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On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:59:33PM +0000, Lorn Kay wrote:
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> Okay, maybe my BASH script isn't dead yet... to install the latest=20
> SystemImager on a "stock" RedHat release 9 I had to do the following:
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> #perl ?MCPAN ?e shell
> cpan>install XML::Simple
This is a bug. There is supposed to be a perl-XML-Simple rpm fetched by the
installer. I'll file a bug report on this.
> cpan>install AppConfig
AppConfig should come from perl-AppConfig rpm (fetched by the installer)
> cpan>install DBI
This shouldn't be needed any more
> cpan>install Tie::Watch
> cpan>install modules
> cpan>install Class::Fields
Hmmm.... I didn't think those were needed either. Which perl rpms do you
have installed 'rpm -qa | grep perl'
> Then force install of the Perl-Tk RPM downloaded from rpmfind with the=20
> "--nodeps" option (since the CPAN "Tk" wouldn't compile). Then (since the=
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> were all CPAN downloads and not RPM modules) I had to force the packages =
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> with nodeps as well:
Perl-Tk is a problem with Red Hat, though you only need it for the gui.=20
Brian, Mike, Pramath, Dann, any thoughts here?
> cd /tmp/sis-packages
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps systemconfigurator-2.0.5-1.noarch.rpm
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps systemimager-common-3.0.1-1.noarch.rpm
> rpm -Uvh --nodeps systemimager-server-3.0.1-1.noarch.rpm
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> Am I doing something really stupid here or will all other Red Hat users=
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> (and users without the Perl modules in their Distro) run into this? Is=20
> anyone else using Red Hat? Why is this so hard? Why does the SystemImager=
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> installation procedure change every few months?
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> Perhaps it could be a bash script that pulls down all the CPAN modules (f=
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> a Red Hat distro.) though I guess installer.pl could do it to.
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> I dunno... Just a thought... prolly I'm doing something dumb again.
No, you are right. I wrote the installer a while back (but haven't been
very active for a while in the project). There are important things wrong
with the current installer, and its good for you to get this out in the
open.
The biggest problems that need to be fixed:
* create a no X11 mode (which would let you install without Perl-Tk)
* someone from SystemImager project needs to post perl-XML-Simple rpm
I think if both those things happen, all your problems will go away
(hopefully). Without this, the software is fundamentally broken for=20
most people, and I'm sure it is detering many users from the software.
Thanks again for your feedback,
-Sean
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sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group
http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org
There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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