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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry. I should have noticed. I have experienced problems almost exactly what you report with Ubuntu 14.04 with a variety of older open source installs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> dev-bounces@ensembl.org [mailto:dev-bounces@ensembl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Duarte Molha<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 29, 2015 8:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ensembl developers list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ensembl-dev] Installing ensembl site<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am not using Ubuntu ... I am using Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 x86_64<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999;background:white'>=========================<br> Duarte Miguel Paulo Molha </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999;background:white'> <a href="http://about.me/duarte" target="_blank">http://about.me/duarte</a> <br>=========================</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 29 June 2015 at 12:14, Ed Gray <<a href="mailto:gray_ed@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gray_ed@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Duarte,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What version of Ubuntu? 14.04 is typically a big problem with older LAMP architecture install instructions.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ed<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Sent from my Smartphone<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Duarte Molha <<a href="mailto:duartemolha@gmail.com" target="_blank">duartemolha@gmail.com</a>> <br>Date: 06/29/2015 5:56 AM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: Ensembl <<a href="mailto:dev@ensembl.org" target="_blank">dev@ensembl.org</a>> <br>Subject: [ensembl-dev] Installing ensembl site <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Ensembl Devs <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Your manual to how to install a local version of your ensembl site are woefully incomplete and out ot date.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is there any willingness of fixing these instructions?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A few of my remarks:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/non-ensembl-code.html" target="_blank">http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/non-ensembl-code.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The description on how to build configure and install and configure Apache server and mod_perl are incomplete and even my attempts at following the steps on my debian server simply fail due to missing dependencies.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Given most people will be running servers on debian and ubuntu and similar servers it would be very welcome a more targeted approach to the usual default configuration of systems after after a simple<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>sudo apt-get install git<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>sudo apt-get install apache2<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is the way I have opted to install git, apache and mod_perl and I think because if it, I still have not been able to setup the site properly because your setup assumes wrong folder locations for many of the apache2 configuration files installed in this manner.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/ensembl-code.html" target="_blank">http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/ensembl-code.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:#F0F0F0'><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;border:none;padding:0in;padding:8px!important;overflow:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#555555'>git ensembl --clone api<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#555555'>git ensembl --clone web<o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The instructions above are incorrect<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think they should be :<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:#F0F0F0'><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;border:none;padding:0in;padding:8px!important;overflow:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#555555'>git-ensembl --clone api<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:#F0F0F0;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#555555'>git-ensembl --clone web<o:p></o:p></span></pre></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>correct me if I am wrong, please.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/running.html" target="_blank">http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/running.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As indicated before, these instructions assume a non-standard apache setup.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>At least in debian and ubuntu ... there is no httpd command<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>apache2 server is started using the command :<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>sudo apache2ctl start<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this has highlighted a few of the difficulties with your documentation<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe these are problems only to newbies like me... but at least, maybe they can help other that are also experiencing difficulties following your manual.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Duarte<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999;background:white'>=========================<br> Duarte Miguel Paulo Molha </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#999999;background:white'> <a href="http://about.me/duarte" target="_blank">http://about.me/duarte</a> <br>=========================</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Dev mailing list <a href="mailto:Dev@ensembl.org">Dev@ensembl.org</a><br>Posting guidelines and subscribe/unsubscribe info: <a href="http://lists.ensembl.org/mailman/listinfo/dev" target="_blank">http://lists.ensembl.org/mailman/listinfo/dev</a><br>Ensembl Blog: <a href="http://www.ensembl.info/" 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