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| I N S T A L L A T I O N | ||
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| We IMPLORE you to read all of the verbiage below. We know how most | ||
| of us are, so we put the install procedure up here, but if you have | ||
| problems please read all of this file, PLUS the MiniVend documentation | ||
| in doc/minivend.html. Also, please check out the official MiniVend | ||
| FAQ at http://www.minivend.com/minivend/faq/ before you call for help. | ||
| And send your system, Perl, and Minivend information, VERSIONS AND ALL! | ||
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| IMPORTANT NOTE: If you don't give evidence of having read and | ||
| heeded the above heartfelt plea, your email | ||
| may well be ignored. Caveat Emptor. | ||
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| WINDOWS INSTALLATION | ||
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| Obtain the self-extracting executable minivend-3.05.exe | ||
| and double-click on it. | ||
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| If you already have the CYGWIN.DLL executable or plan on using the | ||
| Perl link CGI, you can download the file minivend-3.05-nodll.exe | ||
| and do the same. | ||
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| The defaults are set for Microsoft Personal Web Server on Win95 -- | ||
| if you use another HTTP server you will have to know where to | ||
| place CGI executables (the CGI-BIN) and HTML documents (DocumentRoot). | ||
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| If the program does not find BLAT, you can just enter 'none' when | ||
| asked for SendMailProgram -- that will place all orders in the | ||
| CATALOG_DIR/etc/tracking.asc and CATALOG_DIR/error.log as the | ||
| demo is configured. | ||
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| You should get PGP as soon as possible so that you might have | ||
| secure credit card number storage. | ||
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| Many features are untested in the Windows version, and it | ||
| can be considered a beta. | ||
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| UNIX INSTALLATION | ||
| ------------------ | ||
| Here is the short version: | ||
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| gzip -dc minivend-3.05.tar.gz | tar xvf - | ||
| cd minivend-3.05 | ||
| perl Makefile.PL | ||
| make | ||
| make test | ||
| make install | ||
| (change directory to MiniVend root) | ||
| bin/makecat simple | ||
| bin/start | ||
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| With comments: | ||
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| # Unzip and untar the file -- if you have GNU tar, you can substitute | ||
| # 'tar xzf minivend-3.05.tar.gz' | ||
| gzip -dc minivend-3.05.tar.gz | tar xvf - | ||
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| # Change directory to the one that was created | ||
| # | ||
| cd minivend-3.05 | ||
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| # If you have trouble with picking up the wrong Perl version, | ||
| # try '/dir/where/perl/is/perl Makefile.PL | ||
| # | ||
| # If you aren't already the user ID of the user who will run the | ||
| # minivend server, you might want to 'su' to that user before | ||
| # running this step. | ||
| # | ||
| # This step will set the MiniVend directory and Perl location, | ||
| # and build the Makefile. | ||
| # | ||
| # If you are upgrading from a previous version, put the | ||
| # former MiniVend root directory in when prompted for | ||
| # VendRoot. | ||
| # | ||
| perl Makefile.PL | ||
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| # Make the library modules and docs | ||
| make | ||
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| # Run a rudimentary test to ensure the server and sockets | ||
| # run on your system | ||
| make test | ||
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| # Install the files and compile the link programs | ||
| # | ||
| make install | ||
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| #### | ||
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| At this point, you can follow the instructions that | ||
| the configure program generates. If you installed | ||
| MiniVend in another directory besides the current one, | ||
| you will have to change directories to that directory | ||
| before continuing. | ||
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| #### | ||
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| # Become superuser if you are an ISP or other organization that | ||
| # will be running multiple catalogs. If you don't have root access, | ||
| # don't worry about it. | ||
| # | ||
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| # Make the demo catalog. You will be prompted for some initial | ||
| # server-wide parameters, then the catalog-specific parameters. | ||
| # | ||
| bin/makecat simple | ||
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| # Start the MiniVend server | ||
| # | ||
| bin/start | ||
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| That should be it. If you have problems, please do what is asked above, | ||
| and pretty please reference the web site. And | ||
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| -- WHEN IN DOUBT, RE-START THE SERVER. It won't take but a few | ||
| seconds, and changes in configurable options don't take effect | ||
| until it is done. You may even change a page and not see the | ||
| effect until the server is restarted. | ||
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| S E T T I N G U P | ||
| Y O U R C A T A L O G | ||
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| Setting up a MiniVend catalog can be quite complex, and that | ||
| is why the documentation and demos were provided. They should | ||
| be sufficient to get you started. Many hours have been spent | ||
| in documenting the features of MiniVend, and thoughtful users | ||
| should almost always find their answers there. | ||
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| Key things that people sometimes don't understand: | ||
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| -- The actual pages of the catalog are NOT in HTML document | ||
| space. They are in the catalog directory of the catalog | ||
| that is in question. | ||
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| -- The highly interpolative nature of MiniVend and HTML tags | ||
| means that order is often important. | ||
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| -- The first thing to do in setting up a custom MiniVend catalog | ||
| is to define the database. Everything with MiniVend stems | ||
| from the products database -- many of the custom features | ||
| depend on the shipping, salestax, accessories, pricing, | ||
| and other databases. Determine your data set first. | ||
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| -- The demo pages are there to be played with. With MiniVend | ||
| 3.00, you can't stop the system simply by changing a page. | ||
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| -- Many of the configurable features of MiniVend are determined | ||
| by the directives in catalog.cfg (or minivend.cfg in a standalone | ||
| catalog). | ||
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| -- WHEN IN DOUBT, RE-CONFIGURE THE CATALOG. It won't take but a few | ||
| seconds, and changes to many of the configurable options don't | ||
| take effect until it is done. | ||
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