[ZendTo] Installing on Debian 8

[Jules]

Kevin,

What version of Ubuntu does Debian 8 correspond most closely to?
Does 8 use systemd, for example?

I've never tested the installer on Debian myself, but if you look at 
lib/functions.sh within the installer dir structure, add a line at line 
223 that just says
OS=ubuntu

That line and the surrounding code should then look like this:

   if [ -f $OSRELEASE -a -x /usr/bin/lsb_release ]; then
     # Should give me the string "ubuntu"
     OS="$( lsb_release --id | sed -e 's/^.*:\s*//' | tr '[:upper:]' 
'[:lower:]' )"
     OSVER="$( lsb_release --release | sed -e 
's/^.*:\s*\([0-9]*\)\..*$/\1/' )"
   fi
fi
OS=ubuntu
if [ "$OS" = "unknown" ]; then
   OS="$(prompt "Am I running redhat, centos or ubuntu" "centos" "$OS")"
   OS="$(echo "$OS" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" # Lower-case it
fi

Then re-run the installer. When it asks you to confirm the version of 
Ubuntu, respond with 16 if Debian 8 uses systemd and PHP 7, and 14 
otherwise (assuming Debian 8 is recent).

Then the installer will think you've actually got a Ubuntu 16 or 14 box, 
and should install the right stuff for you.
Please do let me know how you get on.

If I get some time this weekend, I'll have a go at this myself.

Cheers,
Jules.

P.S. Your name rings a bell in my memory somewhere... :)

On 26/05/2017 20:32, Kevin Miller wrote:
> I have zendto running on a centOS 6 box but we've pretty much standardized on debian in-house.  I built a bare bones debian Jessie box.  Apache is already installed in its default state.  I downloaded the installer and ran install.sh.  Below is the output:
>
> ================================================================
> root at fileshare2:~/zendto-download/install.ZendTo# ./install.sh
>   
> Good, I am root. Bow down before me...
>   
> Output from the ZendTo installer itself will look like this.
>   
> When you are prompted for a value, always just press Return
> to accept the default value suggested, unless either
> a) you are absolutely sure of what you are doing
> or
> b) it is blank or clearly rubbish, which usually means
>     something has gone wrong. If that happens, look back
>     through the output and see if you want work it out.
>     No installer is 100% perfect in all situations.
>   
> Debian major release number [Default is 8]:
> Architecture [Default is x86_64]:
> I am running Debian release 8 on x86_64
>   
> Sorry, I only know about RedHat Enterprise, CentOS and Ubuntu.
>   
> Exiting...
> ================================================================
>
> Hmmm.  If I download the .deb package will it go through the entire install routine like the install script does or will it just install zendto and leave the "heavy lifting" to me?
>
> My game plan was to let it to all the back end stuff, then copy over the preferences.php and zendto.conf from my old centOS server and run the update scripts. After that, apt would take care of updates in the future.
>
> Not sure which direction to go now...
>
> ...Kevin
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