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diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index 95ad258ac..1752ccb98 100755 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ * Email: angie@mysociety.org; WWW: http://www.mysociety.org * - * $Id: INSTALL.txt,v 1.4 2009-03-03 17:30:48 tony Exp $ + * $Id: INSTALL.txt,v 1.5 2009-03-03 17:42:41 tony Exp $ * -These instructions are based on getting the FOI site up and running on Ubuntu. -It was last run using the Hardy Heron version of Ubuntu. +These instructions are based on getting the FOI site up and running on +Ubuntu and/or Debian. + +It was last run using the Hardy Heron version of Ubuntu and on the +Parallels debian instance (2.6.18-4-686). Commands are intended to be run via the terminal or over ssh. @@ -15,6 +18,14 @@ Firstly, in terminal, navigate to the foi folder where this install guide lives. sudo apt-get install `cat config/packages` +Some of the required packages only exist in the mysociety debian (or we +have updated versions there), so you will want to add that to your +/etc/apt/sources.list: + + deb http://debian.mysociety.org etch main non-free contrib + deb-src http://debian.mysociety.org etch main non-free contrib + + Now we need to set up the database config file to contain the name, username and password of your postgres database. 2: copy database.yml-example to database.yml in foi/config @@ -23,10 +34,14 @@ Now we need to set up the database config file to contain the name, username and NOTES: su to postgres as a user. -psql to get into command tool + +psql template1 + to get into command tool + \l to list databases create database foi encoding = 'SQL_ASCII'; -to change the password run + +if you want to change the password run alter user postgres with password 'newpw'; 4: cd ../../mysociety |