[Webcalendar] WebCal installation frustations

[Bob Puff a t NLE]

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


Rob Janssen wrote:

> 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
> 
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