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| author | jake%bugzilla.org <> | 2003-02-01 13:56:16 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/html/os-specific.html b/docs/html/os-specific.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..96f7157cc --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/os-specific.html @@ -0,0 +1,742 @@ +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>OS Specific Installation Notes</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ +"><LINK +REL="HOME" +TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide" +HREF="index.html"><LINK +REL="UP" +TITLE="Installation" +HREF="installation.html"><LINK +REL="PREVIOUS" +TITLE="Optional Additional Configuration" +HREF="extraconfig.html"><LINK +REL="NEXT" +TITLE="HTTP Server Configuration" +HREF="http.html"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="section" +BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000FF" +VLINK="#840084" +ALINK="#0000FF" +><DIV +CLASS="NAVHEADER" +><TABLE +SUMMARY="Header navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TH +COLSPAN="3" +ALIGN="center" +>The Bugzilla Guide</TH +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="extraconfig.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="bottom" +>Chapter 4. Installation</TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="http.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H1 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="os-specific" +></A +>4.3. OS Specific Installation Notes</H1 +><P +>Many aspects of the Bugzilla installation can be affected by the + the operating system you choose to install it on. Sometimes it can be made + easier and others more difficult. This section will attempt to help you + understand both the difficulties of running on specific operating systems + and the utilities available to make it easier. + </P +><P +>If you have anything to add or notes for an operating system not + covered, please file a bug in <A +HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation" +TARGET="_top" +>Bugzilla Documentation</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H2 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="os-win32" +></A +>4.3.1. Microsoft Windows</H2 +><P +>Making Bugzilla work on windows is still a very painful processes. + The Bugzilla Team is working to make it easier, but that goal is not + considered a top priority. If you wish to run Bugzilla, we still + recommend doing so on a Unix based system such as GNU/Linux. As of this + writing, all members of the Bugzilla team and all known large installations + run on Unix based systems. + </P +><P +>If after hearing all that, you have enough pain tolerance to attempt + installing Bugzilla on Win32, here are some pointers. + + Because this is a development version of the guide, these instructions + are subject to change without notice. In fact, the Bugzilla Team hopes + they do as we would like to have Bugzilla resonabally close to "out of + the box" compatibility by the 2.18 release. + + </P +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H3 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="win32-perl" +></A +>4.3.1.1. Win32 Perl</H3 +><P +>Perl for Windows can be obtained from <A +HREF="http://www.activestate.com/" +TARGET="_top" +>ActiveState</A +>. You should be + able to find a compiled binary at <A +HREF="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/" +TARGET="_top" +>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/</A +>. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H3 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="win32-perl-modules" +></A +>4.3.1.2. Perl Modules on Win32</H3 +><P +>Bugzilla on Windows requires the same perl modules found in + <A +HREF="stepbystep.html#install-package-list" +>Section 4.1.2</A +>. The main difference is that + windows uses <B +CLASS="command" +>ppm</B +> instead of CPAN. + </P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> C:\perl> <B +CLASS="command" +>ppm <module name></B +> + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><DIV +CLASS="note" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/note.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Note"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>The above syntax should work for all modules with the exception + of Template Toolkit. The <A +HREF="http://tt2.org/download.html#win32" +TARGET="_top" +>Template Toolkit website</A +> + suggests using the instructions on <A +HREF="http://openinteract.sourceforge.net/" +TARGET="_top" +>OpenInteract's website</A +>. + </P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="note" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/note.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Note"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>A complete list of modules that can be installed using ppm can + be found at <A +HREF="http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus" +TARGET="_top" +>http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/5.6plus</A +>. + </P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H3 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="win32-code-changes" +></A +>4.3.1.3. Code changes required to run on win32</H3 +><P +>Unfortunately, Bugzilla still doesn't run "out of the box" on + Windows. There is work in progress to make this easier, but until that + happens code will have to be modified. This section is an attempt to + list the required changes. It is an attempt to be all inclusive, but + there may be other changes required. If you find something is missing, + please file a bug in <A +HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Bugzilla&component=Documentation" +TARGET="_top" +>Bugzilla Documentation</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H4 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="win32-code-checksetup" +></A +>4.3.1.3.1. Changes to <TT +CLASS="filename" +>checksetup.pl</TT +></H4 +><P +>In <TT +CLASS="filename" +>checksetup.pl</TT +>, the line reading:</P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $mysql_binaries = `which mysql`; + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><P +>to</P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $mysql_binaries = "D:\\mysql\\bin\\mysql"; + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><P +>And you'll also need to change:</P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $webservergid = getgrnam($my_webservergroup) + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><P +>to</P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> my $webservergid = '8' + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H4 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="win32-code-mail" +></A +>4.3.1.3.2. Making mail work</H4 +><P +>The easiest way to get mail working is to use the mail patches + on <A +HREF="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124174" +TARGET="_top" +>bug + 124174</A +>. With any luck, this patch will receive the required + reviews and integrated into the main Bugzilla distribution very soon. + Until that happens, there's at least one report of this patch working + well on Windows. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H4 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="AEN926" +></A +>4.3.1.3.3. System Calls</H4 +><P +>In order to get system calls to work on win32's perl, you need + to tell the windows shell what interpreter to use. This is done by + changing the <TT +CLASS="function" +>system</TT +> calls. You will need to + search all of Bugzilla's code for <TT +CLASS="function" +>system</TT +> calls. + To tell perl your interpreter, it needs to be the first argument to + the <TT +CLASS="function" +>system</TT +> call. For example, you'll need to + change: + </P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> system("./processmail", $id, $exporter); + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><P +>with</P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" +WIDTH="100%" +><TR +><TD +><FONT +COLOR="#000000" +><PRE +CLASS="programlisting" +> system("C:\\perl\\bin\\perl", "processmail", $id, $exporter); + </PRE +></FONT +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><P +>Notice that the <TT +CLASS="computeroutput" +>./</TT +> is also + removed. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="tip" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="tip" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/tip.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Tip"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>The <B +CLASS="command" +>grep</B +> command is very helpful in finding + these <TT +CLASS="function" +>system</TT +> calls, assuming you have the + <SPAN +CLASS="productname" +>cygwin</SPAN +> utilities. + </P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H3 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="win32-http" +></A +>4.3.1.4. Serving the web pages</H3 +><P +>As is the case on Unix based systems, any web server should be + able to handle Bugzilla; however, the Bugzilla Team still recommends + Apache whenever asked. No matter what web server you choose, be sure + to pay attention to the security notes in <A +HREF="security.html" +>Section 5.6</A +>. + More information on configuring specific web servers can be found in + <A +HREF="http.html" +>Section 4.4</A +>. + </P +><DIV +CLASS="note" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="note" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/note.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Note"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>If using Apache on windows, you can set the <A +HREF="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#scriptinterpretersource" +TARGET="_top" +>ScriptInterpreterSource</A +> + directive in your Apache config, if you don't do this, you'll have + to modify the first line of every script to contain your path to + perl instead of <TT +CLASS="filename" +>/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl</TT +>. + </P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H2 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="os-macosx" +></A +>4.3.2. <SPAN +CLASS="productname" +>Mac OS X</SPAN +></H2 +><P +>There are a lot of common libraries and utilities out there that + Apple did not include with Mac OS X, but which run perfectly well on it. + The GD library, which Bugzilla needs to do bug graphs, is one of + these.</P +><P +>The easiest way to get a lot of these is with a program called + Fink, which is similar in nature to the CPAN installer, but installs + common GNU utilities. Fink is available from + <A +HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/" +TARGET="_top" +>http://sourceforge.net/projects/fink/</A +>.</P +><P +>Follow the instructions for setting up Fink. Once it's installed, + you'll want to run the following as root: + <B +CLASS="command" +>fink install gd</B +> + </P +><P +>It will prompt you for a number of dependencies, type 'y' and hit + enter to install all of the dependencies. Then watch it work.</P +><P +>To prevent creating conflicts with the software that Apple installs + by default, Fink creates its own directory tree at /sw where it installs + most of the software that it installs. This means your libraries and + headers for libgd will be at /sw/lib and /sw/include instead of /usr/lib + and /usr/local/include. Because of these changed locations for the + libraries, the Perl GD module will not install directly via CPAN, because it + looks for the specific paths instead of getting them from your + environment. But there's a way around that :-)</P +><P +>Instead of typing + <SPAN +CLASS="QUOTE" +>"install GD"</SPAN +> + at the + <TT +CLASS="prompt" +>cpan></TT +> + prompt, type + <B +CLASS="command" +>look GD</B +>. + This should go through the motions of downloading the latest version of + the GD module, then it will open a shell and drop you into the build + directory. Apply <A +HREF="../sgml/gd-makefile.patch" +TARGET="_top" +>this patch</A +> + to the Makefile.PL file (save the + patch into a file and use the command + <B +CLASS="command" +>patch < patchfile</B +>.) + </P +><P +>Then, run these commands to finish the installation of the GD + module: + <P +></P +><TABLE +BORDER="0" +><TBODY +><TR +><TD +> <B +CLASS="command" +>perl Makefile.PL</B +> + </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +> <B +CLASS="command" +>make</B +> + </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +> <B +CLASS="command" +>make test</B +> + </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +> <B +CLASS="command" +>make install</B +> + </TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +>And don't forget to run + <B +CLASS="command" +>exit</B +> + + to get back to CPAN.</TD +></TR +></TBODY +></TABLE +><P +></P +> + </P +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="NAVFOOTER" +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"><TABLE +SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="extraconfig.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="index.html" +ACCESSKEY="H" +>Home</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="http.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +>Optional Additional Configuration</TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="installation.html" +ACCESSKEY="U" +>Up</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +>HTTP Server Configuration</TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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