[ensembl-dev] Installing ensembl site

[Duarte Molha]

Hi Steve

I was hoping that since updating the documentation on how to set up a
ensembl mirror is in your list of high priorities you would have done this
on the 81 release... Any chance it might still be done in a near future?
Maybe someone with more experience than me might be able to use their own
experience and fill in the gaps/errors in your instructions and setup their
system.

I was hopping , since this is a priority that this would have been updated
with the new release... but it hasn't.

I would really like to be able to set up my own system but the current
instructions are simply not fit-for-purpose.

Best regards

Duarte

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     Duarte Miguel Paulo Molha
         http://about.me/duarte
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On 29 June 2015 at 12:26, Steve Trevanion <steve at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Hi Duarte,
>
> Sorry to hear you are having problems. We are aware that the documentation
> is out of date and needs reviewing and it is high on our list of
> priorities. Having your feedback about the issues you're facing will be
> useful when we come to do that.
>
> See below for a couple of comments,
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 29/06/15 10:56, Duarte Molha wrote:
>
> Dear Ensembl Devs
>
>  Your manual to how to install a local version of your ensembl site are
> woefully incomplete and out ot date.
>
>  Is there any willingness of fixing these instructions?
>
>  A few of my remarks:
>
>
> http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/non-ensembl-code.html
>
>  The description on how to build configure and install and configure
> Apache server and mod_perl are incomplete and even my attempts at following
> the steps on my debian server simply fail due to missing dependencies.
>
>  Given most people will be running servers on debian and ubuntu and
> similar servers it would be very welcome a more targeted approach to the
> usual default configuration of systems after after a simple
>
>  sudo apt-get install git
>  sudo apt-get install apache2
>  sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2
>
>  ?
>
>  This is the way I have opted to install git,  apache and mod_perl and I
> think because if it, I still have not been able to setup the site properly
> because your setup assumes wrong folder locations for many of the apache2
>  configuration files installed in this manner.
>
>
> Does setting the $APACHE_DIR help ?
>
>
>
>  http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/install/ensembl-code.html
>
>  git ensembl --clone api
> git ensembl --clone web
>
>  The instructions above are incorrect
>
>  I think they should be :
>
>  git-ensembl --clone api
> git-ensembl --clone web
>
>  correct me if I am wrong, please.
>
> The instructions are correct - have you checked out ensembl-git-tool ?
>
>
>
>  http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/webcode/mirror/running.html
>
>  As indicated before, these instructions assume a non-standard apache
> setup.
> At least in debian and ubuntu ... there is no httpd command
>
>  apache2 server is started using the command :
>
>  sudo apache2ctl start
>
>
>  I hope this has highlighted a few of the difficulties with your
> documentation
> Maybe these are problems only to newbies like me... but at least, maybe
> they can help other that are also experiencing difficulties following your
> manual.
>
>  Best regards
>
>  Duarte
>
>
>
>  =========================
>      Duarte Miguel Paulo Molha
>           http://about.me/duarte
> =========================
>
>
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