installation

XML/Parser.php installation

I recently signed up to shared web hosting with godaddy using Linux and PHP 5. I want to work with multiple RSS feeds. I previously had this all functioning under Apache, however, the host supplied the PEAR installation. Now I have to do this myself and I am in unfamiliar territory.I installed PEAR PHP and managed to get rss.php in the...

Can "gem install" be configured to install executables outside /usr/bin/ by default?

By default, when you sudo gem install thegemname it will install executables into /usr/bin/ Is there a way to change this? For example, to install them into /usr/local/rubygems/bin (or any other path)? The path doesn't seem to be hard-coded into the gemspec file, so I don't see why this shouldn't be possible (although I have very littl...

MYSQL Installation Troubles

After upgrading a few gems via terminal on my mac, I have created a new rails project backed up by a mysql database. Upon starting the app, the regular welcome aboard page appears. Here's the problem - I tried clicking the link entitled "About your application's environment", I receive the following output in my browser: MissingSource...

Visual Studio Database Edition: A few newbie questions

Hi folks, I'm looking at adding Visual Studio Database Edition (aka. VSDE) to my version of VS2008. Q1. What's the order of install of these products? is this ok? Update: Fixed the ordering of the install, based on feedback. VS2008 (c# [no sub options], web dev, ts tools. nothing else). Team Foundation Client (found on our msdn dvd)...

MYSQL installation with a .NET winforms app

I have a C# application that's utilizes MYSQL. I'm at a beta release point and need an installation package that includes my application, along with MYSQL. So basically, I need to install MYSQL and perform a restore from within my .NET install package. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...

how to do iis 7.0 CLEAN reinstall on vista?

Hello, I need to reinstall IIS 7.0 on Vista due to some unsolved configuration issues. I thought it was easy: I uninstalled all IIS-related stuff in Programs/Features, restarted system, installed all IIS modules again (installation cd wasn't needed) and hmm.. everything looks the same - I mean wrong. I see all configured websites, modul...

Optimum installation folder structure for a Windows application

Hi, I have created an installation package using Wix which installs a Windows service on the user's machine. Currently, the files are being installed to [%ProgramFiles%\APLICATIONNAME]. Is this a future proof way of structuring an installation folder? Should I be installing to [%ProgramFiles%\APLICATIONNAME\VERSION_NUMBER] instead? An...

Product Installation and Configuration on a Windows Machine

Hi, I am working on a .NET 3.5 project which consists of a web application and a Windows service. Both need to be deployed on the server machine. I have created an msi package using Wix 3 which installs the application files, creates shortcuts and registers the service. My next task is to implement the following: Post-install step t...

Problem pushing MSI via SMS to hosts that have Windows XP SP3 installed

I've created an MSI that installs our application. It installs fine if you run it locally on a machine with Windows XP SP2 or SP3. If you run it through SMS to a machine that has Windows XP SP2 it installs fine. But, if you try to run it through SMS to a machine that has Windows XP SP3 it seems to stall and take hours. (It only takes a c...

Install Shield 2009 - Shortcuts creation

Is it possible to create shortcuts in Install Shield 2009 based on user input? In essnes, a shortcut will be created (on the desktop) only if the user (who runs the installation) wants to do so ...

Does Visual studio Team Foundation Server really need to be on it's own machine?

So we decided to go with visual studio team foundation server for version control, etc. Getting ready to deploy today and read in installation guide: "You cannot install Team Foundation Server on a domain controller or a computer that is running other server products such as Exchange Server or Host Integration Server." That and other ...

How do I install/deploy/build my Visual C# application so it's available to all users?

I've written an application in Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. The Windows XP computer I want to install it on has two user accounts. One is the admin account, the other is the main user account and does not have admin privledges. I tried installing the application as the main user, and got an error saying i can't because I'...

During Installation, where do the Various File Types go on Vista

Installing my software on Windows XP was always easy. Everything went in the "c:\Program Files\myprogram" directory. This included: The executable program itself and any dlls. Readme.txt and License.txt The help files (.hlp or .chm or .pdf) Program settings that are not in the registry (.ini files) Sample data files for the program Log...

MSDN Subscription ISO extraction

What do you use to extract the contents of an ISO after you've downloaded it from MSDN Subscription? ...

How to associate file type with MacOS X App without launching it first?

Hi folks, I would like to associate the last installed version of my Mac OS X application with a certain type of file. A little experimentation shows that the info.plist file seems to be read and interpreted by the operating system when launching the application, not when dragging the application bundle to the disk. Apple's documentatio...

windows installation hang

How can I find what's hanging all new installations on a Windows box? While testing an installation script on Windows (XP Pro, if it matters) I've run into a situation wherein any and all attempts to install anything on the system hang waiting on who knows what. When the system is restarted, all queued up attempts at installation then g...

MSBuild or NAnt or Rake tasks for Wise Installation Studio

Does anyone know of any MSBuild or NAnt tasks for controlling Wise Installation Studio? I know, I should probably just use WiX but my current project is already in Wise and all I need to automate is updating of a product code, the upgrade section and a few bits of text. ...

Where to install local Java libraries by default?

I'm integrating JNI bindings with a C++ library. The library follows the usual conventions: the installation root is /usr/local by default and can be modified with the --prefix argument to ./configure; the .a or .so files go in ${prefix}/lib; etc. The JNI binding produces two new libraries, libfoojni.so (the native part) and libfoo.jar...

Can I place the .NET framework on a machine without needing admin privileges?

The application that I'm building requires the .NET framework. Unfortunately our end users will not have admin privileges. I know it isn't possible to install .NET without admin privileges, but is it possible to build a pre-packaged version of it into our system so the user doesn't need admin privileges? If it is possible, how would I...

Multiple MySQL instances on a single machine

How to configure multiple MySQL instances on a single machine? There are a lot of information on the web, but they are not very useful. Instead of generic information that can only be understood by a mind with years of MySQL administrative experience, I am looking for a tutorial that guides me from begin to end. I would appreciate answe...