Hi


Please help
Install opensrs on Raq4

EASY !!! :)

All you need to do is install the following perl modules and then configure your opensrs.conf file to work with your account...

Perl Modules Required:
Crypt-Blowfish
Crypt-cbc
Crypt-des
Digest-md5
UNICode-string
XML-parser (xpat_
Storable
Datemanip
HTML-template
md5

You can download these from http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/

First Step: Download the Modules

First of all SU to root

use somthing like wget <file source> to download the tar'd files to your server

Seccond Step : Extract them

Extract them by typing: tar -zxvf <filename.tar>

Third Step: Install them

Get into the modules un-tar'd folder
Then type:

1. perl MakeFile.PL
Does some flying text effect :)
2. make
3. make install

INSTALLED

you can then test the install by typing

/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Crypt::Blowfish'
eg /usr/bin/perl -e 'use Crypt::ModuleName'

If it takes you back to the CLI then it is correctly installed

Continue the above steps untill all are installed, but :
For the XML parser it may not be at cpan.org so try looking for expat @ sourceforge.net/projects/expat

from memory expat does not have a MakeFile.PL file you will have to execute it by typing ./Configure then make and then make install

After Everything is installed

to check that your installation is all good, go to the verify_install.cgi


This is only a rough guide... if you need any further help email me


Sam
samuel@ultraserve.com.au

Hello Sam, Please help


I install all files, but error say (cobalt page)

******************
CGIWrap Error: Script Execution Failed
CGIWrap encountered an error while attempting to execute this script:

Error Message: No such file or directory
Error Number: 2
******************

help me Please
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kalaweb@yahoo.com

okay ,

how the files should be setup, well how I am doing it and it works

OpenSRS.conf should be somewhere like /home/sites/www.secure.com/opensrs/OpenSRS.conf
then the templates and everything else but the CGI files should be in the opensrs folder, not accessable from the web. ( /www.secure.com/web/ )

you then dump your CGI files into somewhere in a web folder.. you then need to edit the cgi file specify the path where the OpenSRS.conf file is on the server...
eg .. /home/sites/www.secure.com/opensrs/OpenSRS.conf

you need to go through each CGI file eg manage.cgi, verify_install.cgi, reg_system and change this path....

you shouldnt need to do any special CHMODs on the files ...

after you do this , check the verify_install.cgi file

Let me know how you go !!

Please help


I have a error again.

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ERROR: Storable not found: Can't locate Storable.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/sites/site94/web/cgi-bin/signup/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 .) at (eval 12) line 3.

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kalaweb@yahoo.com

For any newbie's here (incl me) I finally got all the perl modules installed (wheu!). I also documented each step so anyone at home can do this too. I *know* this will help someone, so that's why I'm bringing this post back :)


Installing Perl Modules for OpenSRS on a Raq4

Open up your SSH client (Telnet will work also, but not advised)

Type your username <ENTER> and password <ENTER>

Type "su" <ENTER> to enter super user mode. and type in password <ENTER>

move to a directory you want to install these in e.g. /home/sites/home


Installing the Perl Modules !

Digest::MD5

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Digest/Digest-MD5-2.16.tar.gz
gunzip Digest-MD5-2.16.tar.gz
tar -xf Digest-MD5-2.16.tar
cd Digest-MD5-2.16
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Digest::MD5'
- should return nothing





Crypt::Blowfish

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Crypt/Crypt-Blowfish-2.09.tar.gz
gunzip Crypt-Blowfish-2.09.tar.gz
tar -xf Crypt-Blowfish-2.09.tar
cd Crypt-Blowfish-2.09
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Crypt::Blowfish'
- should return nothing





Crypt::CBC

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Crypt/Crypt-CBC-2.02.tar.gz
gunzip Crypt-CBC-2.02.tar.gz
tar -xf Crypt-CBC-2.02.tar
cd Crypt-CBC-2.02
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Crypt::CBC'
- should return nothing





Unicode::String

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Unicode/Unicode-String-2.06.tar.gz
gunzip Unicode-String-2.06.tar.gz
tar -xf Unicode-String-2.06.tar
cd Unicode-String-2.06
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Unicode::String'
- should return nothing





Unicode::Map

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Unicode/Unicode-Map-0.110.tar.gz
gunzip Unicode-Map-0.110.tar.gz
tar -xf Unicode-Map-0.110.tar
cd Unicode-Map-0.110
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Unicode::Map'
- should return nothing





MIME::Base64

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/MIME/MIME-Base64-2.12.tar.gz
gunzip MIME-Base64-2.12.tar.gz
tar -xf MIME-Base64-2.12.tar
cd MIME-Base64-2.12
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use MIME::Base64'
- should return nothing





Installing EXPAT (Needed for XML::Parser)

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/expat/expat-1.95.1.tar.gz
gunzip expat-1.95.1.tar.gz
tar -xf expat-1.95.1.tar
cd expat-1.95.1
./configure
make
make install
cd ../



XML::Parser

wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML/XML-Parser.2.30.tar.gz
gunzip XML-Parser.2.30.tar.gz
tar -xf XML-Parser.2.30.tar
cd XML-Parser-2.30
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
cd ../

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use XML::Parser'
- should return nothing



Storable

wget http://cpan.valueclick.com/modules/by-module/Storable/Storable-1.0.14.tar.gz
gunzip Storable-1.0.14.tar.gz
tar -xf Storable-1.0.14.tar
cd Storable-1.0.14
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use Storable'
- should return nothing





HTML::Template

wget http://cpan.valueclick.com/modules/by-module/HTML/HTML-Template-2.5.tar.gz
gunzip HTML-Template-2.5.tar.gz
tar -xf HTML-Template-2.5.tar
cd HTML-Template-2.5
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

To test installation went o.k.
/usr/bin/perl -e 'use HTML::Template'
- should return nothing


[edit] Following this post, I found out that the verify_install.cgi script was looking for the perl modules, "Storable" and "HTML::Template" which do not come with a Raq4, but were actually installed by default of other *nix servers, so OpenSRS do not ask for them in the installation, hence this edit. Also, upgraded to the latest version of the EXPAT module.


If a techie find's any probs with the above installation, your posts would be welcome.


note: please ask me first if you want to disturibute or publish this on a web site

Cool! Wish more people posted their doc's (me included!).

Added this goodie to my growing knowledgebase :)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Pingu

As a tech, I see one big question hanging out there:

"Why in the world didn't you use cpan?"

:-)

You've chosen more or less the most complicated way to install this stuff :-)

I had initially used CPAN, but it just didn't work for me. Why, i really don't know. Anyway, this *does* work :stickout so that's what matters. I had not seen any tutorials on installing perl modules, so this was a great pat-on-the-back for me DIY :cool:


Can you explain the CPAN method, is this right ?

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Digest::MD5'
n // option to config y/n

Whatever way I did it, it just didn't install them property, hence the long way. They may be 'lost' in the dark ends of my raq hd, never to be seen again. (I recon I should've chose 'y' and config myself, but wouldn't trust myself.)

Originally posted by just1post
I had initially used CPAN, but it just didn't work for me. Why, i really don't know. Anyway, this *does* work :stickout so that's what matters. I had not seen any tutorials on installing perl modules, so this was a great pat-on-the-back for me DIY :cool:


Can you explain the CPAN method, is this right ?

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Digest::MD5'
n // option to config y/n

Whatever way I did it, it just didn't install them property, hence the long way. They may be 'lost' in the dark ends of my raq hd, never to be seen again. (I recon I should've chose 'y' and config myself, but wouldn't trust myself.)

The easy way:

perl -MCPAN -e shell

Gives you a nice shell, where you can write:

install Digest::MD5

(and so forth, to have them all installed).

You _must_ press Y to configure it the first time around. It's easy.

I'll edit my original post with the "easy way" if this is corect...

login blah blah <skip to good stuff>

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Digest::MD5
install Crypt::Blowfish
install Crypt::CBC
install Unicode::String
install Unicode::Map
install MIME::Base64
<install EXPAT here>
install XML::Parser
install Storable
install HTML::Template

hmmm, that does look a *bit* easier I guess :stickout


My problem is that I've come straight from a Windows enviroment (Win98 that is!) and there aren't (m)any beginner sites for raqer's. I must admit, I do find uk2raq.com great with their q/a guide to raq stuff.

I'm new to this stuff, too -- and this wa great!! for some reason the CPAN install didn't work for me, either -- so I did it the long way. But at least it worked!!

Thanks for posting this!

Regards,

Jim Whitesell

I can't get CPAN to work on my RAQ4 either. It keeps on giving me weird errors.
The only way I can safely install modules is by using webmin (http://www.webmin.com)