From owner-eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk Thu May 10 21:13:54 2001 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by sage.ecs.soton.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA01028 for eprints-tech-outgoing; Thu, 10 May 2001 21:13:54 +0100 Received: from magpie.ecs.soton.ac.uk (magpie.ecs.soton.ac.uk [152.78.68.131]) by sage.ecs.soton.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA01025 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 21:13:53 +0100 Received: from school.cs.indiana.edu (school.cs.indiana.edu [129.79.246.25]) by magpie.ecs.soton.ac.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA05837 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 21:13:33 +0100 (BST) Received: (from crcarter@localhost) by school.cs.indiana.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3/IUCS_2.31) id PAA27234 for eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk; Thu, 10 May 2001 15:13:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:13:31 -0500 From: Clayton Carter To: "EPrints.org Technical List" Subject: Re: [EP-tech] eprints (buggy?) Message-ID: <20010510151331.G24633@school.cs.indiana.edu> References: <1AE25919ADBED745AFFBB0F9FCEFEA6409F61F@msfcmsg7>; <20010508215937.A7777@ecs.soton.ac.uk> <200105090925.KAA04352@judge.ulst.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200105090925.KAA04352@judge.ulst.ac.uk>; from DR.Fleming@ulst.ac.uk on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:24:26AM +0000 X-ECS-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: owner-eprints-tech@ecs.soton.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "EPrints.org Technical List" I wouldn't go this far, but I will say that I didn't have too much trouble with the install. I had to work some voodoo so that the Debian installed Perl modules would co-exist with the newer versions from CPAN. Also, I had never used MySQL before, so that was an adventure; but overall, I didn't have too much trouble. I'm not saying it's easy or that it's done well, mind y'all, I'm just saying that installed it without major problems. What I will say is that the system is a bitch to develop for. Whoever developed this code was living in some strange fantasy world. A lot of it is done very well and quite cleverly, but the rest is bizarre and can only be described by a big bowl of extra sloppy linguine. But it works, so make of it what you will. --pc On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:24:26AM +0000, Dan Fleming wrote: > Buggy eh? > > Eprints is a breeze to install on Linux. I set it up on Red Hat 7 where I > guess I had the benefit of Red Hat's quck & easy installation methods for > locating and setting up all the prerequisite stuff. I used to use Solaris and > imagine it would have been a lot harder getting that sorted out prior to > installing eprints. I know Chistopher says negative feedback is more useful > than positive, but I just thought I'd offer this encouragement to anyone who > wants to set it up on Red Hat and might otherwise be put off. > > Dan > > Dr D Fleming > University of Ulster -- Clayton Carter crcarter@cs.indiana.edu "My mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school."