[hobbit] hobbit install under debian sarge?

[Dan Simoes]

Thanks for the comments.  I'm hoping to stick with the .deb, but right now
it's got a few issues (changing ownership of /tmp among other things!)

After installing g++, I was able to complete the build from source just
fine.



On 6/14/06, Costa, Todd (DMH) <Todd.Costa at state.ma.us> wrote:
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I have been using Debian Sarge and Hobbit 4.1.2p1 successfully since last
> November. I used the default install for sarge and added the apache2
> components during the build of the debian system. Then I needed to apt-get
> install the RRDTOOL, fping packages. Added the hobbit user, downloaded the
> hobbit-*.deb and installed that. Then had hobbit running at a base level
> before I mod'd the settings to get what I wanted. I thought it worked
> really
> well and no source grinding was needed.
>
> On another note, if you install the desktop components and use synaptic
> you
> can search the package db for all the components required. And like I said
> I
> only had to manually add 3 pieces after the initial install of debian for
> the hobbit server. Of course I added other tools to function like I want
> but
> minimally its doable from deb packages instead of trying to compile from
> source. Yet if that's how you want to do it, that's cool too. Look at the
> Debian Maintainers guide for the required packages needed to successfully
> grind with source. Of course there are other places to refer to for what
> is
> best but that's your choice. That's what I like about Debian, it is pretty
> much everything you need without alot of trouble IMHO, aside from the
> research. A few commands or clicks. Bang, you off and running. Good Luck.
>
> TMC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hobbit-return-7510-Todd.Costa=state.ma.us at hswn.dk
> [mailto:hobbit-return-7510-Todd.Costa=state.ma.us at hswn.dk]On Behalf Of Dan
> Simoes
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 7:30 PM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: [hobbit] hobbit install under debian sarge?
>
>
> Has anyone gotten hobbit to install under vanilla sarge?
> I had to upgrade a previous machine to testing in order to get it to work,
> but I thought that was because of my port from ubuntu.
>
> I've tried both the 4.2 alfa and beta snapshots, and can't get either to
> build.
> They both fail here:
>
> hecking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
> configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
> See `config.log' for more details.
> make[1]: *** [c-ares/Makefile] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dan/hobbit-4.2-alfa-20060423/bbnet'
> make: *** [bbnet-build] Error 2
>
> I do have cpp installed, so I'm not sure why it fails the sanity check.
>
> I also tried the .deb version of the beta.  Once I located all the config
> files :), I got hobbit to start, but it didn't like the version of the ssl
> libraries and was punting on other things.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
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