On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 17:58 -0400, Robert Johnson wrote: > 1. There was an GUI installer that could run on Linux / Mac / Windows > desktop that would help the user configure the software. > > > 2. There was a command line server installer that would install the > software. > > > 3. If in the future there was a online Web based build system that > could be used to configure a custom application > > > Am I on the right track ?
That last one seems the most reasonable. I'd recommend checking out
MediaWiki's installation script, and WordPress's.
We could have an install.php in the main dir which checks to see if
config.php exists yet. If it does, install.php just re-directs to the
public timeline. If it doesn't, it shows a very simple form that asks
for:
* database type (mysql or postgresql)
* database host (default to localhost)
* database name (default to "laconica")
* database user
* database password
* site name
It would then set up the config.php with the basic configuration vars,
and initializes the database.
It should probably also check for pre-requisites and give links to ones
that aren't installed on the server already.
How does that sound?
-Evan
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