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Installing Gollem 1.0
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This document contains instructions for installing the Gollem File Manager on
your system.
For information on the capabilities and features of Gollem, see the file
README_ in the top-level directory of the Gollem distribution.
Obtaining Gollem
================
Gollem can be obtained from the Horde website and FTP server, at
http://www.horde.org/gollem/
ftp://ftp.horde.org/gollem/
Or use the mirror closest to you:
http://www.horde.org/mirrors.php
Bleeding-edge development versions of Gollem are available via CVS; see the
file `horde/docs/HACKING`_ in the Horde distribution, or the website
http://www.horde.org/source/, for information on accessing the Horde CVS
repository.
Prerequisites
=============
To function properly, Gollem **REQUIRES** the following:
1. A working Horde installation.
Gollem runs within the `Horde Application Framework`_, a set of common tools
for Web applications written in PHP. You must install Horde before
before installing Gollem.
.. Important:: Gollem 1.0 requires version 3.0 of the Horde Framework -
earlier versions of Horde will **not** work.
.. Note:: While Gollem 1.0 will work with version 3.0 of the Horde
Framework, there were numerous enhancements and bugfixes to the
Horde VFS libraries after 3.0 was released. Therefore, it is
**highly** recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of
the Horde Framework.
The Horde Framework can be obtained from the Horde website and FTP server,
at
http://www.horde.org/horde/
ftp://ftp.horde.org/pub/horde/
Many of Gollem's prerequisites are also Horde prerequisites.
.. Important:: Be sure to have completed all of the steps in the
`horde/docs/INSTALL`_ file for the Horde Framework before
installing Gollem.
.. _`Horde Application Framework`: http://www.horde.org/horde/
2. The following PHP capabilities:
a. FTP support (--with-ftp) [OPTIONAL]
If using the FTP VFS driver, the FTP PHP module is **required**.
b. SQL support [OPTIONAL]
If using an SQL VFS driver, then SQL PHP support is **required**. For
further information on how to set up SQL support in Horde, please
reference the Horde installation document (`horde/docs/INSTALL`_).
3. If using a FTP backend, you **must** have at least one FTP server.
If using a SQL backend, you **must** have at least one SQL server.
Installing Gollem
=================
Gollem is written in PHP, and must be installed in a web-accessible directory.
The precise location of this directory will differ from system to system.
Conventionally, Gollem is installed directly underneath Horde in the web
server's document tree.
Since Gollem is written in PHP, there is no compilation necessary; simply
expand the distribution where you want it to reside and rename the root
directory of the distribution to whatever you wish to appear in the URL. For
example, with the Apache web server's default document root of
``/usr/local/apache/htdocs``, you would type::
cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/horde
tar zxvf /path/to/gollem-1.0.tar.gz
mv gollem-1.0 gollem
and would then find Gollem at the URL::
http://your-server/horde/gollem/
Configuring Gollem
==================
1. Configuring Horde for Gollem
a. Register the application
In ``horde/config/registry.php``, find the ``applications['gollem']``
stanza. The default settings here should be okay, but you can change
them if desired. If you have changed the location of Gollem relative to
Horde, either in the URL, in the filesystem or both, you must update the
``fileroot`` and ``webroot`` settings to their correct values.
2. Configuring Gollem
To configure Gollem, change to the ``config/`` directory of the installed
distribution, and make copies of all of the configuration ``dist`` files
without the ``dist`` suffix::
cd config/
for foo in *.dist; do cp $foo `basename $foo .dist`; done
Or on Windows::
copy *.dist *.
Documentation on the format and purpose of those files can be found in each
file. You may edit these files if you wish to customize Gollem's
appearance and behavior. With one exceptions (``backends.php``) the
defaults will be correct for most sites.
You must be sure to configure an appropriate backend in ``backends.php``.
You must login to Horde as a Horde Administrator to finish the
configuration of Gollem. Use the Horde ``Administration`` menu item to get
to the administration page, and then click on the ``Configuration`` icon to
get the configuration page. Select ``File Manager`` from the selection
list of applications. Fill in or change any configuration values as
needed. When done click on ``Generate File Manager Configuration`` to
generate Gollem configuration directory or file, it will not be able to
write the file. In this case, go back to ``Configuration`` and choose one
of the other methods to create the configuration file
``gollem/config/conf.php``.
Note for international users: Gollem uses GNU gettext to provide local
translations of text displayed by applications; the translations are found
in the po/ directory. If a translation is not yet available for your
locale (and you wish to create one), see the ``horde/po/README`` file, or
if you're having trouble using a provided translation, please see the
`horde/docs/TRANSLATIONS`_ file for instructions.
3. Securing Gollem
Review the guidelines for security contained in `horde/docs/SECURITY`_.
4. Tuning Gollem (Performance)
See `horde/docs/PERFORMANCE`_.
Obtaining Support
=================
If you encounter problems with Gollem, help is available!
The Horde Frequently Asked Questions List (FAQ), available on the Web at
http://www.horde.org/faq/
The Horde Project runs a number of mailing lists, for individual applications
and for issues relating to the project as a whole. Information, archives, and
subscription information can be found at
http://www.horde.org/mail/
Lastly, Horde developers, contributors and users also make appearances on IRC,
on the channel #horde on the Freenode Network (irc.freenode.net).
Please keep in mind that Gollem is free software written by volunteers.
For information on reasonable support expectations, please read
http://www.horde.org/support.php
Thanks for using Gollem!
The Gollem Team
.. _README: ?f=README.html
.. _`horde/docs/INSTALL`: ../../horde/docs/?f=INSTALL.html
.. _`horde/docs/HACKING`: ../../horde/docs/?f=HACKING.html
.. _`horde/docs/TRANSLATIONS`: ../../horde/docs/?f=TRANSLATIONS.html
.. _`horde/docs/SECURITY`: ../../horde/docs/?f=SECURITY.html
.. _`horde/docs/PERFORMANCE`: ../../horde/docs/?f=PERFORMANCE.html
