Roundup Help

Reena Karthikeyan wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> I read thru the entire documentation, it said Roundup
is a simple-to-use 
> and
> -install issue-tracking system with command-line, web
and e-mail 
> interfaces.
> Where do I get the interfaces from? It also said
roundup doesn't even need
> to be "installed" to be operational,

Reena

Today I installed Roundup on Linux and got it going for the
first time. 
Previously I tried it on Windows. This is what to do ...

1. Print out the Installing Roundup document. Don't bother
with anything 
else for now.

2. My Roundup wouldn't work on Windows until I uninstalled
Python and 
re-installed ActiveState Python 2.4. I couldn't lay my hands
on Mark 
Hammond's win32all package. There was some sort of trouble
at 
starship.python. ActiveState Python includes win32all.

3. Prove Python works. Get a command prompt and type in
Python.
If it comes up with a Python interpreter you have made a
good start. 
Exit Python with Ctrl-Z and <Enter>.

4. Download roundup-1.3.2.win32.exe and double-click it to
automatically 
install it in the ..site-packages folder wherever your
Python is 
installed. After that don't think about it where it might
be. It will be 
all OK in the end.

5. Create a directory somewhere - for example, C:roundup

6. In a command prompt, change to that directory and type
...

    D:roundup>roundup-admin install (and press
<Enter>)

7. Respond to the prompts like this example copied and
pasted here ...

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:>cd roundup

C:roundup>roundup-admin install
Enter tracker home: ./support
Templates: classic-demo, minimal, classic
Select template [classic]: classic
Back ends: anydbm
Select backend [anydbm]: anydbm

------------------------------------------------------------
---------------
  You should now edit the tracker configuration file:
    C:roundupsupportconfig.ini
  ... at a minimum, you must set following options:
    [mail]: domain, host
    [tracker]: web

  If you wish to modify the database schema,
  you should also edit the schema file:
    C:roundupsupportschema.py
  You may also change the database initialisation file:
    C:roundupsupportinitial_data.py
  ... see the documentation on customizing for more
information.

  You MUST run the "roundup-admin initialise"
command once you've performed
  the above steps.
------------------------------------------------------------
---------------

C:roundup>

8. In Notepad, edit c:roundupsupportconfig.ini as
indicated on the 
screen in the previous step as follows ...

   [mail]
   domain = any.domain
   host = mail.yourisp.com (use your ISP's SMTP mail server
for now)

   [tracker]
   web = http://localhost:8080/s
upport

   Make any other changes you feel comfortable with and save
config.ini

9. Back in the command prompt change to c:roundup and type
...

C:roundup>roundup-admin initialise
Enter tracker home: ./support
Admin Password:
        Confirm:

C:roundup>

10. Next, in a command prompt type as per the copied example
here ...

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:>roundup-server support=/roundup/support
Roundup server started on :8080

11. Finally, point your browser at http://localhost:8080/s
upport and see 
what pops up.

Good luck

Mike



> 
> How do I get it to use then???
> 
> I have downloaded it from
> 
> *http://roundup.so
urceforge.net/index.html*<http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
index.html>also 
> 
> downloaded Python
> 2.5
> 
> from *http://www.python.org/a
bout/* <http://www.python.o
rg/about/>.
> 
> As per the documentation available at
> 
> *http://roundup.sourceforge.net/doc-
1.0/installation.html#basic-installat*<http://roundup.sou
rceforge.net/doc-1.0/installation.html> 
> 
> 
> ion-steps I installed all pre-requisites mentioned.
> 
> Under the really impatient section, I double click on
roundup-demo and I 
> get
> a command prompt. I type in D:demo and nothing
happens.
> 
> What am I supposed to do next?
> 
> Under 'Basic Installation Steps" I understand
nothing. I am desperately in
> need of a bug tracking tool. Please provide me with
information on how to
> install it and get it to work at the earliest.
> 
> Thanking U in advance,
> 
> Reena Diju
> 
> 
>
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