[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Introduction - new installation

[Don McMorris]

Yes Larry, Paul is right (to the best of my knowledge).  PINES runs
their system on Debian.  I believe there has also been some fairly
good success on Gentoo.

There is a thread in progress on the open-ils-dev list regarding a
VMWare image.  Once the contributor is satisfied to release it, you
should be able to copy from the image to a "live" machine (like it
sounded like you would with a LiveCD.  VMWare has a free "player" you
can use to use pre-built images.  However, before you use that, you
may want to consider the potential security issues.

To this point, automated installation has taken slightly lesser
priority than actually building the ILS.  However, with the inrush of
users, I'd be willing to bet priority increases on this part.

There has been some contrib work on OS-Specific installations.  If you
search the -dev archives, you should find a reference to a Gentoo
ebuild and a debian deb (although I believe the debian image is
grossly out of date).

Well, the only place with Wifi down here in Myrtle beach is by the
outside pool, and I'm in shorts with 55-degree weather.  Time to get
some clothes on!

Talk to you later, and I look forward to working with you!

--Don

On 4/7/07, Paul Bartell <paul.bartell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I heard that all the PINES systems are running on Debian. So I think
> It might be a good idea to try installing on Debian.
>
> On 4/7/07, Larry Levesque <ka1vgm at levektronix.com> wrote:
> > Just to break up the subject line a little.
> >
> > I have been an avid Linux user for 6 years. I gave up M$ just this year
> > completely. I found that everything I would ever need for software is
> > available for free in Linux.  The last   hold out was a business
> > software package and Quasar fits the bill.
> >
> > My reason for being here is that the local library is looking to
> > automate their systems.  Put all of their books in the computer. They
> > asked me (being the local computer geek) if I could help.  They asked me
> > what I thought about LibrarySoft.  I immediately looked it up and saw
> > the $500.00 minimum price tag and started my search for an open source
> > solution.
> >
> > Evergreen/Open-ILS looks like the solution we are looking for. I am
> > attempting to install it in my Centos box but am having problems. Is
> > there anyone out there with a working system that has or can build a
> > live CD with all the necessary software included? This could the be used
> > to directly install the system to the hard drive and not leave someone
> > trying for days to correct all the dependencies.
> >
> > By far, the dependencies problem is the most frustrating part of
> > installing software on Linux. Maybe an installer program that includes
> > every referenced program  would work as well.
> >
> > I am not set on Centos, so any free version of Linux would work.
> > Any help  would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Larry Levesque
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> sky is not the limit!"
> Mark Shuttleworth
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