Hello!
I am attempting to do an install of RT3 on Mac OSX.
The machine is an Xserve G4 running Panther 10.3.5.
Has anyone had (recent) success with getting this to work? I
tried it once already and became embroiled in mess of perl
module dependencies.
Has anyone on this list done this, and can they
offer any links/advice/howtos?
jake
Hello!
I am attempting to do an install of RT3 on Mac OSX.
The machine is an Xserve G4 running Panther 10.3.5.
Build a custom perl with --prefix=/opt/perl-5.8.5, then run
PERL=/opt/perl-5.8.5/bin/perl ./configure --with-rt-user=www
–with-rt-group=www
make testdeps
make fixdeps
That’s how I do it ~every day when developing RT on OSX 
I didn’t have too too much trouble with my install on 10.3, but I gave up a
few things along the way which perhaps make my OS X’ness less pure :). Sneer
if you like! But I didn’t try to teach RT about the funky OS X directory
naming scheme, and I compiled my own perl/apache/etc. from scratch. I did
cheat and use the mysql installer package, but it wasn’t very happy with my
server being headless so you might end up with trouble there. The OS X ports
libraries, like fink and darwinports and whatnot, were not much help.
So I’d say try CPAN first (particularly, make sure your perl install has the
default CPAN packages before you start running around getting the RT-specific
packages), then try a hand-install on all wayward modules, then google for
your current error message if that fails. I did get bitten by the fact that
at one point I’d updated the OS without doing an upgrade of the developer
tools (er, xcode), so if you’re not 100% sure you’re on the latest version,
run the CD again. I’ve found that they do more than just upgrade the tools
with those CDs – they also fix odd bugs in config files and so forth.
I had a bit more trouble with apache/mod_perl than with perl itself actually,
but once I gave up on my illusions of using apache 2…(“Oh, I can make it
work! How hard can it be?” I said to myself)…I had a lot more luck – the
guides at www.macdevcenter.com were much help there.
Hope this is helpful (or at least encouraging).
-Kaylea
Kaylea Hascall | (773) 834-4117 or khascall@uchicago.edu
TASC: Technology, Architecture, & Service Coordination
Assistant Director: Academic Technologies, Learning Environments Group
NSIT, University of Chicago
Hi Jesse!
Thanks, I’ll try this.
Can you riddle me this:
(my notes so far):
Hi Jesse!
Thanks, I’ll try this.
Can you riddle me this:
(my notes so far):
Hi Jesse!
Thanks, I’ll try this.
Can you riddle me this:
(my notes so far):
Hi Jesse!
Thanks, I’ll try this.
Can you riddle me this:
- do you install Bundle::CPAN after this?
Possibly. I don’t remember.
- are you using the included apache web server?
Yes, though with mod_fastcgi (from www.fastcgi.com)
- are you using Panther Client or Server?
Client. It’s inconvenient to carry an X-Serve in my courier bag
I’ve made excellent progress, so far.
I am hung up on XML::RSS, which requires XML-Parser.
XML Parse requires the expat XML library. Do you recall
installing this by hand previously?
jakeOn Oct 13, 2004, at 12:45 PM, Jesse Vincent wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 12:18:15PM -0700, Jake Kauth wrote:
Hi Jesse!
Thanks, I’ll try this.
Can you riddle me this:
- do you install Bundle::CPAN after this?
Possibly. I don’t remember.
- are you using the included apache web server?
Yes, though with mod_fastcgi (from www.fastcgi.com)
- are you using Panther Client or Server?
Client. It’s inconvenient to carry an X-Serve in my courier bag