FrontPage Extension Install

[Brian Densmore]

Well, ok then. Hmm, M$ with a Linux patch on their server!? I get
shivers just thinking about it. 

Yes, apachetoolbox is great! It is an excellent way to install apache;
especially if you are not familiar with all the little nuances. First
though, do your homework and -=try=- to figure out basically what you
want to install. 
Second, I suggest you use rpm to uninstall any version you currently
have, just to get to a nice clean system (this may or may not work
depending on what dependencies RH built into it, sigh). If you get any
failed dependencies, try to figure out if they are part of the apache
you plan on reinstalling. This can of course lead to the dreaded rpm
dependency hell, where on package depends on another which depends on
another which ...

Third pull down apachetoolbox and run it. There are two approaches, pull
down everything, or let the toolbox pull down what you select to
install. I've done both. No problems yet.

If you use apachetoolbox you might even get to install the FrontPage
extensions at the same time (I haven't looked). This is the preferred
approach.

Good luck, and don't forget to report how you made it work! For the rest
of
us poor souls, who must trek that path. ;')

Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seth Dimbert [mailto:s.dimbert at fhmr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:51 PM
> To: KCLUG (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: FrontPage Extension Install
> 
> 
> 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
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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> >> 
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