install etherpad-lite

github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite

Install etherpad-lite in squeeze

sudo aptitude install gzip git-core curl python libssl-dev pkg-config build-essential
sudo adduser --disabled-login --no-create-home etherpad-lite
git clone https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite.git
sudo mv etherpad-lite /usr/local
sudo chown -R etherpad-lite. /usr/local/etherpad-lite
sudo mkdir /var/log/etherpad-lite               
sudo chown etherpad-lite. /var/log/etherpad-lite

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.15/node-v0.6.15.tar.gz
tar -xvzf node-v0.6.15.tar.gz 
cd node-v0.6.15
./configure && make
sudo make install


cd /usr/local/etherpad-lite
sudo bin/installDeps.sh
sudo -u etherpad-lite bin/run.sh

sudo vim /etc/init.d/etherpad-lite
# add the text in https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/How-to-deploy-Etherpad-Lite-as-a-service
# and replace EPLITE_DIR with our path
EPLITE_DIR="/usr/local/etherpad-lite"

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/etherpad-lite
update-rc.d etherpad-lite defaults

Install etherpad-lite in sid

sudo aptitude install gzip git-core curl python libssl-dev pkg-config build-essential
sudo adduser --disabled-login --no-create-home etherpad-lite
git clone https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite.git
sudo mv etherpad-lite /usr/local
sudo chown -R etherpad-lite. /usr/local/etherpad-lite
sudo mkdir /var/log/etherpad-lite               
sudo chown etherpad-lite. /var/log/etherpad-lite

sudo aptitude install nodejs npm

cd /usr/local/etherpad-lite
sudo bin/installDeps.sh
sudo -u etherpad-lite bin/run.sh

sudo vim /etc/init.d/etherpad-lite
# add the text in https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/How-to-deploy-Etherpad-Lite-as-a-service
# and replace EPLITE_DIR with our path
EPLITE_DIR="/usr/local/etherpad-lite"

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/etherpad-lite
update-rc.d etherpad-lite defaults
 

i’m curious about the use of node-v0.6.15 (latest is v0.6.19). is 0.6.15 more stable, in your experience?

 
   

no idea, i wrote this quick howto months ago (thought cp here yesterday) and 0.6.15 was the last version by then…