[horde] git install help

[Simon B]

On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 13:12, Arjen de Korte <build+horde at de-korte.org> wrote:
>
> Citeren Simon B <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > It's been nearly 2 years, since the git repository was split, and I am
> > finally getting to trying to update my configuration...
> >
> > Following these instructions...
> >
> > https://github.com/horde/git-tools
> >
> > I did this:
> > cp config/conf.php.dist config/conf.php
> >
> > I did this:
> >  10 // Target directory for git checkouts.
> >  11 $conf['git_base'] = '/my/current/5.2/git/clone/';
> >  12
> >  13 // Target directory for installation, i.e. the webroot .
> >  14 $conf['web_base'] = '/my/current/git/webroot';
> >  15
> >  16 // Group name to use for the static directory. Should be the web
> > server's
> >  17 // group.
> >  18 $conf['static_group'] = 'www-data';
> >
> > I tried to do this:
> > horde-git-tools --help
> >
> > but I got this:
> > root at mail:/ /my/current/5.2/git/clone/horde-git-tools# bin/horde-git-tools
> > --help
> > You need to run "composer install" first.
> > For more information on composer see https://getcomposer.org/.
> >
> > So, then I did this:
> > php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
> > php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') ===
> > 'baf1608c33254d00611ac1705c1d9958c817a1a33bce370c0595974b342601bd80b92a3f46067da89e3b06bff421f182')
> > { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt';
> > unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;" php composer-setup.php php
> > -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
> >
> > But I still get this:
> > root at mail:/ /my/current/5.2/git/clone/horde-git-tools# bin/horde-git-tools
> > --help
> > You need to run "composer install" first.
> > For more information on composer see https://getcomposer.org/.
> >
> > Is there a more step-by-step tutorial?
>
> If you need a step-by-step tutorial, I'd recommend to stick with the
> versions from the pear.horde.org repository.
>
> I have one of those - as you answered in the other thread.   And I don't intend to decommission it - but there are reasons it is not working for me.

I actually managed to make some progress - for the archives, I had to...
add some directories and chown them to the webserver user (chown
www-data:www-data /var/www/.composer/cache/)
run the command as: "php composer.phar install" instead of just
"composer.phar install" using the www-data user
upgrade PHP to > 5.5.0

However, now I have this error...
$ php composer.phar install
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev) from lock file
Package operations: 66 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals


  [RuntimeException]
  /my/current/5.2/git/clone/horde-git-tools/vendor does not exist and
could not be created.

Apparently, this is because www-data needs rw access to horde-git-tools/ - so...
chmod -R 774 /usr/share/git-horde5/horde-git-tools/

at least for now...

That directory is filling up with 66 packages, but what the next steps
are, I have no idea.


Overall, I think more people using the git clone is better for the
project, because it gives the developers more information and better
support.   The previous way of cloning the git repository - AND
updating it! - was relatively simple.  The added complexity seems to
be caused by assumed competence in other tools (composer) - which can
be avoided by better documentation, rather any other cause.

Regards

Simon