Installation
  1. Create a directory where the generated reports shall be stored in. This directory should be below your web servers DOCUMENT_ROOT, if you intend to serve the reports using an IntraNet or InterNet web site.
  2. Create a directory for the Online Help pages. This directory must be located below the one created in step 1 and must be named help.
  3. Create a directory for the scripts. This directory must NOT be below your web servers document root but in a somehow safe place, only accessible by authorized users. This directory is referenced to as "~/scripts" from now on.
  4. Unpack the archive into the ~/scripts directory. Make sure to retain the directory structure inside the archive. A safe way to do so is to copy the orarep*.tgz file to the target directory, change into this directory and run the command tar xzf orarep*.tgz.
  5. Edit the configuration file to reflect your systems settings. The default configuration file is named config and to be found within the ~/scripts directory. For details on this step, see the chapter on configuration.
  6. Create the help pages. To do so, change to the ~/scripts/install directory and run the mkhelp.sh script located there. This will process the template (*.tpl) files and generate HTML files out of them, which will be placed into the help/ directory created in step 2. Other files needed there (as e.g. the help icon) will be copied as well.
  7. In six days G*d created the heavens and the earth (see Gen 1+2) - the seventh day is Shabbat, and He rested. So get yourself a cup of coffee, tea, or whatever drink you like, and relax for a moment - your (installation) work is done!
Now that you succeeded up to this point, continue with the usage page to read important things about how to call the ~/scripts/report.sh script. Maybe after a while you want to fine-tune your setup: read more about that on the configuration page.
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