hi, I tried the procedure to install mailman from the Wikipedia and following errors
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emerge -p mailman bash: emerge: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emerge mailman bash: emerge: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ zless /usr/share/doc/mailman-$version/README.gentoo.gz gzip: /usr/share/doc/mailman-/README.gentoo.gz: No such file or directory /usr/share/doc/mailman-/README.gentoo.gz: No such file or directory >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ zless /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.9/README.gentoo.gz gzip: /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.9/README.gentoo.gz: No such file or directory /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.9/README.gentoo.gz: No such file or directory >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ebuild /var/db/pkg/net-mail/mailman-2.1.9 /mailman-$VERSION.eb uild config bash: ebuild: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ # groups mailman >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cron mailman cron: can't open or create /var/run/crond.pid: Permission denied >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ # cd /usr/local/mailman/cron && crontab -u mailman crontab.in >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ # su - mailman >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $ cd /usr/local/mailman/cron bash: $: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $crontab crontab.in bash: crontab.in: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $ cd .. bash: $: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $ bin/mmsitepass bash: $: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $ bin/newlist mailman bash: $: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $ bin/config_list -i data/sitelist.cfg mailman bash: $: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ $ bin/check_perms -f bash: $: command not found >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Regards Smita On 10/20/07, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > QA Engg wrote: > > > > 2.2 Create the Installatio Directory > > 1. > > > > You cannot install Mailman on a filesystem that is mounted with > > the nosuid option not gettting the meaning of set to group > > 2. > > > > cd $prefix > > > > 3. > > > > chgrp mailman . > > > > 4. > > > > chmod a+rx,g+ws . > > > > -- Sucessfully run > > > Was the above 'cd $prefix' actually 'cd /usr/local/mailman'? Because > the next step is telling you that /usr/local/mailman is not group > mailman and/or not g+ws. > > > >3 Build and install mailman > > > >3.1 Run Configure > > > >*cd mailman-<version>* > > > >*./configure* > > > This isn't the problem here, but you may wish to specify some options > to configure such as --with-cgi-gid=, --with-mail-gid=, > --with-mailhost= and --with-urlhost= > > > >Shows errors 1) checking permissions on /usr/local/mailman... configure: > >error: > > > >2) ***** Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not configured > >properly! > > > >3) ***** Directory must be owned by group mailman: /usr/local/mailman > > > Indicating that 'chgrp mailman .' above was not run in the > /usr/local/mailman directory. > > You must fix the above and rerun configure. Then you can run 'make > install' > > > >*sudo make install* > > > > 4 Check Your Installlatio > > > >4.1 > > > > 1. > > > > *bin/check_perms -f * bash: bin/check_perms: @PYTHON@: bad > > interpreter: No such file or directory > > 2. > > > > You have to run /usr/local/mailman/bin/check_perms which won't exist > until you get the proper ownership and permissions on > /usr/local/mailman and successfully run configure and make install. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
