From: Richard C. <ric...@ma...> - 2004-08-12 05:12:49
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Could someone please send me a quote for how much they would charge me to help me install slashcode over the phone. I wish to use Debian linux on a Pentium 4 machine, running through ADSL. All the documentation I have simply doesn't work. Your task is to get me to a point where you can type in my IP address into your browser and get a slashdot-esque web page from my machine in reply. I am in Melbourne, Australia. Bear in mind that this website is not supposed to be a moneymaking venture when you quote me. |
From: Richard C. <ric...@ma...> - 2004-08-12 06:28:31
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On 12/8/04 3:32 PM, Ira Harkness wrote: > Good luck getting it installed. One thing that might help people is how > far you have gotten already. Such as do you have Apache installed and > any needed modules. 1. When installing by apt-get install slash: The installation completes apparently successfully. Visiting http://localhost returns a directory tree, not a website. Everything appears to be running, however. 2. When installing by using installslash.org: Debian apt-get only sees mysql-client, not mysql-server nor mysql-devel. Then when I get down to configuring mysql, safe_mysqld does not exist and neither does the mysql instruction, anywhere on my machine. 3. When trying to install from source, I get bogged down in dependencies. 4. The Slash instructions simply presuppose too much knowledge that I don't have. I'm sure that I'm not following them correctly. > One thing that would be possible is to pay someone > to install slashcode by you giving them root on your box. That would > require you to trust them to do it properly and not install any > backdoors and such. That's a good idea, and I'd be happy to let someone do it. There will never be anything on this machine that a malicious person could get the benefit of. > I'd love to help you but my Debian knowledge is pretty close to nothing > as I've used RH and Gentoo the most. Is Red Hat preferred? I just have problems with my video card compatibility with them, that's all. > Were you looking at paying someone > by the hour or as a completed job? Remember that a phone call to > Australia is going to cost anyone in the US or any other country quite a > bit of money. I'll pay iff my box serves a website to an external http request. I'm happy to pay the phone bill. |
From: <al...@ow...> - 2004-08-12 08:31:53
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Richard Cavell said: > 4. The Slash instructions simply presuppose too much knowledge that I > don't have. You need to know how to run a database, web server, develop in perl, and so on. If you can't do these things then slashcode is probably not the right tool for you. Frankly if you are having a lot of trouble installing slashcode then you should perhaps go with one of the many PHP clones which are not as expandable - but easier to use. Goodluck anyway. Alex |