[OGo-Users] First step on OGO

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> I've formatted my pc and will install it again.
> Could you give me advices for easiest installation? Which distro? Which way,
> auto install or packets? 

I use openSUSE. I don't know that one is really any easier than the
other;  other than the packaging differences between deb & rpm every
Linux distribution is fundamentally the same thing.  Unless your way out
on the fringe usability doesn't vary much [especially for server side
things,  the desktop is another issue and off-topic].

> I am not good at Linux and this software but I am obstinate.

OpenGroupware is a UNIX/LINUX service.  You have to have basic
competency, or your going to have a frustrating time [no difference than
with any other kind of thing].  Not that you won't be able to get it to
work.

First make sure you have all the prerequisites installed: PostgreSQL,
Apache, pilot-link, and the LDAP libraries. 

The packages *should* complain if the above isn't true when you attempt
to install them.  But I'm not certain that they do.

If you have all the pre-reqs then the packages should setup the database
and configure Apache for you.  It should be install packages, make sure
PostgreSQL and Apache are running, make sure OGo daemons are running,
connect to http://{hostname}/OpenGroupware [*CASE SENSITIVE*]

If that works you'll be automatically logged in as the administrative
user; then you have to change the administrator's password and make
accounts for users.  Log out and log back in as a normal user.

That's it.  If you don't run into a problem with the Apache module
(sometimes it doesn't work with a given version of Apache) setting up
OGo should not take more than five minutes.

If the module does give your grief it is easy to hack, just ask on the
list.