Installation ************ This file documents the installation of GNUstepWeb, `gsweb'. Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. You may copy, distribute, and modify it freely as long as you preserve this copyright notice and permission notice. This is version 1.1.0 of GNUstepWeb. This package contains GNUstepWeb library. You need to install GNUstep core, extensions and db libraries, GSWAdaptor and Apache Please download last up to date cvs version of GNUstep (some bugs have been corrected). Remark: We suppose that the GNUstep folder is on /usr/GNUstep, please check all the paths below with your configuration Installing `gsweb' ==================== Libraries requiered : --------------------- gsantlr/ GSANTLR (Parser classes,...) gsgd/ Objective-C/GD Interface core/ GNUstep core db/ GNUstep database extensions/ Extensions The GNUStepWeb package: ----------------------- * GNUstepWeb/ -----> GNUstepWeb Root * GNUstepWeb/GSWeb.framework -----> GNUstepWeb Main Part * GNUstepWeb/GSWExtensions.framework -----> GNUstepWeb 'standard' Extensions * GNUstepWeb/GSWExtensionsGSW.framework -----> GNUstepWeb Extensions Compilation Order: ------------------ 1) core 2) extensions It adds the Header exceptions folders (both in Foundation and extensions) 3) db 4) gsantlr 5) the 'gd' libraries. You must have a /usr/include/gd.h file. If not take sources on http://www.boutell.com/gd Extract and compile 6) gsgd 8) GNUstepWeb Go in the gsweb folder. make and make install. 9) Apaches modules for GNUstepWeb Still in the gsweb folder there is a GSWAdaptors/Apache folder, go in and make. There no make install. Instead you must copy the mod_gsweb.so module in you Apache libexec directory (something like /usr/apache/libexec). At this point everything is done, still remains the Apache configuration: You have to export the following env var: export GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING=NSISOLatin1StringEncoding Configurating Apache: ===================== In Apache httpd.conf file, add thoses lines: LoadModule GSWeb_Module libexec/mod_gsweb.so AddModule mod_gsweb.c And this one to specify the configuration file (for exemple /etc/httpd/conf/gsweb.conf) GSWeb_ConfigFilePath /etc/httpd/conf/gsweb.conf If you use virtual hosts (Apache in localhost does not requiered them), add the following lines: SetHandler GSWeb Then, create the file configuration file (for exemple /etc/httpd/conf/gsweb.conf) which contains parameters for GNUstepWeb Applications: The format is(there is an example for values below): { canDumpStatus=YES; //YES if server can display status (URL: /GSWeb/status) GSWExtensionsFrameworkWebServerResources="/GSW/GSWExtensions/WebServerResources"; //URL of GSWExtensions Framework WebServerResources directory applications= { ApplicationName = { //URL of GSWExtensions Framework WebServerResources directory. It overides Global parameter GSWExtensionsFrameworkWebServerResources="/GSW/GSWExtensions/WebServerResources"; //YES to say that this application can be listed when the adaptor don't find an application canDump = YES; instances = { InstanceNumber = { host= IPAdressOfTheComputerOnWhichRunTheApplication; port= ThePortListenByTheApplication; parameters= { transport= socket; }; } }; }; }; } exemple values for a localhost use: { canDumpStatus=YES; GSWExtensionsFrameworkWebServerResources="/GSW/GSWExtensions/WebServerResources"; applications= { MyApp = { canDump = YES; instances = { 1 = { host= 127.0.0.1; port= 9001; parameters= { transport= socket; }; } }; }; }; } Now, develop an application and runnit ! We'll try to put a sample application soon.