Re: [Fle3-users] Re: Re: FLE3 not showing in Products list (Tarmo Toikkanen)

[Dan Roggenkamp]

Hi Tarmo,

That's wonderful news. I was wondering if something like that was
possible. Thanks very much for the information.

-Dan

> Dan, you should be able to do a local install of Python 2.3 into /usr/
> local (not via the package system, but manually), and then use that
> python to do a manul install of Zope 2.8 into /usr/local as well. This
> would actually be a recommended way to do it in a production server
> anyway, because then you have full control over the software
> components of your service, including the ability to customize or
> patch them if the need arises. And this way these older versions of
> software won't affect the normal operation of your linux box.
>
> --
> Tarmo Toikkanen
> address@hidden
> http://tarmo.fi
>
> On 30.1.2009, at 7.40, Dan Roggenkamp wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestions Tarmo.
>>
>> I tried installing the earlier version, but it wasn't compatible
>> with my
>> version of Python, so rather than installing an older version of
>> Python,
>> etc., I installed Zope-2.8.6-final on a Windows XP machine and it
>> works
>> just fine. I'd prefer to get it up and running on Linux, mainly
>> because if
>> I ever actually use FLE3 on a public server, it would be on Linux,
>> but in
>> the meantime this will allow me to play around with it.
>>
>> Thanks again for the help. FLE3 looks like an excellent tool.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:07:56 +0800 (CST)
>>> From: "Dan Roggenkamp" <address@hidden>
>>> Subject: [Fle3-users] FLE3 not showing in Products list
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Message-ID:
>>>     <address@hidden>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> It looks like this list hasn't seen any activity for a while, so if
>>> discussion of FLE3 has moved elsewhere, please let me know.
>>>
>>> This is the first I've tried to install FLE3, and  I'm new to Zope.
>>> My
>>> problem is that I've installed everything, but FLE3 isn't showing
>>> in the
>>> Products list as in the installation documentation.
>>>
>>> This seems to be the same problem discussed on the thread
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/fle3-users/2006-09/msg00001.html.
>>>
>>> Zope seems to be running fine. I have no problem logging on at
>>> localhost:8080. Here's my environment (Fedora Core 10 x64):
>>>
>>> Zope Version (Zope 2.10.6-final, python 2.4.5, linux2)
>>>
>>> Python Version 2.4.5 (#1, Sep 27 2008, 17:00:32) [GCC 4.3.2
>>> 20080905 (Red
>>> Hat 4.3.2-3)]
>>>
>>> System Platform linux2
>>>
>>> SOFTWARE_HOME /usr/lib64/zope/lib/python
>>>
>>> ZOPE_HOME /usr/lib64/zope
>>>
>>> INSTANCE_HOME /var/lib/zope
>>>
>>> CLIENT_HOME /var/lib/zope/var
>>>
>>> Network Services ZServer.HTTPServer.zhttp_server (Port: 8080)
>>>
>>> I've tried placing the FLE3 folder in both
>>> /usr/lib64/zope/lib/python/Products and /var/lib/zope/Products, and
>>> setting chmod to 775, but it's still a no show.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> -Dan
>>> --
>>> Dan Roggenkamp
>>> address@hidden
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:18:53 +0200
>>> From: Tarmo Toikkanen <address@hidden>
>>> Subject: Re: [Fle3-users] FLE3 not showing in Products list
>>> To: address@hidden
>>> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>>>
>>> Hi. The list is still is use, although quite quiet, as you noticed.
>>>
>>> Fle3 is now quite old, and doesn't really understand the newer Zope
>>> versions very well. I'd say you need to downgrade your Zope to
>>> something like Zope 2.8.x. We run 2.8.7 and that works.
>>>
>>> We've been in the process of porting Fle3 onto a newer platform,
>>> which
>>> would make it run on newer Zope 2 versions, but as we currently have
>>> no budget for this, work isn't progressing very well. We're hoping to
>>> get some funding soon.
>>>
>>> What you can do is start your Zope in debug mode (instead of "start"
>>> say "fg" for foreground or "debug"), which will show status messages
>>> on the console, and in the case of a product error will terminate.
>>>
>>> If you have the energy to figure out the incompatibilities between
>>> Fle3 and new Zopes, go ahead. My estimate is that there are too many
>>> major changes in the Zope infrastructure to make it feasible. So my
>>> suggestion is to downgrade to the latest Zope 2.8 and try with that.
>>>
>>> Best of luck!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tarmo Toikkanen
>>> address@hidden
>>> http://tarmo.fi
>>>
>>> On 29.1.2009, at 4.07, Dan Roggenkamp wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> It looks like this list hasn't seen any activity for a while, so if
>>>> discussion of FLE3 has moved elsewhere, please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> This is the first I've tried to install FLE3, and  I'm new to
>>>> Zope. My
>>>> problem is that I've installed everything, but FLE3 isn't showing in
>>>> the
>>>> Products list as in the installation documentation.
>>>>
>>>> This seems to be the same problem discussed on the thread
>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/fle3-users/2006-09/msg00001.html.
>>>>
>>>> Zope seems to be running fine. I have no problem logging on at
>>>> localhost:8080. Here's my environment (Fedora Core 10 x64):
>>>>
>>>> Zope Version (Zope 2.10.6-final, python 2.4.5, linux2)
>>>>
>>>> Python Version 2.4.5 (#1, Sep 27 2008, 17:00:32) [GCC 4.3.2 20080905
>>>> (Red
>>>> Hat 4.3.2-3)]
>>>>
>>>> System Platform linux2
>>>>
>>>> SOFTWARE_HOME /usr/lib64/zope/lib/python
>>>>
>>>> ZOPE_HOME /usr/lib64/zope
>>>>
>>>> INSTANCE_HOME /var/lib/zope
>>>>
>>>> CLIENT_HOME /var/lib/zope/var
>>>>
>>>> Network Services ZServer.HTTPServer.zhttp_server (Port: 8080)
>>>>
>>>> I've tried placing the FLE3 folder in both
>>>> /usr/lib64/zope/lib/python/Products and /var/lib/zope/Products, and
>>>> setting chmod to 775, but it's still a no show.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> -Dan
>>>> --
>>>> Dan Roggenkamp
>>>> address@hidden
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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