eprints_tech messages

From: Tim Brody <tdb198 AT ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:00:42 +0100 (BST)

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Steve Thomas wrote:

> Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
> > 
> > Hi. Thanks for the feedback :)
> > 
> > The problem with eprints 1.1 is that there is a lot of supporting ↵
software
> > required. I'd like to point out that it's not buggy, a bitch to ↵
install, but
> > not buggy.
> 
> FWIW, I never even got as far as installing the actual eprint
> software. I tried following the instructions regarding all the
> additional and prerequisite bits of software, but couldn't even
> get that far. Basically, I got stuck with the install of the
> Msql-MySQL-modules -- the install failed because it needed
> something from MySQL which wasn't there.

Firstly I haven't ever tried to install e-prints (I didn't get beyond the
"Oh this doesn't have a "click-here" installer..."), but I ↵
may be able to
suggest some help regarding MySQL:

Having had a little bit of experience with getting the MySQL PERL modules
working, if you want to compile from source you'll probably need the MySQL
source distribution, not just the binary, to link against.

Alternatively you could try experimenting with using PERL to install
these? (I know ActivePerl under windows uses its own package management to
install MySQL modules, which works very well)

Alternatively ...
Having taken a look at the package list for Red Hat 7.1, I believe it
includes MySQL and the PERL MySQL libraries.
As PERL uses standard locations for libraries, I would guess that an
install of R/h 7.1 should provide all the ancillary database programs
(I don't know about the Apache server requirements)

> Now, I'll confess to being only a novice-level Linux sysadmin,
> but I've generally been able to install, configure and run all
> kinds of software on a variety of unix platforms without too
> much drama. But this defeated me entirely.

> All of which leads me to suggest that, while the concept of the
> eprint server is wonderful, and received much applause at this
> year's Information Online conference in Sydney, I think that
> growth in eprint servers is going to be very slow until someone
> smarter than me can put it all together in a neater,
> easy-to-install package.
> 
> Admins like me need "eprint-in-a-box". Please?

Agreed, perhaps a static version of eprints could be built that includes
all the necessary software ... item # 2004 todo Chris?

All the best,
Tim Brody