X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=ca74c1cc71cedc3d52144a1cdd54cd7c33f22ddd;hb=34329921385d2489c2ea94eab73a6ad567863565;hp=bb682942d7bdbd18f9840b7a735f3b601500e25a;hpb=938cf615b743c62f5359285c2fd7da7b9f0ba6b0;p=public-inbox.git diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index bb682942..ca74c1cc 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ public-inbox (server-side) installation --------------------------------------- + This is for folks who want to setup their own public-inbox instance. -Clients should see http://ssoma.public-inbox.org/INSTALL.html instead +Clients should see https://ssoma.public-inbox.org/INSTALL.html instead if they want to import mail into their personal inboxes. TODO: this still needs to be documented better, @@ -20,14 +21,13 @@ standard MakeMaker installation (Perl) Requirements (server MDA) ------------------------- + * git -* ssoma - http://ssoma.public-inbox.org/INSTALL.html * SpamAssassin (spamc/spamd) * MTA - postfix is recommended * lynx (for converting HTML messages to text) * Perl and several modules: (Debian package name) - Date::Parse libtimedate-perl - - Email::Address libemail-address-perl - Email::Filter libemail-filter-perl - Email::MIME libemail-mime-perl - Email::MIME::ContentType libemail-mime-contenttype-perl @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Requirements (server MDA) Optional modules: - - CGI[1] perl-modules[2] + - Plack[1] libplack-perl - Mail::Thread (2.5+)[1] libmail-thread-perl - URI::Escape[1] liburi-perl - Search::Xapian[3] libsearch-xapian-perl @@ -45,15 +45,38 @@ Optional modules: - DBI[3] libdbi-perl - DBD::SQLite[3] libdbd-sqlite3-perl - Danga::Socket[4] libdanga-socket-perl + - Net::Server[4] libnet-server-perl [1] - Only required for serving/generating Atom and HTML pages. -[2] - Keep in mind this will be split into a separate Debian package - when CGI.pm is dropped from the Perl standard library. - Plack/PSGI and mod_perl2 are both supported. -[3] - Optional for HTML web interface and NNTP server -[4] - Optional for NNTP server +[3] - Optional for HTML web interface and HTTP/NNTP servers +[4] - Optional for HTTP and NNTP servers + +When installing Search::Xapian, make sure the underlying Xapian +is patched against the index corruption bug documented in: + + https://bugs.debian.org/808610 + +For Debian 8.0, this means installing from jessie-backports +until the fix lands in jessie. + +# Ensure the following line is in your apt sources.list(5) +# (typically /etc/apt/sources.list): + +deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main + +Then run: + + apt-get update + apt-get install -t jessie-backports libxapian22 + +to install the package. + +public-inbox will never store unregeneratable data in Xapian +or any other search database we might use; Xapian corruption +will not destroy critical data. Copyright --------- -Copyright 2013-2015 all contributors -License: AGPLv3 or later + +Copyright 2013-2016 all contributors +License: AGPL-3.0+