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p49 - corrected duplication of db and user creation in windows install

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docs/install-in-windows.txt
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These instructions are for 32/64bit Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3/Vista/2k8. Well, in principle. I
made them in XP Pro, if you discover any differences or problems please let me know. If you're still on Win3/95/98/ME then you should switch to GNU/Linux, *BSD or WinXP.
made them in XP Pro, if you discover any differences or problems please let me know. If you're still on Win3/95/98/ME then you should switch to GNU/Linux, *BSD or WinXP.
Also see the other install-in-*.txt files.
The length of these instructions is due to MS refusal to provide any kind of package management.
The length of these instructions is due to MS refusal to provide any meaningful package management, but an installer will be made at some point.
Here are direct download links from 10Aug2008:
Here are direct download links, last checked 10Aug2008:
http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-5.0.67-win32.zip/from/pick#mirrors
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.2/python-2.5.2.msi
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mysql-python/MySQL-python-1.2.2.win32-py2.5.exe?modtime=1173863337&big_mirror=0
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- Download Windows ZIP/Setup.exe
- Unzip the archive, execute the setup file
At the end make sure you activate that you want to configure it now.
Use the advanced/detailed config. Leave everything as default unless stated below, or unless you have reason not to.
Use the advanced/detailed config. Leave everything as default unless stated below, or unless you know what you're doing.
Make sure to DEACTIVATE TCP/IP networking, unless you want that and know how to secure it
Set a root password. Note that this is not the account/pw that fpdb will use.
Set a root password. Note that this is NOT the account/pw that fpdb will use. Also note that this is NOT a system account - you can't login to Windows with this, it is only for the database.
Once finished it shold confirm "service started successfully"
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Get the package and double click to install.
4. In MySQL create a new database fpdb and a user by the same name. Set a password. I did this in webmin. Then set permissions for that user to: Select | Insert | Update | Delete | Create | Drop
5. Time for GTK+ - here's the instructions from their bundle
4. Time for GTK+ - here's the instructions from their bundle
To use it, create some empty folder like c:\gtk . Using either
Windows Explorer's built-in zip file management, or the command-line
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To do that:
Right click on "My Computer" ("Arbeitsplatz" in German Windows) on the Desktop or in (Windows) Explorer. Select Properties. Then click on the tab Advanced and then you should see Environment Variables. Simply append GTK's bin folder to the existing PATH (make sure to put a ; between the old PATH and GTK's folder to seperate the entries in this list).
6. Install pycairo, pygobject and pygtk with double click.
5. Install pycairo, pygobject and pygtk with double click.
7. Copy the default.conf from the docs folder to the appropriate folder in your system, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Nick\Application Data\fpdb\profiles\default.conf
6. Copy the default.conf from the docs folder to the appropriate folder in your system, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Nick\Application Data\fpdb\profiles\default.conf
Now edit the file, in particular you will always have to type in the correct password (insecure, I know) and if you differ from the default setup you may need to change host, database or user.
8. Double click fpdb.py in the pyfpdb folder of where you downloaded/unpacked it to.
7. Double click fpdb.py in the pyfpdb folder of where you downloaded/unpacked it to.
When the program started open the menu Database and click "Create or Recreate Tables".
That's it! Now you can use the bulk importer and the table viewer, more's coming. See readme-user.txt
A word on privelege separation: fpdb should not require root/Administrator rights to run. If it does it is a bug or serious misconfiguration, please let us know.
License
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alpha2 (release by 17Aug)
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finish Cache generalisation from line 1814 onwards
add maxSeats to hands
add sf.net logo to webpage
change tabledesign VALIGN
seperate and improve instructions for update
split install instructions into OS-specific and OS-independent section. expand release creator to concatenate.
expand instructions for profile file, again, the release-creator will cat it.
split install instructions into OS-specific and OS-independent section
expand instructions for profile file
add instructions for mailing list to contacts
finish updating filelist
ebuild: symlink doesnt work, USE gtk, more automation, update install-in-gentoo.txt, set permissions in it, copy docs to correct place, use games eclass or whatever to get games group notice, print notice about install-in-gentoo.txt and mysql --config
add minimal instructions for developing to git-instructions
re-run existing regression tests
alpha3
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