[horde] horde install fails with many errors

[Simon B]

On 16 Nov 2013 18:49, "Eric Levy" <contact at ericlevy.name> wrote:
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> On 11/16/2013 12:09 PM, Jan Schneider wrote:
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>> Zitat von Eric Levy <contact at ericlevy.name>:
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>>> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
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>>>> Please keep discussions on the list.
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Eric Levy <contact at ericlevy.name>:
>>>>
>>>>> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Quoting Eric Levy <contact at ericlevy.name>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Quoting Eric Levy <contact at ericlevy.name>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I followed the directions for downloading Horde from the pear
>>>>>>>>> repository.  Unfortunately, Pear fails to install many of the
>>>>>>>>> necessary packages.  I am running:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> % pear -c <tgt_dir>/pear.conf install -a horde/groupware
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have saved a complete log of the output of this operation,
>>>>>>>>> but  I   am unable to post it because the list moderator
>>>>>>>>> declined to   approve  my previous post because of its size
>>>>>>>>> exceeding 40 KB.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some sample lines from the log are:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Validation Error: File "turba/config/conf.d/10-groupware.xml"
>>>>>>>>> in    directory "<dir name="/">" has invalid role "horde",
>>>>>>>>> should be  one   of cfg, data, doc, php, script, test, www
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Validation Error: This package contains role "horde" and
>>>>>>>>> requires   package "horde/Role" to be used
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am hopeful that someone can help me achieve a resolution.
>>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Eric Levy
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You did not install Horde_Role correctly.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, as instructed, I ran:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> % pear -c <dir>/pear.conf install horde/horde_role
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This installed horde/horde_role into your system-wide pear. You
>>>>>> should  install it into your custom pear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> % <dir>/pear/pear -c <dir>/pear.conf run-scripts horde/horde_role
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> which both succeeded.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (When I attempted using the system pear executable for the
>>>>>>> second   step, I received the message: "Could not save horde_dir
>>>>>>> configuration value to PEAR config.")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since the Horde_Role install appears to have succeeded, how can
>>>>>>> I   diagnose the issue?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Eric Levy
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The discussion gave me the idea to try installing horde with the
>>>>> pear executable in the custom location.  This worked correctly.
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>>>>
>>>> *Every* command needs to performed with the custom pear binary.
>>>> From INSTALL:
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>>>> Then follow the regular installation steps, but use the pear command
>>>> from the PEAR installation you just created, e.g.:
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>>>> /var/www/webmail/pear/pear -c /var/www/webmail/pear.conf \
>>>>    channel-discover pear.horde.org
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have been able now to install Horde with pear.  Thank you.
>>>
>>> Presently, I when point my browser to test.php, I see the following
>>> message:
>>>
>>> Could not find Horde's framework libraries in the following path(s):
>>> <install_dir>/lib:.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php. Please read
>>> horde/docs/INSTALL for information on how to install these libraries.
>>>
>>> I have verified that <install_dir>/lib exists and contains:
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>>> ./   Ajax/    Application.php  core.php   LoginTasks/  Test.php  Tree/
>>> ../  Api.php  Block/           .htaccess  Prefs/       tests/    View/
>>>
>>> Is there any reason why test.php wouldn't be able to find these
>>> libraries?
>>>
>>> Eric Levy
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>> Your install location is not in the install path. This is explained in
>> the FAQ. Rule 1: don't install into a separate pear until you absolutely
>> have to.
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> Well I do absolutely have to, because I have no administrative access to
the machine.
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> I set the install path to <dir> and the pear config file path to
<dir>/pear.conf.  I believe this is consistent with the instructions in the
documentation.
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> I hope you are willing to help.

This more or less happened to me.  Scrap the entire install and start
again, be sure to use the  separate pear path every time you call pear.

Or, try installing with git?

Simon