Umagurl Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 Hey! Im determined to install Moveable type. Never done this before, so the first step, I'm already confused: The following files are Perl scripts: mt-add-notify.cgi, mt-check.cgi, mt-comments.cgi, mt-load.cgi, mt-send-entry.cgi, mt-tb.cgi, mt-search.cgi, mt.cfg, mt-xmlrpc.cgi, and mt-view.cgi. The first line of each of these files must contain the path to Perl on your webserver; typically this is #!/usr/bin/perl. You may need to change this if Perl is at a different location on your webserver, such as /usr/local/bin/perl. If you do need to change the setting, take care not to remove the -w at the end of the first line in each file; this setting turns on warnings in Perl, and it is important that it be left on. Can someone who has installed MT break this down for me? Also, do I need to install the version with libraries or no libraries?! Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rick Posted March 30, 2003 Share Posted March 30, 2003 You don't need to worry about changing the path to the Perl modules. There is a pretty good description of the steps to take at this link on the Help Page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolageek Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 I've used probably 8 or 9 hosts in my time - I don't think I've ever had to change the #!/usr/bin/perl line. It's pretty much always going to be that. Vincent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidcourage Posted February 14, 2005 Share Posted February 14, 2005 The MT install is so easy. Change the 4-5 lines in the mt.cfg CHMOD the cgi's to 755 create a directory called db CHMOD the db and image directory to 777 run the mt-check.cgi and then the mt-load.cgi MT's installation guide reads a lot harder than it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chroniker Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I just recently installed MT and the way that I did it was to upload the movabletype tar.gz and extract to the server. My problem was/is configuring mt.cfg, and you must set permissions on all cgi to 755. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaz Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Same with me, MTs Install Manual makes it really hard, I dont use MT now im going back to greymatter, MT costs now and the free version wont allow un-limited blogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Check out WordPress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Same with me, MTs Install Manual makes it really hard, I dont use MT now im going back to greymatter, MT costs now and the free version wont allow un-limited blogs <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Greymatter is a banned script Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Tim Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Greymatter is a banned script <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Known to eat up resources on the server is why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Yes it a resource hog and as a perl script not as secure as php it is banned on most shared hosts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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