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authoruckelman <uckelman@nomic.net>2010-07-29 13:40:44 +0000
committeruckelman <uckelman@nomic.net>2010-07-29 13:40:44 +0000
commit1db29fb75ed3157cc38f4f70291189de98a85187 (patch)
treee0b330ae3a3b0a01e01b402b058d785bd8a0a8f1
parentf7f0e15f2dfe5e068d5a44376d74403ef21c0cd7 (diff)
Renumbered, added requirements.
git-svn-id: https://vassalengine.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vassalengine/site-src/trunk@7052 67b53d14-2c14-4ace-a08f-0dab2b34000c
-rw-r--r--INSTALL23
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3304581..d2b2c21 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
This document explains how to install the forum-list bridge. This is very
-much a work in progress.
+much a work in progress. Read *everything* before beginning the setup.
-1. Check out the bridge code from SourceForge:
+1. Requirements:
+
+* phpBB 3.0.70-PL1
+* MySQL
+* a mail server
+* Perl
+* PEAR modules: Mail, Mail_mimeDecode, Mail_RFC882, Log
+* Perl modules: LWP::UserAgent, HTTP::Request::Common
+
+2. Check out the bridge code from SourceForge:
svn co https://vassalengine.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vassalengine/site-src/trunk/bridge
@@ -9,14 +18,14 @@ much a work in progress.
developed for VASSAL's forum. I will probably move it to its own repo
at some point.)
-2. Two modifications need to be made to phpBB's posting.php to set up
+3. Two modifications need to be made to phpBB's posting.php to set up
the bridge in the forum-to-list direction. You can get the changes by
applying posting.patch to posting.php.
Note that after applying the patch, you'll need to modify the path in
each new require_once to match where you've put the bridge files.
-3. For the list-to-forum direction, you need to set up an alias to receive
+4. For the list-to-forum direction, you need to set up an alias to receive
mail from your list. I'm using postfix, so I added this to my /etc/aliases:
forum-bridge: "|/usr/local/lib/bridge/postfix_handoff.pl"
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ as needed.
Then, subscribe your bridge address to your mailing list.
-4. Bridge database: The bridge keeps a database which maps
+5. Bridge database: The bridge keeps a database which maps
* Create a MySQL database, and populate it using src/schema.sql.
* Create a user for the DB, put the database name, username, and password
@@ -61,7 +70,7 @@ Then, subscribe your bridge address to your mailing list.
direct posts in different forums to different lists; I just happen not
to in my current setup.)
-5. Other adjustments:
+6. Other adjustments:
* Set $php_root_path in PhpBB3Conf.php.
* $sender in forum_post_send.php should match the bridge address.
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ Then, subscribe your bridge address to your mailing list.
for post attachments for your forum.
* Possibly some that I'm missing? Let me know.
-6. TODO:
+7. TODO:
* Installation could be improved somewhat, e.g., by pulling all
configuration data into one file.