Installing Exhibit Engine in a Linux computer

[webmaster]

How's it going everybody,
I downloaded the script on my winodws computer and installed it a long time ago. Now I have a seperate linux webserver going on at my house. I was just wondering if I can install this same script on a Linux computer? Does Exhibit Engine webiste has a linux version of this script.

Thanks.

[Pekka]

webmaster wrote:
How's it going everybody,
I downloaded the script on my winodws computer and installed it a long time ago. Now I have a seperate linux webserver going on at my house. I was just wondering if I can install this same script on a Linux computer? Does Exhibit Engine webiste has a linux version of this script.

Thanks.

Hi,

As long as the server has PHP and MySQL installed, it does not matter which operating system is used. This server runs EE on Red Hat Linux and at my home I develop EE with Windows XP Professional.

[webmaster]

Thanks for you quit response.

When you installed Exhibit Engine on Red Hat (I'm running Mandrake)what directions did you follow, because the directions on the installation document seemes different if you want to install on a linux box.
I'm new at this, PHP, MYSQL, and EE scripting. Thanks for the help.

[Pekka]

webmaster wrote:
Thanks for you quit response.

When you installed Exhibit Engine on Red Hat (I'm running Mandrake)what directions did you follow, because the directions on the installation document seemes different if you want to install on a linux box.
I'm new at this, PHP, MYSQL, and EE scripting. Thanks for the help.

Actually the installation instructions should apply for all operating systems.

If you don't have PHP and MySQL in your Mandrake then you need to install PHP and MySQL as instructed in their installation packages. Install PHP with ftp, EXIF and GD. When all is set up and you can run PHP files on WWW you need to create one database for EE in MySQL (see MySQL documentation for creating databases, if you don't have Plesk, Ensim, Cpanel or some similar control panel application to do it for you). After database is set up you just set that info into EE's add.php and then run EE's setup.php which formats the new empty database for EE use.

NOTE: Preserve folder structure when uploading EE files.

I use Plesk control panel on this server, and Ensim on abother one so I can not help on plain Redhat setup detail.

[webmaster]

Thanks! I'll follow your suggestions...

I got another question for you since your running a linux box.
I have a linux webserver running so that I can put all my html files on the Apache folder. But I'm having a hard time making the webserver available for the people on the internet to get an access to my server and see my websites. My problem is mainly configuring the linksys router (I think) so that it will give the people on the net accress to the computer. I have a Linksys 4 port cable/dsl router that connect my windows and linux/webserver box to the internet. For that reason I installed Webmin on my computer. I looked into it and I got PHP and MySQL installed on my computer. With the exception of a Control Panel. Do you get what I'm trying to say? I'm currently trying to install SAMBA so that I can network my Linux box with windows so that I can transfer the html files from computer to computer.
Do you have any suggestions for me?

Thanks!

[pukkita]

You will probably have to do some NAPT mapping on the linksys router.

Map port tcp 80 on the router to tcp 80 on the linux server.

[Guillermo Freige]

I'm doing exactly that (runing the server in a Linux box, copying the images via Samba 2 from a WinXP box, and redirecting port 80 to the linux server). All works flawesly. I'm using RedHat 8 (from a long line of upgrades started in RedHat 6), EE 1.22, and a SMC Barricade as my broadband router.