I looked at the web cal demo a year or so ago and decided it would be
perfect for our K-12 school.
I've worked at trying to install it, off and on, ever since and now I've
confused myself so much I seem to be overlooking minor things.
I'm trying to implement it on a new SUSE (novell) box.
Here is what I've done.
1. Downloaded the tar and unzipped it to the /srv/www/ directory
2. Started editing the install.pl file
I don't understand how to configure this file.
Does the install create some of the directories such as webcal or
wcal (I'm comparing with the redhat 7.2 install.pl) or do I need to
rename the extracted webcal2.x.x directory to whatever I put here.
Do the .pl files need to be put into the cgi dir of /srv/www/ or do
they stay in the webcal2.x.x directory?
I also see the install.pl default looking for wcal.pl in the command
$CGINAME="$CGIDIR/wcal.pl but I don't see that file in my directory, I
see webcal.pl
Do I need to make those changes also?
I'm really frustrated because this kind of thing usually doesn't stump
me but I'm a newbie in this area. Any help would be appreciated.
Brent
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From r.janssen a t uw.nl Wed Sep 14 20:53:43 2005
From: r.janssen a t uw.nl (Rob Janssen)
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:53:43 +0200
Subject: [Webcalendar] WebCal installation frustations
In-Reply-To: <4328738F.90607 a t nleaudio.com>
References: <43285097.4070702 a t mail.eldo.k12.mo.us> <43286DAD.7030301 a t uw.nl> <4328738F.90607 a t nleaudio.com>
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Bob Puff a t NLE schreef:
> That would be true if the installer worked 100% of the time, but there
> are often settings in there that are not immediately apparent that
> need to be tweaked. Plus, not to mention that the docs are only valid
> for Apache (1), and need the mods I described in an earlier email to
> work with Apache2.
>
> Bob
I agree that there sometimes are subtle things that could go wrong. I
am a longtime user (and it has been long since I last installed it), but
when reading the mail on this list it is clear to me that the single
error that is made by most of the beginners is to unpack the
distribution in the webserver directory and trying to get the resulting
file tree working.
This is not the correct approach. The downloaded file must be unpacked
somewhere else, the install.pl and webcalconfig.pm adapted to local
situation, and then the install.pl must be run.
It will make some changes to the files while copying them to the
specified location, and those are essential.
At first it can be overwhelming (less for me because there was less to
configure in the first versions and I have moved on with an ever more
complex webcal).
For SuSE you could start by doing this:
- change all /usr/local/apache to /srv/www in the install.pl
- change the server name from localhost to what it is
- change the username from nobody to wwwrun
now run it: perl install.pl
Then see what you have got under /srv/www and if it seems reasonable.
(when there already is a lot of website there be a bit careful, i.e.
backup that directory first)
Make the apache config changes and see if it works.
When you need to make changes, edit the install.pl and/or
webcalConfig.pm in the unpack directory (I keep it in my homedir) and
install again.
Re-installing will not erase the calendar data.
Rob