of view, the INSTALL description contains a
> number of uncertainties, not all information is really clear.
> The subsequent steps to get a running install should be
> completely reworked - only "code-nerds" will understand it
> right now. Some kind of "block scheme" would be helpful too. I
> am still confused about how all these things go together ...

As you can see at the URL I mentioned first in this posting,
there is already a nice Midgard Installation Guide for Midgard
1.4. The only thing to do is to add the things that are
different for 1.4.1 -- PHP4 stuff for example. I'm not sure
who's maintaining the Guide or the Manual at the moment, but any
suggestions or changes will definitely be appreciated and find
their way to the site!

     phr
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