Installing Slim Server v 6.x on Debian

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/* become root */
sudo su

/* setup slimserver group and user (system requires no password) */
adduser --system --group slimserver

/* get the packages you'll need */
apt-get install libexpat1-dev libappconfig-perl libhtml-element-extended-perl libc6-dev

/* move the source from where ever you downloaded it to /usr/local */
mv /home/*your user*/Desktop/SlimServer_6_2_x_v2006-01-01.tar.gz /usr/local
cd /usr/local

/* unpack slimserver code (don't worry it wont explode into /usr/local)*/
tar -xzvf SlimServer_6_2_x_v2006-01-01.tar.gz

/* give a pseudonym to the real directory */
ln -s SlimServer_6_2_x_v2006-01-01 slimserver

/* set owners */
chown -RH root:slimserver /usr/local/slimserver

/* create pref file with write permissions for slimserver */
touch /etc/slimserver.pref
chown slimserver /etc/slimserver.pref
chmod 755 /etc/slimserver.pref

/* create startup script */
nano /etc/init.d/slimserver
cut & paste:

#!/bin/sh

# slimserver init script for Debian Linux
#
# This script expects slimserver to be installed in
# /usr/local/slimserver
#
# logfile will be written to
# /tmp/slimserver.log
#

DAEMON=/usr/local/slimserver/slimserver.pl
PIDFILE=/var/tmp/slimserver.pid
LOGFILE=/tmp/slimserver.log
USER=slimserver
SLIMSERVER_OPTS=""

test -x ${DAEMON} || exit 0

case "$1" in
start) echo -n "Starting Slimserver: "
HOME=/home/$USER
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $DAEMON \
--chuid ${USER} -- --daemon \
--prefsfile=/etc/slimserver.pref --pidfile=${PIDFILE} \
--logfile=${LOGFILE} ${SLIMSERVER_OPTS}
echo "slimserver"
;;

stop) echo -n "Stopping Slimserver: "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --user ${USER} --pidfile ${PIDFILE} --retry 5
echo "done"
;;

force-reload|restart) $0 stop
$0 start
;;

*) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1;
;;

esac

exit 0

(save file)

chmod 744 /etc/init.d/slimserver

/* Download and install some modules */
/usr/local/slimserver/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl
(When prompted, I downloaded the files to /home/slimserver)
(Don't worry about the signedness warnings, they seem to affect nothing.)

/* start slimserver */
/etc/init.d/slimserver start
(go to http://localhost:9000 to make sure its working)

/* add to init */
update-rc.d slimserver defaults

/* stop being root */
exit

-- RyanEgeland - 07 Feb 2006