[GeneX-dev] Re: GeneX installation

[Chao Lu <ch...@uh...>]

Dear Harry:

My initial request of help is sent to ge...@nc..., which is listed in 
some of your document.
I did not mean to to bother particular person, like you to answer my questions.

Regarding the installation, apparently, I have to spend more time reading 
it to make sure that I
understand what you mean in the doc. However, I do not think that you have 
a good instructions.

What I copied to you is the part that I think is important (BEFORE 
CONFIGURE GENEX), and I
think that I should run the first phase first, not the second phase first.
Instead, you asked me to run the second phase first.

I have to admit that I did not read the whole doc of Readme, since you have 
a doc of Install. I thought
everything on installation should be in the install file.

I know you and your colleagues have used too many of PLEASE, READ, THE 
WHOLE, BOTH in the
limited communication with me. Instead, why don't you get some one to make 
the document easier
to read.

PLEASE DO NOT spread installation instruction into TWO documents. This is 
my suggestion.

Apparently, GeneX is free. I should not expect any more than just "READ". I 
will READ everything to
see if I can get it works.

By the way, I am not a person that cannot understand programming terms to 
understand your docs. I spent no
time to install the AMAD into my system. Since then, I modified almost all 
the Perl scripts for our microarrays
and I also added many functions that AMAD did not have.

Thanks.



Chao Lu, M.D.,Ph.D.
Coordinator,
Microarray Lab at Ontario Cancer Institute

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At 06:28 PM 12/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>The part you copied in is not the entire document.  If you're not willing 
>to read the WHOLE of BOTH the README and the INSTALL documents, then you 
>probably shouldn't try to install this package.  It
>is relatively straightforward, but it is NOT trivial.
>
>Please READ the docs.  If you don't understand large parts, then you 
>shouldn't install it, but if you installed and modified AMAD, then you 
>should have no trouble with this.
>
>GeneX requires a running PostgreSQL database and to have a database 
>instantiated with the script referreed to below 'init-dump.pl'.  If you 
>can't get that up and running, there's little point in
>continuing.
>
>And PLEASE post request to <gen...@li...>.  You'll get 
>wider readership and help than if you post only to me.
>
>Best wishes
>Harry
>
>
>
>
>Chao Lu wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Harry:
> >
> > Here is your doc. What pl should run first ?
> >
> >
> > privilege: The two phases of installation require different user privileges
> >
> >   * The first phase, installing the Pg DB dump (init-dump.pl) must be
> >     run as a user with permission to create new databases and users
> >     within your Postgres installation.  This is usually the user 
> 'postgres', if
> >     the DB was part of a RedHat or Debian installation.
> >
> >     N O T E:  When you untar the server package, the directory itself 
> has to be
> >     EXECUTABLE by ALL, or the 'init-dump.pl' script will fail. If it is not
> >     mode 755, make it so with the command:
> >        chmod 755 GeneX-Server-X.Y.Z
> >
> >   * The second phase general configuration and installation (using the
> >     'install-all.pl' script) still needs to be run by a privileged user
> >     (usually root) who can write to system directories (the root of 
> your CGI
> >     tree, and the root of your html document tree).
> >
> > At 12:16 PM 12/07/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > > PLEASE read the INSTALLATION documentation.  You have to run the 
> script 'install-all.pl' 1st.
> > >
> > > hjm
> > >
> > > Chao Lu wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, Harry:
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your quick reply.
> > > > Here is the error message I got when I typed init-dump.pl.in to run 
> the script.
> > > >
> > > > soleil[38] init-dump.pl.in
> > > > init-dump.pl.in: %%START_PERL%%: not found
> > > > init-dump.pl.in: use: not found
> > > > init-dump.pl.in: syntax error at line 3: `(' unexpected
> > > >
> > > > Chao
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cheers,
> > > Harry
> > >
> > > Harry J Mangalam -- (949) 856 2847 (v&f) -- man...@ho...
>
>--
>Cheers,
>Harry
>
>Harry J Mangalam -- (949) 856 2847 (v&f) -- man...@ho...