[imp] Howto!

[terry071298@netscape.net]

imp@lists.horde.org wrote:
>
> Hello,
> 
> Quoting terry071298@netscape.net:
> > I'm new using a linux boxz... I cannot follow the instruction given at
> > the (horde.org)sites. Like what other says, Horde applications remain
> > undocumented. Sir can you help me set this up to my linux machine.. Do
> > you already had a more clearer documentation regarding this. 
> > 
> > Again, Thank you in Advance..
> 
> This list can't really supply support for general Linux issues, or
> provide more than cursory help with packages that IMP/Horde depends
> on (like PHP) so for those you're really on your own (your best bet 
> would be to get in contact with a local LUG - Linux User Group - and 
> ask more experienced members for assistance).
> 
> That said ...
> 
> As far as IMP/Horde are concerned, make sure that you get IMP 2.2.4 and
> Horde 1.2.4.  A naming convention you should be aware of in the Open
> Source software world is that even numbered (2.2.x) releases tend to be
> "stable"/tested releases, and odd numbered (2.3.x) releases tend to be
> "unstable"/un-tested releases.  This is true of the Linux Kernel, for
> example, and it is true of IMP/Horde too.
> 
> If you are running RedHat Linux, you may find that the RPMs are much
> more easy to install than the tarballs.  You'll just need to make sure
> that you have the packages that IMP/Horde rely on.  For example, if
> you're running RedHat Linux 7.0, ftp to horde.org:
> 
> ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/rpms/
> 
> You'll find RPMs for supporting packages (Apache, PHP, etc) in the i386
> tree, and the packages for IMP/Horde in the noarch tree. You should
> probably remove (using 'rpm -e <package-name>') any of these you have
> installed already (you can check by using 'rpm -q <package-name>'), and
> install the versions provided at the address above. Make sure that you
> use the RPMs for your appropriate version of RedHat Linux.
> 
> I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but at this point, you may
> be tackling too large a project on your own (if my assumption that by
> saying you're new to Linux means that you're new to Unix-like systems
> in general is true).  The problem isn't so much getting IMP/Horde
> installed, it's that IMP has a lot of pre-requisites, and satisfying
> these is tricky (your version of Linux probably has earlier or 
> incompatible versions of these pre-requisites already installed).
> 

Thank you for the information you had shared... 

--Rjey 

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