On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Pierrick wrote: [--snip--]
I am trying an installation of Koha on a RedHat 7.2 box. I am doing the manual install so I can monitor (and possibly even understand) what's going on and I've reached a point of impasse:
Pat Eyler wrote:
Please understand that the manual installation is *much* more difficult/error prone than the install script. In the future, we will be deprecating the manual method.
No criticism of the install script, but another option may be to make the manual method easier? I think there are three main problems: [--snip--]
I assume I should follow the directory structure listed in "Installation without Virtual Hosts"?
To RedHat users: 1. IMHO, _many_ RedHat users implicitly think that RedHat style directory structure is the "norm" - for more detail see: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/ and http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-filesys... To RedHat and other first-time koha users: 2. The default koha virtual host configuration is "unusual" in the sense that there is an implicit assumption that koha will be installed on a dedicated web server(s)... whereas, most koha newbies would probably start by installing an evaluation copy on a shared web server. 3. The default koha (CVS) directory structure is counter-intuitive. By comparison, the directory structure of the release candidates is logical and IMHO far more intuitive no matter what your chosen flavour of OS/distro, or whether you run a shared or stand-alone server. The script is great... but IMHO the more logical default directory structure is the best feature of the script! I have the same problem with CVS structure - I have stuff I'd like to contribute (be it ever so humble :) but find the current CVS system unfathomable from the perspective of an enthusiastic novice. There have been similar threads here within last 6 - 12 months so I won't repeat. Any comments? R.