[freeside] First Installation

[Randall Lucas]

1. I don't mean to recommend downgrading the OS, but the last Red Hat apache
1.3 RPMs were with 7.3, I believe (note as well that Red Hat Enterprise 2.1
is based upon 7.3).  You can install those under RH9 if you use the
directions given.

2. Apache 2 / mod_perl 1.99 has been causing odd behavior for people with
Freeside, and with other open-source frameworks (I believe Mason?).  I don't
mean to imply that it's no good for web serving, but merely that the more
closely some software was written for the old Apache/mod_perl API, the less
predictable it'll be under the new one...

Randall

Gator wrote:

> I assume that you have to do the mysql 4.1 binary load since the RPM
> install seems to have errors for the server RPM.
>
> Out of curiosity, what's wrong with Apache 2?  I've been using it for
> web servers for some time now.  If there are problems, I am blissfully
> unaware.
>
> -- Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Henry [mailto:daniel at enetonline.net]
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:16 AM
> To: ivan-freeside at sisd.com
> Subject: Re: [freeside] First Installation
>
> I dont think it warrants a downgrade of the entire OS ... thats a little
> extreme ...  ..... just follow the docs ....  and as I mentioned in the
> earlier message .. use apache 1.3 ( that would be a more sensible
> downgrade)
> and your gonna have to upgrade to mysqld 4.1 either way (unless your use
> postgres).
>
> Daniel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randall Lucas" <rlucas at tercent.net>
> To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [freeside] First Installation
>
> > Folks,
> >
> > Per the FAQ and previous messages, you WILL have weird problems with
> Red
> Hat
> > 8/9, specifically due to their inclusion of mod_perl 1.99 / Apache 2.
> >
> > The LANG issue below is because RH9 defaults to en_US.utf8, which
> fubars
> all
> > kinds of things from "man" to some makes in the CPAN mods.  Your Perl
> in
> > general may be fubar'ed unless you manage to export LANG="C" (I
> suppose
> en_US
> > would work as well, the main trouble being the UTF8).  Recall that
> Perl
> 5.8,
> > shipped with RH9, uses utf8 for its stringiness which can slow things
> up.
> >
> > If you downgrade to the RH 7.3 RPMs to install Apache 1.3, see
> > blogs.law.harvard.edu/rlucas for my notes on that.  Note as well that
> the
> Perl
> > in the mod_perl used for that is, I believe, 5.6.1.
> >
> > Randall
> >
> > Daniel Henry wrote:
> >
> > > The freeside New Install section is as striaght forward as it gets
> ...
> ..
> > > if you read EVERYTHING ...step by step ...  and have all of the
> requirments
> > > ...  it will work.  I have 2 boxes running redhat 9 ... freeside
> works
> fine
> > > on both ... the  perl DIST thats comes with RH 9 will work fine ...
> > >
> > > Only thing I had trouble with are that  some of the perl modules
> wont
> > > install with the CPAN shell ...  its a can be worked aaround by
> setting
> the
> > > LANG environment variable ...  example ...
> > >
> > > env LANG=en_US perl  -MCPAN -e shell
> > >
> > > the default  is LANG=en_US.UTF-8  which cause some issues with some
> of
> the
> > > make tests.
> > >
> > > you MUST use apache 1.3  and  if using mysql ....  you gotta have
> 4.1
> ....
> > > the DIST with RH 9 is 3.23.54 .. which WILL NOT support subqueries
> > >
> > > Daniel Henry
> > >
> > > eNet
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Gator" <gator at acs.bz>
> > > To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:23 PM
> > > Subject: [freeside] First Installation
> > >
> > > > I'm installing Freeside for the first time.  Actually I'm not
> counting
> > > > the real first time since I couldn't get everything to compile and
> > > > decided to try again.  I am loading this on a fresh install of
> Redhat
> > > > 9.0 which automatically installs the RPM version of Perl 5.8.0.
> > > >
> > > > Is the standard RPM release of Perl OK especially considering the
> > > > installation notes warning about "experimental features like
> threads"
> > > > which I believe are enabled in the RPM?
> > > >
> > > > Are there any better installation guides besides the cryptic one
> in
> the
> > > > Freeside manual?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks - Jack
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >