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Back to square 1

Added by John W almost 12 years ago

Ok, here is my situation. I am a true Redmine newbie (see my first post and some proof).

I don't know if i have bitten off more than i can chew but either way I am going to give it a try. I have been asked to install & test Redmine as potential replacement to our VERY OLD & out-dated Bugzilla app. The problem for me is I have no idea where to seriously begin.

I installed the Redmine v 1.0.4 - using "_HowTo Install Redmine in a sub-URI on Windows with Apache_"
It took a little tweaking but I got it to work. So, I thought I would do an upgrade to v 2.2.2, however, as it turns out (at least for me anyway) that is not as simple as it seems.

I decided to try a fresh install of just v 2.2.2 but I have been unable to get it to work.

Here comes the true NEWBIE indicator...
Can someone please tell me what all is needed for a working install?

Here is what I have so far:
Windows XP system
httpd-2.2.22-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
php-5.3.21-Win32-VC9-x86.msi
DevKit-tdm-32-4.5.2-20111229-1559-sfx.exe
mysql-installer-community-5.5.29.0.msi
redmine-2.2.2.zip
rubyinstaller-1.9.3-p374.exe

So what am I missing?

I hear Mongrel is not the way to go but know nothing about Thin or passenger

As always any and all help is appreciated.


Replies (3)

RE: Back to square 1 - Added by Richard Page almost 12 years ago

Not to take away the joy of installing redmine from scratch but I have used the Bitnami Stack version which is a lot easier to implement. All the components required to run Redmine are packaged in the stack so you only need to install the Bitnami Redmine Stack. I have just upgraded to 2.2.2 from an earlier 2 version and it was basic. There is also an upgrade process which generally works well, basically it consists of saving the files/attachments, creating a MySQL backup, de-installing, then Installing the new version, importing the MYSQL backup of your previous system, copying the files to the new installation, then running a couple of migration commands to change over to the new schema and then you are off running again. It makes it a little less complex to a new user - I am fairly new to Redmine too

RE: Back to square 1 - Added by Ivan Cenov almost 12 years ago

See this guide for Windows: http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32693
Use ruby 1.9.3.
Give up 1.4.x and go to 2.2.x+. Mongrel is not an option. Use thin or puma. I prefer puma, because it does not require eventamchine. Use mysql2 and not mysql adapter. This means that you have to use MySQL connector from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/c/ 6.0.2.

Good luck!

RE: Back to square 1 - Added by John W almost 12 years ago

Thanks to both of you!!

Will take a look

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