Forum OpenACS Q&A: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5

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1: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5
Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 12/05/08 08:29 AM
Hi there,
anyone out there with experience in installing aolserver on osx 10.5.5?
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2: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 1)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 12/05/08 11:29 AM
Hi Nima,

Which version of aolserver?

I've installed 4.0.10 on mine. My experience is having installed it once.

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3: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 1)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 12/05/08 11:38 AM
Why are you asking? I have one machine with 4.0 and one with 4.5. Check: https://www.openacs.org/xowiki//tag/osx about specialties with Mac OS X.
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4: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 3)
Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 12/05/08 11:53 AM
I am interested in 4.5 and was wondering if the documentation on oacs.org is up-to-date.
Ok, i will try to install.
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5: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 4)
Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 12/05/08 11:56 AM
Which option is the best? * Installing OpenACS via Darwinports * OpenACS Installation on OS X 10.2 * Installing OpenACS on Mac OS X (for OpenACS 5.x) * OpenACS on Mac OS X (outdated) First or third option?
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6: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 5)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 12/05/08 12:18 PM
i have used malte's install script (i.e. install from scratch) + the Mac OS X specifics on the wiki page; for 4.5, i use the cvs head version.
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7: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 12/05/08 01:40 PM
I installed AOLserver from MacPorts and compiled the necessary AOLserver modules, but mine segfaults as soon as I try to start it. Has anyone tried the MacPorts version?

http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/www/aolserver/Portfile

I installed postgresql also, that seems to work OK.

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8: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 7)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 12/05/08 01:53 PM
Dave,

Now that you mention it, mine segfault'd too (I installed from source though). I fixed it by adding the following in my .bash_profile (for mac terminal, .bashrc for X11 one):

# For aolserver not to segfault
ulimit -n 256

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9: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 8)
Posted by Gustaf Neumann on 12/05/08 02:56 PM
This problem came from a change in c-library semantics introduced by Leopard and was fixed in the head version of aolserver 4.5 about nine months ago

http://aolserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aolserver/aolserver/nsd/fd.c?r1=1.12&r2=1.13&sortby=date

best regards
-gustaf neumann

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10: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 7)
Posted by Nima Mazloumi on 12/09/08 03:46 PM
daveb: what do I need to do using macports to install aolserver modules?
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11: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 12/09/08 03:51 PM
Hi Nima,

I just compiled them from source. I am working on documentation.

I got stuck installing OpenACS due to a path issue with psql that I haven't resolved yet (due to time.)

I'll try to post the finished instructions later this week.

After that it should be straightforward to convert the steps into a Mac port script.

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12: Re: Installing AOLServer on OSX 10.5.5 (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 12/13/08 07:44 PM
Here are my preliminary notes for installing on OS X.

https://openacs.org/xowiki/openacs-system-install-osx-macports

I'll try to clean it up and turn it into a proper howto.