[hobbit] Hobbit install failure? Can't get Hobbit Started

Rich Smrcina rsmrcina at wi.rr.com
Tue Sep 16 19:59:36 CEST 2008


When you ran the configure script how did you answer the question about 
the group that your webserver runs under?

TAnthony at cretecarrier.com wrote:
> I think my make failed.  Here is the log file:
> 
> Created Makefile with the necessary information to build Hobbit
> Some defaults are used, so do look at the Makefile before continuing.
> 
> Configuration complete - now run make (GNU make) to build the tools
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~/Desktop/snapshot$ make install
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server /home/hobbit/server/download /home/hobbit/data
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/bin
> chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/bin
> chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/bin
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/etc
> chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/etc
> chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/etc
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/ext
> chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/ext
> chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/ext
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/tmp
> chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/tmp
> chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/tmp
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/web
> chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/web
> chgrp `id -g hobbit` /home/hobbit/server/web
> mkdir -p /home/hobbit/server/www /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/html 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/notes 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/rep /home/hobbit/server/www/snap 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/wml
> chown hobbit /home/hobbit/server/www /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/help /home/hobbit/server/www/html 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/menu /home/hobbit/server/www/notes 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/rep /home/hobbit/server/www/snap 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/wml
> chgrp `id -g hobbit`  /home/hobbit/server/www 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/gifs /home/hobbit/server/www/help 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/html /home/hobbit/server/www/menu 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/notes /home/hobbit/server/www/rep 
> /home/hobbit/server/www/snap /home/hobbit/server/www/wml
> chgrp nobody /home/hobbit/server/www/rep /home/hobbit/server/www/snap
> chgrp: invalid group: `nobody'
> make: *** [install-dirs] Error 1
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~/Desktop/snapshot$ ./configure
> 
> 
> Per the instructions I try to run the ./server/hobbit.sh start command 
> and it doesn't work.  I get
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./server/hobbit.sh start
> bash: ./server/hobbit.sh: No such file or directory
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./hobbit/hobbit.sh start
> bash: ./hobbit/hobbit.sh: Not a directory
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./home/hobbit/hobbit.sh start
> bash: ./home/hobbit/hobbit.sh: No such file or directory
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ls
> data     Documents  hobbit  Pictures  server     Videos
> Desktop  Examples   Music   Public    Templates
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ hobbit.sh start
> bash: hobbit.sh: command not found
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$ ./hobbit.sh start
> bash: ./hobbit.sh: No such file or directory
> hobbit at hobbit-dev:~$
> 
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> T.C.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas C. Anthony II (T.C.)
> Communications/Network Engineer
> Phone = 402-479-7006
> Fax = 402-479-7016
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