MSI Installer BETA Feedback

[SteveB]

The BETA of the Deki MSI installer is now available. You can download it from Sourceforge

Requirements for the MSI are Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista SP1. We're looking into adding support for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.

Please, DO NOT INSTALL the MSI on production systems. It's a BETA, you've been warned!

That said, we really need your help to figure out as many gotchas as possible in the installation process. Please report issues with screenshot and system information. Thanks!

[SteveB]

Just for the record, it appears that there is a yet undetermined problem when initializing the database.

Reported here:
http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blo...si_instal.html

[SteveB]

Seems like the issue is due to MySql running in STRICT mode, which isn't supported. See this thread:
http://forums.developer.mindtouch.co...ead.php?t=2693

[rjodwyer]

Hi,
Once installed and MySQL was set to the correct mode, I head to http://localhost and get nothing, i see the hdd wizzing away for about 10secs then it sits there trying to load a page. Do the solutions for some problems still apply to this build on windows?

One thing that also had to be done(although not sure if it made a difference) was to add the IIS_IUSR(guest account) to the program files\mindtouch folders. This didnt make any difference to the loading of localhost, it still hung

I love where you are going with this, as I am trying to somehow work this into replacing the somewhat limited wiki in Sharepoint.

Thanks,
Ryan

[brigettek]

Did you already get to the wiki installation page where you are prompted to enter database configuration information?

Also: The windows installer already grants IIS_IUSR permission to the necessary directories. You shouldn't need to do anything.

[utilizers]

When attempting to install the MSI Deki Wiki, I encounter the error message as recorded in the installer log file in the Temp folder:

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Action start 13:38:35: IISW3SVCInstall.
Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: IISW3SVCInstall, location: pkgmgr.exe, command: /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-HttpErrors
MSI (s) (04:C4) [13:38:37:480]: Product: MindTouch Deki 8.08beta -- Error 1721. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action: IISW3SVCInstall, location: pkgmgr.exe, command: /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-HttpErrors

Action ended 13:38:37: IISW3SVCInstall. Return value 3.
Action ended 13:38:37: INSTALL. Return value 3.
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I attempted to run the above install on a computer with Windows Vista Business SP1.

I also tried installing the MSI Deki Wiki on my laptop with Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 and installation process succeeded, however, I cannot point my web browser to http://localhost; no errors are thrown and nothing is displayed. You are not even prompted to type anything in; just a white-browser window is displayed and I've tried Safari as well as Firefox to see if any items are rendered.

UPDATE: I got around the error message by moving the MSI file to the root of my C:\ drive, running Command Prompt as Admin and then executing the MSI Deki Wiki from there. Now, when I launch the Deki Wiki in the browser, I receive this error message:

"ERROR: There was a fatal error during the install process - some required configuration or libraries are missing. Please install these libraries before attempting to install MindTouch Deki."

How can I tell what libraries I need to install?

[brigettek]

For system #1:
Are you able to run pkgmgr from the command line on your system?

If so, can you run:
pgkmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-HttpErrors

The installer detected that you do not have a IIS7 dependency installed and is trying to add it.

For system #2:
Is IIS running? Do you see the MindTouch Deki website on your IIS management console?

[utilizers]

For system #1:
Are you able to run pkgmgr from the command line on your system?

If so, can you run:
pgkmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-HttpErrors

The installer detected that you do not have a IIS7 dependency installed and is trying to add it.

For system #2:
Is IIS running? Do you see the MindTouch Deki website on your IIS management console?

After restarting my laptop (system #2), I'm now able to see the same results I see on system #1:
"ERROR: There was a fatal error during the install process - some required configuration or libraries are missing. Please install these libraries before attempting to install MindTouch Deki."

Besides PHP 5.2.6 and MySQL 5, what other libraries are required?
Is there a log file I can use to see what files are missing?

[brigettek]

You don't need to install php. The installer does that for you. All you need is the connection information to a MySql database.

Can you please check the pkgmgr thing I asked above.

[utilizers]

You don't need to install php. The installer does that for you. All you need is the connection information to a MySql database.

Can you please check the pkgmgr thing I asked above.

I see -- I was able to run the command you suggested and it appears to have completed. I'm uninstalling the current version of the MSI and reinstalling to see if it works now on laptop-System #2 this time.