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Installing Maypole
The first thing you're going to need to do to get Maypole running is to
install it. Maypole needs an absolute shedload of Perl modules from
CPAN to do its job. I am unrepentant about this. Maypole does a lot of
work, so that you don't have to. This is called code re-use, and if
we're serious about code re-use, then Maypole should be re-using as
much code as possible in terms of Perl modules. In another sense, this
gives the impression that Maypole doesn't actually do all that much
itself, because all it's doing is gluing together already-existing
code. Well, welcome to code re-use.
The downside of code re-use is, of course, that you then have to
install a shedload of Perl modules from CPAN. If you're using OpenBSD
or FreeBSD, the wonderful ports system will be your friend. There's a
Maypole port in "p5-Maypole". Just type "make install".
Debian users, hang in there. There's a package coming.
For other Unices, the CPANPLUS or "CPAN" modules will help with this.
If you don't have "CPANPLUS" installed, my recommendation is to use
"perl -MCPAN -e install CPANPLUS" to install it and then throw
"CPAN.pm" away. In any case, one of these two should get all that
Maypole needs:
% perl -MCPANPLUS -e 'install Maypole'
% perl -MCPAN -e 'install Maypole'
Information on installing under Windows is available from the wiki -
http://maypole.perl.org/?WindowsInstall
More information of installing under various Linux flavours is
available on the Wiki - http://maypole.perl.org/?LinuxInstall
You're also going to need a database server and a web server. For
databases, I recommend SQLite (if you install the "DBD::SQLite" module,
you get the SQLite library for free) for prototyping and mysql for
production; heavier duty users should use Postgresql or Oracle -
Maypole should be happy with them all. Maypole is happiest when running
under Apache "mod_perl", with the "Apache::Request" module installed,
but as I said, it is a blank slate, and everything is customizable.
There is a "CGI::Maypole" frontend available to run as a standalone CGI
script.
As well as the documentation embedded in the Perl modules the
distribution also includes the manual, of which this is a part. You can
access it using the perldoc command, the man command, or by browsing
CPAN.
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