Re: [webmin-l] Checking for third party modules

[John P. <jp...@wa...>]

On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:24:02PM +1100, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> John Poltorak wrote ..
> > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 01:37:46PM +1100, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 12:37, John Poltorak wrote:

> > > Do those modules not show up at all, or just fail to work in some way?
> > 
> > None of the apps is question (apart from Perl) are actualled currently
> > installed, I just wanted to see what Webmin would do with the modules.
> > Of 
> > those I added to the source directory only cpan and postgreSQL appeared
> > to get installed, although all the modules do get copied to Webmin's home
> > directory.
> 
> If the modules are in the webmin source directory when you run setup.sh, they
> should be copied to the installation directory 

They are initially extracted to the source directory and do get copied to 
the installation directory by setup.sh.

> and made available to the 'root'
> or 'admin' user. However, you do need to re-run setup.sh for them to be properly
> detected .. just un-taring the module won't work.

I copy the modules into the source directory prior to running setup.sh for 
the first time. As I say some become available, others don't. I don't know 
why - maybe there is some sort of selection criteria based on OS... 

> 
>  - Jamie


-- 
John