Here is a short installation-howto of Mir.


prerequisites: 

- tomcat 
- apache with mod_jk.so 
- postgres 7.1.x
- ant (a java-based make) 


1. checkout the cvs: 
cvs -d :pserver: cvsanon@brazil.indymedia.de:/var/cvs login 
password: cvs 
cvs -d :pserver: cvsanon@brazil.indymedia.de:/var/cvs lco mir 

2. customize the config: 
cd mir/source 
cp config.properties-dist to config.properties 
edit config.properties 

3. configure the build.sh file with java_home 

4. Link in the webapps directory of tomcat to the install directory (the directory is called Mir). 

5. copy the mir/template-dist-directory to mir/template 

6. run sh buil.sh 

7. create a new database (the dbname should be the same as in config.properties) 
as user postgres: createdb dbname 

8. run psql dump of create_pg.sql: 
psql -Upostgres dbname < create_pg.sql 

8. run psql dump of help*.sql files. 

9. chmod 777 Mir/log 

10. restart tomcat 

11. configure mod_jk 

12. now the admin-application is accesable by:  http://host/Mir and the openposting-servlet by  http://host/OpenMir>