I don't really want a script that does everything.
I have a reasonable 64bit PC and want concise instructions to build a shard that I can access over a home network.
I don't care what flavor of Linux I need to install as long as it is one I can easily access.
Even older versions are still out there.
However I would much rather end up at a stage where I have learned something about the shard/server I have built rather than I just ran some script.
I understand that if you have a script you can end up with a viable server. If you do it manually at least you have a chance as I did of observing which parts are not working.
It was the result of me breaking down the multi install line (Not even a script).
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev postgresql postgresql-server-dev-8.4 libpqxx-dev g++ autoconf automake libtool
That led me to find out that the problem lay in the postgresql-server-dev-8.4 part.
If building the server is a script that does everything if some part of it fails we then need someone who can read and understand the script to even have a hope of finding the fault.
It sounds almost silly that putting a link to some instructions in another place is inviting that link to fail.
I know that there is a script out there that builds the postgresql dbase structure but I would really like to know what that structure is and a fully commented breakdown would be nice.
None of this is compulsory. It is just really a wish list.
I know there are cleverer people than me that have traveled this road and if I can get a decent road map I will enjoy pointing out the places where my ignorance is not up to following the provided instructions hopefully to a point where other noobs like me can learn the ropes and we can end up with multiple shards.
I don't care how many people out there think I am an idiot because of some aspect of Linux I do not understand. It is a cross I am prepared to bare. I have often said I write idiot guides and they are called idiot guides because I am the idiot. I like to think I can write to the lowest common denominator.
Sometimes it is necessary to tell people where to find the | on the keyboard there was a time when you could not find £ because software written in the US made it a # and it was worth telling people that [Alt]156 on the number pad did the same trick. That trick is still valid. I just re tried it here.
This is back in the lessons that should be learned in coding-101 and that's commenting. It is nice to say just type this but if you know what that is doing share it out so that everyone can follow it. That way we will end up with a host of competent shard builders and Uru will live even longer.
I have printed a hard copy of
https://bitbucket.org/OpenUru_org/moss/ ... ew-default
So I can read it in bed and try and absorb some of the detail.
But there is a classic example copy the link and re past it and it is truncated as it appears here and does not work as a link but follow the original link and copy the address an past that here and the link works.
However put it in code markers and you can see the detail of the address as follows.
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https://bitbucket.org/OpenUru_org/moss/src/default/doc/setup?fileviewer=file-view-default
That was a case in point Christian recommended reading it from my download but the truncation of the link naming made me unsure of what I was looking for and if that link had become a broken link for whatever reason I would have been at another dead end.
I hope everyone can see my desire to make shard building as idiot proof as possible and to that end I am more than prepared to be the duty idiot.