[cvsnt] New version of the ViewCvs installer for Windows

martin cole mj_cole_2000 at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 6 01:01:55 GMT 2004


There was a viewcvs version for win32 (may have been on Bo's site) the
install file was something like install.py, I didn't install the cvsgraph
program, but it too looked fairly simple.

Good luck
Marts


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Hack" <christianh at edmi.com.au>
To: "'Martin Cole'" <martin at martinjcole.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 7:13 PM
Subject: RE: [cvsnt] New version of the ViewCvs installer for Windows


> So you installed ViewCVS direct from the tar ball bypassing Bo's
> installer completely?
>
> What about CVSGraph etc?
>
> Thanks for the hints. I am trying it now.
>
> CH
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Cole [mailto:martin at martinjcole.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 6 February 2004 9:38 AM
> > To: christianh at pdd.edmi.com.au
> > Subject: Re: [cvsnt] New version of the ViewCvs installer for Windows
> >
> >
> > Viewcvs is quite easy to setup manually, if you use apache,
> > all I did was
> > install python, and win32 extensions, install apache, and
> > then follow the
> > viewcvs instructions (easy) just run the python install
> > script, and modify
> > the .conf file, then copy the viewcvs.cgi file to the apache
> > cgi directory,
> > bingo it works.
> >
> > Marts
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Christian Hack" <christianh at edmi.com.au>
> > To: <cvsnt at cvsnt.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 6:27 PM
> > Subject: RE: [cvsnt] New version of the ViewCvs installer for Windows
> >
> >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org
> > > > [mailto:cvsnt-bounces at cvsnt.org] On Behalf Of Bo Berglund
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2004 10:03 AM
> > > > To: viewcvs at lyra.org
> > > > Cc: 'CVS-NT List'
> > > > Subject: [cvsnt] New version of the ViewCvs installer for Windows
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This is to announce that I have released a new version of
> > the Windows
> > > > installer for ViewCvs.
> > > >
> > > > URL:  http://w1.858.telia.com/~u85831169/ViewCvsSetup.html
> > > >
> > > > The new stuff is:
> > > > 1) Uses the latest CVS HEAD version of ViewCvs as of yesterday
> > > > 2) Can now detect and install on Apache in addition to IIS
> > > > 3) Tries its best at setting permissions on various files and
> > > > folders so it
> > > > will work.
> > > > 4) The installation is built using InnoSetup 4.1.3
> > > >
> > > > I have tested this installer on my Apache 2.0.47 installation
> > > > and it seems
> > > > to work out of the box.
> > > > However, I am waiting for reports from the community if
> > there are some
> > > > oversights on my part.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Just tried to install this on a NT4 Server SP6 Box. Here's
> > some things I
> > > encountered:
> > >
> > > 1) It gave me no choice as to where I want GnuWin32 installed. So it
> > > then created a Programs directory in the root of C:. Not
> > very nice to
> > > force an install location like that IMO. It did allow me to select a
> > > location for the ViewCVS directory.
> > >
> > > 2) I run both Apache and IIS on our box. I use and prefer Apache for
> > > most things, but there are few things (like our corporate
> > virus scanner)
> > > that are IIS only. It would seem the installer finds IIS
> > first and stops
> > > there. Can we be given a choice of server if more than one
> > is detected?
> > >
> > > 3) Currently I am also getting an error during the "Finishing
> > > installatio" phase that says: "Python.exe - Entry Point Not
> > Found - The
> > > procedure entry point CryptEnumProvidersW could not be
> > located in the
> > > dynamic link library ADVAPI32.DLL". This could be due to the fact I
> > > haven't rebooted the machine since installing Python and
> > the extra path
> > > hasn't taken effect. I can't reboot the machine right now,
> > so I can't
> > > easily tell if that's the problem.
> > >
> > > If there is something to tell me how to set it up manually
> > in Apache,
> > > can you point me to it. I can't find anything but don't mind editing
> > > config files by hand at all.
> > >
> > > Thanks for doing this.
> > >
> > > CH
> > >
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