FrontPage Extension Install

[Seth Dimbert]

No - I'm pretty sure I did at least one thing right.

The install script I downloaded, fp_install.sh, came with a data file called
fp50.linux.tar.Z. In other words, the tar file was FrontPage *for linux*. I
know I did at least that much right.

Of course, that doesn't really help now... :(

You think I can get my hands on an apache install without a CD? Anyone know
where to get one?

I found something that looks promising at www.apachetoolbox.com, but I'm not
going to do anything else without some more experienced say-so.

-SD

On 3/21/02 4:54 PM, "Brian Densmore" <DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com> wrote:

> Ok, I should have spoken my gut before. I feared as much.
> You're running Linux. You installed M$ windows version FrontPage
> extensions. Not good. You need to go out and the -=Linux=- version
> of FrontPage extensions. There are howtos out there to tell you how to
> do it. I have yet to do it. Although, I will be adding it soon.
> 
> What you need to do:
> 
> First you need to reinstall apache from the RedHat CD.
> Second go out and get the Linux version of apache FrontPage extensions.
> Third try again.
> 
> I'd be glad to help more, but you will have to wait until next week.
> I'll be a little bit tied up for the rest of the week. Wifey has a big
> birthday, so I can't even go near a PC at home for several days. :(
> 
> Brian
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Seth Dimbert [mailto:s.dimbert at fhmr.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 4:50 PM
>> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
>> Subject: RE: FrontPage Extension Install
>> 
>> 
>> OK - I've managed to pooch httpd.
>> 
>>> :-(
>> 
>> Some history:
>> 1 - I am not a very knowledgeable user.
>> 2 - I got RedHat 7.0 from a book from the library and installed it.
>> 3 - I did not, in any way, customize my installation. I
>> simply took what it
>> gave me.
>> 4 - I peeked into #/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and found that
>> httpd wanted me
>> to put webpages in #/var/www/html, so I did.
>> 5 - That worked. When I pointed my web browser to the machines IP
>> (192.168.1.10), things worked fine (meaning that the pages loaded).
>> 6 - I even figured out how to use Perl to run scripts in
>> #/var/www/cgi-bin.
>> 7 - I use FrontPage to build the site and wanted to use a
>> mail-back form. I
>> could do that, if I installed FrontPage Server Extensions.
>> 8 - I visited Microsoft's page, "How to install FrontPage
>> Server Extensions
>> to an Apache Web Server
>> (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q202198) and
>> followed the instructions there, installing two files into #/usr/local
>> (fp_install.sh and fp50.linux.tar.Z).
>> 9 - Today, with help from all of you, I tried to follow those
>> instructions.
>> At first the install script told me that it could not work
>> because httpd was
>> busy. So, thanks to Jeremy's help, I killed the http daemon
>> and tried the
>> install script again.
>> 10 - This time it failed because it said there was already a
>> root web...
>> somewhere. I was lost by the end.
>> 
>> I am sorry that I can't give you any more/better information,
>> but that's all
>> I know. I am - in truth - in over my head here.
>> 
>> If you could help me, here's what I want. I want someone to
>> tell me how to:
>> A - find the "right" version of Apache.
>> B - find the "right" version of the FrontPage Server Extensions
>> C - install them both, erasing what is there, if necessary.
>> 
>> What do you all say?
>> 
>> -SD
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> majordomo at kclug.org
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