I would say that the RHEL / CentOS WRE is probably the most-tested, since it is what Plain Black uses.

That being said, I still prefer Debian for ease-of-use of the operating system itself.

Are you using the WRE? If not, that would probably be a good idea.

Otherwise, perhaps it might be best if you ask a more direct question about the install. Then we could try to provide a solution and figure out what went wrong.

When in doubt, follow the docs/install.txt.

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Great! It sounds like I may not need to abandon ubuntu! I do so love apt-get...

I am not sure where I went wrong, but this is what I can tell you:

I followed the from-source instructions because the wiki mentioned difficulty in installing the binary. 

Because Ubuntu does not by default enable a root user, I have been sudo'ing everything as requitred. (Hope that is OK)

I typed these commands in as written (except for adding sudo here and there)

tar -zxvf webgui-x.x.x.tar.gz 
mv WebGUI /data/
cd /data/WebGUI/etc

But I did not have a /WebGUI/ at all after I moved it. My /data/ was in the root directory, and there was no /WebGUI/ inside it.

Naturally this killed the next few commands.


You two have suggested the WRE anyway. I will try it, and post my results.


As an aside, I am using Opera 9.5 and I cannot use the text box on the reply or post pages.

When I hit enter, it inserts a line Before the cursor. There is no context-sensitive "paste" either, though ctrl-v works fine. Makes it very annoying to type.

Is anyone else having this problem, and will I have the same problem on my WebGUI pages?

Thanks for the help so far, I am sure I will require more.

Clay michael

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--- (Edited on 6/18/2008 8:27 am [GMT-0500] by clay.michaels) ---

This is the third sentence I have typed.

I pressed "enter" at the end of the first line I typed, and it created a newline ABOVE what I had already typed, and placed the cursor there.

It looks like what we used to call a "carriage return" aka "enter".

--- (Edited on 6/18/2008 9:23 pm [GMT-0500] by clay.michaels) ---

You are missing something very basic...

mkdir /appl/wre will not work if /appl doesn't exist. Hence why "mkdir" has the -p switch.

Tar's f switch requires an argument, exactly as the error message says. Switch's arguments come right after the switch, so you'd need to do exactly: tar zxf filename

Here are some revised first few steps:

1. sudo -i # Become one with the superuser
   
2. mkdir /data # We don't need the WRE directory, that's in the tarball
3. tar zxf path/to/wre.tar.gz -C /data # will create the WRE directory underneath /data

Now you can read docs/install.txt to see how to continue. In particular, pay attention to the docs explaining how to create the "webgui" user. Also note any caveats on your particular platform. There should be instructions on how to make the init.d scripts so that the WRE will start and stop with your system.

After you create the "webgui" user...

1. . /data/wre/sbin/setenvironment.pl # The space between the first . and the first / is VERY IMPORTANT
2. ./wreconsole.pl # No space between the first dot and the first slash

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I do not have a "setenvironment.pl"

Instead, I have "setenvironment.sh"

root@michaelsbox:/data/wre/sbin# ls
addsite.pl  democleanup.pl  services           wreconsole.pl  wreupgrade.pl
backup.pl   logrotate.pl    setenvironment.sh  wremonitor.pl
cpan.sh     removesite.pl   webguiupdate.pl    wreservice.pl

Suggestions?

Clay Michael

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