Installing FGdb

FGdb is actively being developed. There are some quirks in getting it up and running that will get worked out over time. For now, however, these instructions should let anyone with a FreekBox install without too much trouble. For those without a FreekBox, these instructions might also be useful. (In that case, you'll want to start with a standard woody based debian install, and you may need to run down some extra dependencies.)

NOTE: This still refers to a lot of MySQL stuff. We're now using PostgreSQL and will need to change all that.

Set up
and edit /etc/hostname to match. database:/etc/apache# ifup eth0
 * Start with a FreekBox or a base server from Free Geek. (Since this is based on debian sarge, any sarge box should do, but there might be additional packages you need to install.)
 * Become root
 * Change the hostname of your freekbox to something you want. (For the some of the examples in these instructions, we use the name 'database' as the hostname.):
 * 1) hostname YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE
 * Then edit /etc/hosts to say YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE instead of freekbox as well.
 * Bring up networking

Package installation
database:/etc/apache# apt-get update database:/etc/apache# apt-get install smarty libphp-adodb php4 apache vim postgresql postgresql-client php4-pgsql rsync (You don't really need vim in there, but I find it easier to use than the nvi or whatever is already on the FreekBox.) The above commands will pull in dependencies, depending on what you already have installed on the box.
 * Now update and install all the needed packages:
 * You can allow the install to reconfigure apache to use PHP or do it yourself according to instructions.

Apache configuration
Uncomment the lines: AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps Also, uncomment the line (on a sarge box, this is in /etc/apache/modules.conf): LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so Now make sure the document root is set to: DocumentRoot /var/www/html And be sure to include index.php in your directory index: DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml index.cgi database:/etc/apache# grep php httpd.conf LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so   DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm index.shtml index.cgi # distribution - see http://www.php.net) will typically use:   #AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3    #AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .phps    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php    AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
 * Now make *certain* that apache is configured correctly by editing /etc/apache/httpd.conf.
 * Save your changes, and then perform this SANITY CHECK:

If your config files doesn't look something like that, fix it before proceeding.

Getting FGdb

 * Now check out the fgdb and fglib projects from CVS. Here's a "read-only" way:

Create a temporary directory (I did this in root's home): database:/etc/apache# cd ~ database:/etc/apache# mkdir freegeekdatabase database:/etc/apache# cd freegeekdatabase

Now check out the projects: database:/etc/apache# cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.freegeek.org:/var/lib/cvs co fgdb fglib


 * At this point, you might want to look at the version of this documenation (in the fgdb/doc directory) to see if it's changed at all.

Installing and configuring FGdb
database:/etc/apache# cd fglib database:/etc/apache# ./install.sh database:/etc/apache# cd ../fgdb database:/etc/apache# ./install.sh database:/etc/apache# cd /etc/fgdb
 * Go to the fglib directory and run the install script
 * Go to the fgdb directory and run the install script
 * The installation script will create a configuration directory called /etc/fgdb/. Go to that directory:
 * There should be two files there (db.inc.php and fgdb.inc.php). If they're not there, copy them in from the conf directory of the fgdb project.

fgdb.inc.php: 

db.inc.php: 

Getting the database set up
database:/etc/apache# mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 3 to server version: 3.23.49-log Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> create database DB_NAME_HERE; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
 * After editing the above files, so that the placeholders contain your real values, the software is now installed and configured. However, you need to get the database itself set up.

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DB_NAME_HERE.* TO 'DB_USERNAME_HERE'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'DB_PASSWORD_HERE' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

database:~# cd ~/freegeekdatabase/fgdb/sql/ database:~/freegeekdatabase/fgdb/sql# mysql DB_NAME_HERE < fgdbinit.sql
 * Now populate the database:

Configuring PHP
database:/etc/apache# cd /etc/php4/apache/ database:/etc/php4/apache# vi php.ini include_path = ".:/var/www/php/includes:/usr/share:/usr/share/php:/usr/lib"
 * Edit php.ini to have the correct include_path:

Final touches
database:/etc/apache# /etc/init.d/apache restart Reloading apache modules[Wed Mar 17 17:39:29 2004] [alert] apache: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
 * Now, restart apache
 * Point your browser to the database: http://YOUR_HOSTNAME_HERE/fgdb/
 * That should show you the main page to the FGdb database application.