On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Andrea Lanzoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Lewis and thanks for your reply. I will try to be as much detailed as > possible to allow you to understand the shortcomings I incurred during > installation of Nutch and Solr on my PC, which is a 64 bit running Windows > 7. > > I canvassed wiki apache and found this link: > > http://wiki.apache.org/nutch/**FabioGiavazzi/** > HowtoGettingNutchRunningonWind**ows?highlight=%28download%29|%** > 28nutch%29|%28for%29|%**28windows%29|%287%29<http://wiki.apache.org/nutch/FabioGiavazzi/HowtoGettingNutchRunningonWindows?highlight=%28download%29%7C%28nutch%29%7C%28for%29%7C%28windows%29%7C%287%29>< > http://wiki.apache.org/nutch/**FabioGiavazzi/** > HowtoGettingNutchRunningonWind**ows?highlight=%28download%29%** > 7C%28nutch%29%7C%28for%29%7C%**28windows%29%7C%287%29<http://wiki.apache.org/nutch/FabioGiavazzi/HowtoGettingNutchRunningonWindows?highlight=%28download%29%7C%28nutch%29%7C%28for%29%7C%28windows%29%7C%287%29> > > > > Even though it explains Nutch 1.2 installation on Windows 7 I thought it > might fit for Nutch 1.6 as well. > > Everything went smooth until step 4 of the presentation. Step 4 puzzled me > and decided to skip it. > > I went on and made the changes in XML as stated in ensuing steps. > > Problem arouse at Step 7 where it reads: Go to *nutch*-1.2\conf\ and edit > the file crawl-urlfilter.txt > Those steps are old. Skip step #7 and proceed. > > > I didn't find it in my Nutch directories and got into a cul de sac. > PS: I just learned what "cul de sac" means !! thanks for adding to my vocab :) > > Presently in my PC I have installed as follows: > > C:\Users\Andrea\Documents\**apache-tomcat-7.0.40\apache-**tomcat-7.0.40 > > C:\cygwin\home\apache-nutch-1.**6-bin\apache-nutch-1.6 > > C:\cygwin\home\solr-4.2.0\**solr-4.2.0 > > > I am also asking your advice on this: is it only my laziness/stubborness > to continue to install them on Windows, in other terms would you suggest to > drop Windows and install Ubuntu and restart the procedure in the new op. > system? > I happened only once to come across Ubuntu, does it permit to host > simultaneously and use on the same PC Windows and Ubuntu itself? > > You can have Ubuntu + Windows installed on the same m/c. See this: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-with-windows Its super easy to setup Ubuntu with that and its worth of spending an hour or two. > > Thanks for your welcome opinion. > Andrea > > > > > Il 13/06/2013 01:49, Lewis John Mcgibbney ha scritto: > >> Hi Andrea, >> Please describe the problem here. There is an absence of any detail about >> what is wrong here. >> Thanks >> >> On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Andrea Lanzoni <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, I am a newcomer to Nutch and Solr and, after studying >>> >> literature available on web, I tried to install them on _Windows 7_. >> >>> I have not been able to match the few instructions on the wikiapache site >>> >> nor I could find a guide updated to Nutch 1.6 but only for older versions >> >>> I tried by following old versions guides on the web but never succeeded >>> >> in the installation, often because of differences from what the guide read >> and what I saw on screen. >> >>> I followed the steps by installing: >>> - Tomcat >>> - Java jdk 7 >>> - Cygwin, Nutch 1.6 and Solr 4 >>> >>> Everything went apparently smooth and I copied Nutch and Solr in: >>> C:\cygwin\home\apache-nutch-1.**6-bin >>> and >>> C:\cygwin\home\solr-4.2.0\**solr-4.2.0 >>> >>> Whilst the two folders: jdk1.7.0_21 and jre7, are within the Java folder >>> >> in Programs directory >> >>> I apologize for my dumbness but I couldn't find how to manage it. If >>> >> somebody has a clear and detailed step by step pattern to follow for >> installing Nutch 1.6 and Solr 4 I would be very grateful. >> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> Andrea Lanzoni >>> >>> >
