Goodman, Roger L CTR JCS J8/SAMD wrote:
Michael,
Regarding your questions, I downloaded a file called
cobbler-0.6.0.tar.gz from the website http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ .
I extracted it, ran some kind of a build command, to end up with
cobbler-0.6.0.linux-x86_64.tar.gz, which I untarred from the root
directory. At no point did I see a requirement/prerequisite of
Cheetah.Template (not on the website, not in the .tar.gz file, not
during the build phase). When I ran the "cobbler check" command, and
I got the failure, is when I discovered that something was missing.
I have since then loaded Cheetah templated from an RPM file on
the RHEL 5 disks, and cobbler has fewer complaints now. Still having
problems getting a tftpd to stay running. The tftp-server RPM is
installed, but when I start tftp, it immediately exits. When I first
looked, I didn't see an RPM for the x86_64 architecture, which is why
I went with the source file.
Cobbler and Koan can safely be built as "noarch" rpms, as they are
written in python and I do not think they require any platform specific
libs. So, you should be able to install the same RPM on i386 as well as
x86_64 (at least I am ;). In fact, I think if run "make" in the cobbler
and koan source directories "noarch" rpm's get built by default and end
up in the "rpm-build" directory.
So, I did not do a --force RPM install of cobbler, as I didn't
have an RPM file, and the Cheetah.Template file came from the RHEL5
disks (disk 4, as I recall). I did not have to do a --force on it,
either, but I did install it _after_ cobbler had failed.
My suggestions:
1. On the webpage, mention any/all prerequisites, and maybe even how
to test if they are installed.
Yea, I agree it could be a little more explicit. I got things up and
running by using the HOWTO build a Cobbler Server from the wiki:
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/cobbler/wiki/HowToCobblerServer
If I had more time I'd submit a patch for the documentation section on
the cobbler website....
HTH,
-pete
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Peter Wright
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