Jeremy Chapman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Evan Prodromou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 13:28 -0400, Matt McKeon wrote: >> >> This is true, you don't *have* to run these other services if all you >> want is the web interface working. >> >> Yes, it's true. I think having a Debian/Ubuntu package and an RPM will be >> really helpful, but I think Web-based install is going to be the first step. >> >> Anyone else seen this? >> >> http://www.gimmesoda.com/2008/10/03/laconica-web-based-installer/ >> >> Good first steps. >> >> -Evan >> >> > > Gallery uses something that may be helpful for code reuse... > http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Preinstaller > > Jeremy I'm actually working something like that into the web based installer that Evan linked to above. It checks to see if laconica files can be found, if not it'll download the tarball and extract it to a chosen directory.
The problem I'm currently having is that not all hosts are going to allow exec() which means I may not be able to decompress the tarball automatically (using tar), which causes some problems in the attempt to automate the installation. Zip files would actually be easier to work with as there are ways to decompress a zip without the need to have the library compiled into PHP, making the installer compatible with more hosts. I'll see what I can do to find away around the tarball problem when I got off work tonight. Also, as soon as I get a beta version of the code working, I'll release it and hopefully someone will be able to make it look good. I don't do any sort of design so when finished on my end things are going to look UGLY. JJ Galvez GimmeSoda.com _______________________________________________ Laconica-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
