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diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.txt b/doc/INSTALL.txt index fbd44f9..2f64740 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL.txt +++ b/doc/INSTALL.txt @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SemanticScuttle installation ============================ +.. contents:: Prerequisites ============= @@ -11,8 +12,11 @@ To run SemanticScuttle, you need: - A web server, for example Apache -Installation instructions -========================= +Standard installation instructions +================================== +If you've downloaded a ``SemanticScuttle-x.y.z.zip`` file from SourceForge, +then this instructions are for you. + 1. Create a new MySQL database 2. Import ``data/tables.sql`` into that database, i.e. run :: @@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ Installation instructions Ugly www directory in URLs -========================== +-------------------------- In case point 5 of the installation instructions cannot be put into practice by you because you are not able to change the web server configuration, you are not lost! There is a way to get rid of @@ -83,3 +87,58 @@ with :: require_once '../../semanticscuttle/src/SemanticScuttle/header.php'; + + +PEAR package installation +========================= +Apart from the normal installation, you may install the SemanticScuttle PEAR +package - it gives you the ability to upgrade to the next version with a single +command, without manually unzipping files. + +0. The SemanticScuttle PEAR channel is available at + http://semanticscuttle.sourceforge.net/pirum.html + +1. Make sure you have the PEAR installer (or Pyrus) available and working. + You can check that by running :: + + $ pear version + PEAR Version: 1.9.2 + PHP Version: 5.3.6-13ubuntu3.2 + Zend Engine Version: 2.3.0 + Running on: Linux bogo 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 + +2. Discover the channel if you haven't done so yet:: + + $ pear channel-discover semanticscuttle.sourceforge.net + + Verify that the channel has been added with:: + + $ pear list-channels + Registered Channels: + ==================== + Channel Alias Summary + ... + semanticscuttle.sourceforge.net sc SemanticScuttle PEAR channel + ... + +3. Install SemanticScuttle:: + + $ pear install sc/semanticscuttle-beta + +4. Find out where it got installed to:: + + $ pear list-files sc/semanticscuttle + +5. Generally, the directory you need to point your web server's ``DocumentRoot`` to + is the *PEAR www directory* + ``/SemanticScuttle/``. Find the www directory with:: + + $ pear config-get www_dir + /usr/share/php/htdocs + +6. The configuration file is located in *PEAR's data directory* + ``/SemanticScuttle/``:: + + $ pear config-get data_dir + /usr/share/php/data + + In ``$data_dir/SemanticScuttle/``, copy ``config.php.dist`` to + ``config.php`` and continue with configuration_. |