From af7b6319d725e8090b32f74b397a9eba79e22978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:11:18 -0400 Subject: move --- doc/ScientificLinux5.mdwn | 70 --------------------------------------- doc/install/ScientificLinux5.mdwn | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/ScientificLinux5.mdwn create mode 100644 doc/install/ScientificLinux5.mdwn diff --git a/doc/ScientificLinux5.mdwn b/doc/ScientificLinux5.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 429281370..000000000 --- a/doc/ScientificLinux5.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ -I was waiting for my backups to be done hence this article, as I was using -_git-annex_ to manage my files and I decided I needed to have -git-annex on a SL5 based machine. SL5 is just an opensource -clone/recompile of RHEL5. - -I haven't tried to install the newer versions of Haskell Platform and -GHC in a while on SL5 to install git-annex. But the last time I checked -when GHC7 was out, it was a pain to install GHC on SL5. - -However I have discovered that someone has gone through the trouble of -packaging up GHC and Haskell Platform for RHEL based distros. - -* - Packaged GHC and Haskell Platform - RPM's for RHEL based systems. - -I'm primarily interested in installing _git-annex_ on SL5 based -systems. The installation process goes as such... - -First install GHC and Haskell Platform (you need root for these -following steps) - - $ wget http://sherkin.justhub.org/el5/RPMS/x86_64/justhub-release-2.0-4.0.el5.x86_64.rpm - $ rpm -ivh justhub-release-2.0-4.0.el5.x86_64.rpm - $ yum install haskell - -The RPM's don't place the files in /usr/bin, so you must add the -following to your .bashrc (from here on you don't need root if you -don't want things to be system wide) - - $ export PATH=/usr/hs/bin:$PATH - -On SL5 pcre is at version 6.6 which is far too old for one of the -dependancies that git-annex requires. Therefore the user must install -an updated version of _pcre_ either from source or another method, I -chose to install it from source and by hand into /usr/local - - $ wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcre/files/pcre/8.30/pcre-8.30.tar.gz/download - $ tar zxvf pcre-8.30.tar.gz - $ cd pcre-8.30 - $ ./configure - $ make && make install - -Once the packages are installed and are in your execution path, using -cabal to configure and build git-annex just makes life easier, it -should install all the needed dependancies. - - $ cabal update - $ cabal install pcre-light --extra-include-dirs=/usr/local/include - $ git clone git://git.kitenet.net/git-annex - $ cd git-annex - $ make git-annex.1 - $ cabal configure - $ cabal build - $ cabal install - -Or if you want to install it globallly for everyone (otherwise it will -get installed into $HOME/.cabal/bin) - - $ cabal install --global - -The above will take a while to compile and install the needed -dependancies. I would suggest any user who does should run the tests -that comes with git-annex to make sure everything is functioning as -expected. - -I haven't had a chance or need to install git-annex on a SL6 based -system yet, but I would assume something similar to the above steps -would be required to do so. - -The above is almost a cut and paste of , the above could probably be refined, it was what worked for me on SL5. Please feel free to re-edit and chop out or add useless bits of text in the above! diff --git a/doc/install/ScientificLinux5.mdwn b/doc/install/ScientificLinux5.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..429281370 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/install/ScientificLinux5.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +I was waiting for my backups to be done hence this article, as I was using +_git-annex_ to manage my files and I decided I needed to have +git-annex on a SL5 based machine. SL5 is just an opensource +clone/recompile of RHEL5. + +I haven't tried to install the newer versions of Haskell Platform and +GHC in a while on SL5 to install git-annex. But the last time I checked +when GHC7 was out, it was a pain to install GHC on SL5. + +However I have discovered that someone has gone through the trouble of +packaging up GHC and Haskell Platform for RHEL based distros. + +* - Packaged GHC and Haskell Platform + RPM's for RHEL based systems. + +I'm primarily interested in installing _git-annex_ on SL5 based +systems. The installation process goes as such... + +First install GHC and Haskell Platform (you need root for these +following steps) + + $ wget http://sherkin.justhub.org/el5/RPMS/x86_64/justhub-release-2.0-4.0.el5.x86_64.rpm + $ rpm -ivh justhub-release-2.0-4.0.el5.x86_64.rpm + $ yum install haskell + +The RPM's don't place the files in /usr/bin, so you must add the +following to your .bashrc (from here on you don't need root if you +don't want things to be system wide) + + $ export PATH=/usr/hs/bin:$PATH + +On SL5 pcre is at version 6.6 which is far too old for one of the +dependancies that git-annex requires. Therefore the user must install +an updated version of _pcre_ either from source or another method, I +chose to install it from source and by hand into /usr/local + + $ wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcre/files/pcre/8.30/pcre-8.30.tar.gz/download + $ tar zxvf pcre-8.30.tar.gz + $ cd pcre-8.30 + $ ./configure + $ make && make install + +Once the packages are installed and are in your execution path, using +cabal to configure and build git-annex just makes life easier, it +should install all the needed dependancies. + + $ cabal update + $ cabal install pcre-light --extra-include-dirs=/usr/local/include + $ git clone git://git.kitenet.net/git-annex + $ cd git-annex + $ make git-annex.1 + $ cabal configure + $ cabal build + $ cabal install + +Or if you want to install it globallly for everyone (otherwise it will +get installed into $HOME/.cabal/bin) + + $ cabal install --global + +The above will take a while to compile and install the needed +dependancies. I would suggest any user who does should run the tests +that comes with git-annex to make sure everything is functioning as +expected. + +I haven't had a chance or need to install git-annex on a SL6 based +system yet, but I would assume something similar to the above steps +would be required to do so. + +The above is almost a cut and paste of , the above could probably be refined, it was what worked for me on SL5. Please feel free to re-edit and chop out or add useless bits of text in the above! -- cgit v1.2.3