Changeset 264 for trunk/INSTALL

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11/01/03 22:20:19 (5 years ago)
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kake
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Junked OpenGuides::Config completely to avoid database password

leakage, and easier install (CPAN RT 3916).

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    1111Unpack the distribution (using for example 'tar' or 'WinZip'), and set 
    12 your working directory to be the top level of the distribution, then 
    13 execute the following commands: 
     12your working directory to be the top level of the distribution. 
     13 
     14If you have an existing "wiki.conf" configuration file and you wish 
     15to keep using the values in that, copy it to this directory. 
     16 
     17Now execute the following commands: 
    1418 
    1519perl Build.PL 
    … …  
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    2933 
    30   "what type of database do you want the site to run on?  postgres/mysql" 
     34  "what type of database do you want the site to run on?" 
    3135 
    32 Answer either "postgres" or "mysql". 
     36Answer "postgres", "mysql", or "sqlite". 
    3337 
    3438 
    … …  
    3741  "And the password that they use to access the database?" 
    3842 
    39 You should create (or ask your ISP/sysadmin to create) a Postgres or 
    40 MySQL database specifically for the use of OpenGuides.  If you have 
    41 more than one OpenGuides installation, for example if you run guides 
    42 for more than one city, each installation will need its own database. 
    43 (TODO - support SQLite as well (requires faffing with install scripts, 
    44 bit messy but CGI::Wiki already supports this so won't be hard)) 
     43You should create (or ask your ISP/sysadmin to create) a database 
     44specifically for the use of OpenGuides.  If you have more than one 
     45OpenGuides installation, for example if you run guides for more than 
     46one city, each installation will need its own database. 
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