Changeset 16116

Timestamp:

2008-06-24T13:32:27+12:00 (15 years ago)

Author:

ak19

Message:

Added some more explanations for Windows

File:

• other-projects/trunk/gs3-webservices-democlient/docs/HowToFiles/3InstallingFedora.html (modified) (5 diffs)

other-projects/trunk/gs3-webservices-democlient/docs/HowToFiles/3InstallingFedora.html

@@ -60 +60 @@
 </p>
 
-<p>On <b>Windows</b>, adjustments to your PATH variable, and creation of new variables (like FEDORA_HOME, CATALINA_HOME, JAVA_HOME) are made by going to: <blockquote>Start > Control Panel > (Performance and Maintenance icon OR click on Switch to Classic View on the left >) System > Advanced tab. Press the Environment Variables button. Add new System Variables and edit the Path variable.</blockquote>
+<p>On <b>Windows</b>, adjustments to your PATH variable, and creation of new variables (like FEDORA_HOME, CATALINA_HOME, JAVA_HOME) are made by going to: <blockquote>Start > Control Panel > (Performance and Maintenance icon OR click on Switch to Classic View on the left >) System > Advanced tab. Press the Environment Variables button. Add <b>new</b> System Variables and <b>edit</b> the existing Path variable.</blockquote>
 Note that on Windows, you use the <b>;</b> sign to append new items to your path, and when referring to previously declared environment variables you have to surround them with <b>%</b> signs:
 E.g.
@@ -71 +71 @@
 <ol>
 <li>Download Fedora 2.2.1 from <a href="http://www.fedora.info/download/">http://www.fedora.info/download/</a>.<br />
-(Although I've not tried it, you could also try Fedora 2.2.2 or even Fedora 3 which are available from <a href="http://www.fedora-commons.org/developers/index.php">the Fedora Commons main page</a>.)
+(You could also try Fedora 2.2.2 and Fedora 3 which are available from <a href="http://www.fedora-commons.org/developers/index.php">the Fedora Commons main page</a>.)
 </li>
 <li>Extract it.
 </li>
-<li>Make sure you have the environment variables set as described in Preliminary Steps above. 
-In an Linux x-term, move into extracted directory (e.g. fedora-2.2.1-src/) and type in xterm:
+<li>Make sure you have the environment variables set as described in Preliminary Steps above.
+</li>
+</ol> 
+
+If using Linux, then do the following from an x-term. If you're on Windows, do the same from a DOS prompt:
+<ol>
+<li>Move into the extracted directory (e.g. fedora-2.2.1-src/) and type:
 <pre>ant installer</pre>
 Then go into the dist folder of the extraction directory (e.g. fedora-2.2.1-src/dist/) and type:
@@ -84 +89 @@
 </li>
 <li>Accept everything as given and set a password for your Fedora Administrator account whose default username is "fedoraAdmin".
-By accepting the defaults, it will the server is set to run on localhost, port 8080 (with shutdown port 8005).
+By accepting the defaults, the server will be set to run on localhost, port 8080 (with shutdown port 8005).<br />
+<b>Note:</b> if you have Greenstone 3 installed at port 8080 as well, then you should not be running both at the same time (they will conflict and probably neither will work). You will need to stop Greenstone 3 in order to run Fedora on the same port, and stop Fedora to run Greenstone 3 again on the same port. Alternatively, you can choose to <a href="http://wiki.greenstone.org/wiki/index.php/Walkthrough:_installing_Greenstone_3_from_SVN_source#Changing_the_port_number_where_tomcat_is_installed">change the port on which Greenstone 3 runs</a>.
 </li>
 </ol>
@@ -101 +107 @@
 <li>First <b>start</b> up fedora server by typing the following in xterm:
 <pre>$FEDORA_HOME/tomcat/bin/startup.sh</pre>
+or if you're on Windows:
+<pre>%FEDORA_HOME%\tomcat\bin\startup.bat</pre>
 
 <li>Point your browser to 
@@ -113 +121 @@
 If you ever want to <b>stop</b> the Fedora server, you will need to type in the X-term
 <pre>$FEDORA_HOME/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh</pre>
-
+or if you're on Windows:
+<pre>%FEDORA_HOME%\tomcat\bin\shutdown.bat</pre>
 
 <h2><a name="D">D Creating the custom Greenstone 3 pid prefix</a></h2>