[Webcalendar] WebCal installation frustations

[Rob Janssen]

Brent Hillsman schreef:

> 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

That is wrong.  You should unpack it into your home directory or some 
other convenient place.
The /srv/www directory is what you are going to install to.

> 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.

You have to edit the install.pl file to reflect the place where it is 
going to be, something like /srv/www/htdocs/webcal

>    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?

The install.pl will copy everything to where it is supposed to be when 
you run it.

>    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.

I agree the whole installation process is a bit unusual, but it is quite 
simple.
Once you have completed it, you will ask yourself how it could be so 
difficult to understand.

Rob