Openrat installation: --------------------- Manually (XAMPP or Linux): 1. Copy the folder "openrat" into the folder /usr/share. 2. Create a database in MySQL WITHOUT tables. 3. Import the SQL dump from file /usr/share/openrat/doc/database/sql/mysql/create.sql into the data base. 4. Adapt the database parameters in file /usr/share/openrat/config/database.ini.php. 5. Merge apache.conf from /usr/share/openrat/doc into httpd.conf (Apache 1) or, after renaming (e.g. of apache.conf in openrat), placing it into "sites-available" and activate itwith a2ensite (Apache 2). 6. Call with http:///openrat/, whereby you must replace depending upon installation (XAMPP or Linux server) by "localhost" or the name of the server. 7. Login with admin/admin Debian package: 1. Install the package with "apt-get", aptitude or one of the other package managers. 2. Create a database in MySQL WITHOUT tables. 3. Import the SQL dump from file /usr/share/doc/openrat/database/sql/mysql/create.sql into the data base. 4. Adapt the database parameters in file /usr/share/config/database.ini.php. 5. Merge apache.conf from /usr/share/doc/openrat into httpd.conf (Apache 1) or, after renaming (e.g. of apache.conf in openrat), placing it into "sites-available" and activate itwith a2ensite (Apache 2). 6. Call with http:///openrat/, whereby you must replace depending upon installation by the name of the server (if you access it over a network) or by "localhost" (if you use a local Apache server). 7. Login with admin/admin Conditions: --------------- Data base: MySQL >= 3,23 or PostgreSQL >= 7.21 PHP: >= 4.1.2 Possible problems: ----------------- - "Internal server error" => delete file .htaccess.