[freeside-users] Installation docs for freeside

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Yeah, I just spent alot of time with CPAN installing all the mdoules. They
also dont state that its apache1 and mod_perl1 that you need to use,

On 6/29/06, Charles Chambers <cchamb2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I saw that, and found it in the installation archive.  Beyond telling me
> I'm gonna need to install a LOT of perl modules, it seems to indicate that
> perl, Apache, mod_perl, OpenSSH, rsync, postgreSQL, and Tetex / Ghostscript
> are the first packages that need to be installed on the system.  It says
> that a LOT of perl modules need to be installed, and I can borrow from a
> step by step and figure that out.
>
> My first concern is that I have a *bare* system, with KDE and the OS being
> the only installed software.  If something is assumed to be there, and I
> just load those seven packages, it likely will have been rather a waste of
> time.
>
> Beyond that, I'm utterly lost.  I suppose I can install the programs
> (listed above) on my bare install, let dependencies satisfy themselves,
> figure out how to get perl installed with its modules,  and then unzip the
> freeside archive, but somehow I think I would be missing something in the
> installation/setup/startup process.
>
> I really didn't want to do the Debian step by step install and see what
> happens when I *know* it's going to be reinstalled after I figure it out;
> Debian sarge doesn't pay attention to the SMP setup I have.  Mandrake DOES,
> and I have a second piece of my project up and running.
>
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> There are docs right on the main Freeside page (sisd.com/freeside). Click
> the documentation link.
>
> I have been trying to get freeside up and running for the last few days,
> and I agree the documentation isn't really up to par. There is lots of
> documentation for installing the required software (apache, perl) on their
> respective sites.
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>
> -kcbanner
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> On 6/29/06, Charles Chambers <cchamb2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >     Has anyone got a link for documentation on installation
> instructions?  I can't seem to quite find them, and the wiki seems to be for
> gurus only.
>
>  I just downloaded 1.5.8 (latest stable version).
>
>  I'm in evaluation mode at the moment.  My test box is a P2B-DS MB with
> 256 megs of ram, both processors, 9 gigs of SCSI HDD storage (I have three
> of these) plus two network drives of 275 gigs each.   I have Mandrake LE2005
> Club edition installed (6 CD version) on this one, with KDE, all CD's copied
> to the SCSI drive.  Since I can't figure what exactly to install, I have it
> set up with just base operating system plus KDE, which includes RPMDRAKE for
> further package installation.
>
>  All of the equiment is behind a router at the moment, so firewalling is
> not particularly important at this point.  Security will be as soon as
> ISPCONFIG comes up, but not right at this moment.
>
>  Package dependencies are not an issue.  RPMDRAKE and each maintainer
> in/for Mandrake provides installation support for any dependencies.
>
>  This is the private server box.  I have another that will be getting
> ISPCONFIG installed, but I have instructions for that and they work fine.  I
> have a total of three boxes, two network drives for this project.
>
>  My problem is this:  I'm trying to evaluate freeside and put it into
> use, but I can't figure out how to install it.  Specifically:
>
>  1.  What *program* package(s) are required?  The bare install of Mandrake
> gets me to a CLI/graphical desktop with about 3.5 gigs of space available
> for program space, 800 megs installed.  The graphical install and
> RPMDRAKE work like a charm in Mandrake - I can install whatever additional
> programs I need during or after installation, and I can get and install any
> other program packages that freeside requires that are not prepackaged with
> Mandrake.  I just can't figure out *what* freeside requires, and the entire
> kitchen sink with Mandrake is, like, 5 gigs of everything.
>
>  2.  I note that perl is required.  Is there any guidance out there on how
> to get perl set up right?  I'm not a perl guru.  Same goes for postgreSQL (I
> notice that MySQL is not supported at the moment...too bad...ISPCONFIG
> supports MySQL...guess I have a LOT of reading to do <g>).
>
>  In the alternative, how about an updated/available IRC link?  The one
> listed is no longer valid.
>
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