[ic] Help with IC setup
Shane Keene
interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Tue Dec 18 19:41:01 2001
Not all thirty are required modules. There are only around ten absolutely
necessary ones. Some of the others add some cool functionality (like the
excel parse and write mods) and are well worth looking at. It definitely
doesn't hurt to have them installed.
Shane Keene
Webmaster
Network Computing Devices, Inc.
http://www.ncd.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Carroll [mailto:egor@carrollweb.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:09 PM
To: tburt@timburt.com
Cc: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [ic] Help with IC setup
Take a look at http://ftp.interchange.redhat.com/perl/ they have 30 perl
modules listed. I just loaded them all. I have the room and a lack of
knowledge of what I really need, so I just shoved them all onto the system.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: <tburt@timburt.com>
To: "Tom Carroll" <egor@carrollweb.net>
Cc: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [ic] Help with IC setup
>
> Wait a minute... 30 CPAN modules?
>
> I only installed about 10 ...
>
> I hope these 30 modules are just your favorites, not all required....
>
> If they are required, please send a list! That may be my dilema.
>
> BTW, I searched the interchange website on CPAN, and didn't find much
> help.
>
> Oh, yea, about rpm... It sometimes quits if it stubs a toe, and doesn't
> tell you that it didn't do the whole lot. I have taken to:
>
> ls *.rpm > doit
>
> Then vi doit and give the command:
>
> :%s/^/rpm -ivh /
>
> Save and then run "sh -x doit" sometimes more than once (to deal with
> missing dependencies). Or I will go back and add a --nodeps.
> Fortunately, rpm detects when it has already installed and skips pretty
> quickly on subsequent runs.
>
> It also helps to re-arrange the rpms in order, if you have a hunch on the
> dependencies... I like to put the libraries and RPM updates at the top.
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Tom Carroll wrote:
>
> > Okay, I have egg on my face. I went back to my CPAN modules and ran an
> > RPM -q on all thirty of the CPAN modules. It turned out that 7 of them
were
> > not installed. I learned a hard lesson here. You *should not* do an
> > rpm -ivh * to install all the rpm's located in a directory. From here
on
> > out I will install each and every module myself and then run a query to
> > ensure it installed.
> >
> > I am now able to access the admin page. However, no graphics. Who
cares,
> > at least I can access the admin area and it's connecting to the store.
I'm
> > sure I can fix the graphics. Back to my research.
> >
> > Thanks a million for bearing with me and my ignorance.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tburt@timburt.com>
> > To: "Tom Carroll" <egor@carrollweb.net>
> > Cc: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ic] Help with IC setup
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I gave up on the RPM... I found out later that it didn't test for and
> > > warn me of one of the required CPAN modules: Storable-1.0.14.tar.gz
Make
> > > sure you have that one installed. I switched to the tarball install,
> > > which was quite different, and as a result, I have an install that I
can
> > > run makecat on, and some of the pages work. I haven't tried going
back to
> > > the rpm, now that I have the missing CPAN module, so I cannot say if
that
> > > was my only holdup..
> > >
> > > Someone did report that the rpm installed for them on the first try,
and
> > > runs great, but didn't say much about the OS release, modules or
anything
> > > else, so it is hard to verify or explain their success.
> > >
> > > I posted a summary a day or two ago, detailing the steps I took to get
a
> > > (somewhat) working version running on a RH 7.0 box. You might look
for it
> > > in the archives. Try:
> > >
> > >
http://interchange.redhat.com/archive/interchange-users/2001/msg12110.html
> > >
> > > I still have problems. Trying to submit an order stalls and errors
out.
> > > I dunno why. The shipping box in the form comes up empty, so maybe
that
> > > has something to do with it.
> > >
> > > There appears to be lots of little challanges to overcome to get this
app
> > > working. It reminds me of the days when contributors would put a
syntax
> > > error into their code just before tarring it up, so that at least you
had
> > > to know enough to recognize the #DEFINE was not a comment and or a
blatant
> > > error in the makefile. I guess it kept the truly clueless from even
> > > getting started, and asking too many questions.
> > >
> > > Good Luck, and if you do switch to the tarball, and find the answer to
the
> > > order submit page hang, please post it back to the list.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Tom Carroll wrote:
> > >
> > > > I posted this message yesterday, but the person who was giving me
> > pointers
> > > > was at a loss of what to do further. I do appreciate his help.
> > > >
> > > > I'm running Mitel's SME version 5. Many people know this as E-Smith
> > Server
> > > > and Gateway (ESSG). It's a secure server/gateway/firewall.
SME/ESSG is
> > > > built on RedHat Linux. The last version of ESSG was based on the
Redhat
> > 7.0
> > > > kernel. SME 5 is based on the RedHat 7.1 kernel.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to install the Interchange 4.8.3 RPM package on my SME
> > server.
> > > > Everything appeared to have installed fine. I pulled down and
installed
> > all
> > > > the available CPAN modules from the ic web site.
> > > >
> > > > I was able to run makecat and configure a catalog named "store". I
> > could
> > > > bring up the web page that had the two links for customer or admin.
> > Neither
> > > > worked. I would get the "We're sorry" screen.
> > > >
> > > > I chown and chgrp -R the /usr/lib/interchange, /var/lib/interchange,
and
> > > > /var/log/interchange directories to "interch". I also ran a
chmod -R
> > 770 on
> > > > those three directories.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried to configure with and without the CGIWRAP/SUEXEC
option.
> > If I
> > > > answer no to that question I get the "We're sorry" screen. If I
tell it
> > I
> > > > use CGIWRAP/SUEXEC it will not complete the makecat program. There
is
> > some
> > > > error near the end that dumps the makecat script. It gives me the
error
> > > > "chmod sampledata.xls: No such file or directory." I don't
understand
> > since
> > > > the file does exist and the permissions are correct. I've looked
> > through
> > > > the faq, getting started guide and also search the forums. Have I
> > > > completely missed something?
> > > >
> > > > Oh, and all the web pages and virtual sites are kept under the
> > > > home/e-smith/files/primary (for main server site) and
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/ for any additional/virtual sites. Each
of
> > those
> > > > directories have three sub directories called /cgi-bin/, /files/,
and
> > > > /html/. I'm trying to put the store under a virtual site in the
> > > > /home/e-smith/files//ibays/dataware/ directory.
> > > >
> > > > I sure hope this is not too confusing. I don't know of any other
way to
> > > > explain this.
> > > >
> > > > Here's a copy of the message I posted yesterday, just in case:
> > > >
> > > > I believe this is what my interchange is set up as:
> > > >
> > > > /usr/lib/interchange <--- core install directory
> > > > /var/lib/interchange <--- location of catalogs, stores and support
files
> > > >
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/cgi-bin <--- location of my store
> > file
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/html/store <--- location of html
> > files
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/html/store/images <--- location
of
> > image
> > > > files
> > > >
> > > > I'm telling makecat:
> > > >
> > > > Catalog name: store
> > > > Server name:
www.datawarecomp.com
> > > > (this is a virtual domain/ibay on my SME server)
> > > > DemoType: foundation
> > > > permtype: M
> > > > InterchangeUser: interch
> > > > CatUser: interch
> > > > InterchangeGroup: <blank>
> > > > MailOrderTo:
> > orders@datawarecomp.com
> > > > CatRoot:
> > > > /var/lib/interchange/store
> > > > CgiDir:
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/cgi-bin
> > > > CgiUrl:
/cgi-bin/store
> > > > Aliases: /store
> > > > DocumentRoot:
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/html
> > > > SampleHtml:
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/html/store
> > > > ImageDir:
> > > > /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/html/store/images
> > > > ImageUrl: /store/images
> > > > INET or UNIX mode: UNIX
> > > > Do you use CGIWRAP or SUEXEC: Y
> > > >
> > > > At this point it checks and/or creates the directories and copies
the
> > demo
> > > > files.
> > > >
> > > > Your company name: Dataware Computers
> > > > Sample data type: tools
> > > > Set to 1 if you want MySQL...: <blank>
> > > > Account name: interch
> > > > Administrative password: pass
> > > > Set to 1 to display demo helper: 1
> > > >
> > > > At this point it finds some system commands to run.
> > > >
> > > > It moves a link to /home/e-smith/files/ibays/dataware/cgi-bin/store
> > > >
> > > > It tells me the standard warning about selecting SUEXEC/CGIWrap
option
> > and
> > > > being root. However it does correctly select 5013/5013 which is the
> > interch
> > > > user and group.
> > > >
> > > > This is where the error "chown sampledata.xls: No such file or
> > directory"
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help!
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
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