Debian Lenny Source Install Guide Edit

This guide shows you how to install RT 3.8.x from source using the Debian packages instead of the CPAN modules.

Install the needed Debian packages:

aptitude install \
       gcc \
       make \
       libc6-dev \
       libapache-dbi-perl \
       libapache-session-perl  \
       libcache-simple-timedexpiry-perl \
       libcalendar-simple-perl \
       libcgi-fast-perl \
       libclass-returnvalue-perl \
       libcss-squish-perl \
       libdata-ical-perl \
       libdbix-searchbuilder-perl \
       libemail-address-perl \
       libfcgi-perl \
       libfile-sharedir-perl \
       libfile-spec-perl \
       libfile-temp-perl \
       libgnupg-interface-perl \
       libgraphviz-perl \
       libhook-lexwrap-perl \
       libhtml-format-perl \
       libhtml-mason-perl  \
       libhtml-scrubber-perl  \
       libhtml-tree-perl \
       libhttp-server-simple-perl \
       liblocale-maketext-fuzzy-perl \
       liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl \
       liblog-dispatch-perl  \
       libmime-tools-perl \
       libmime-types-perl \
       libmodule-versions-report-perl \
       libnet-server-perl \
       libperlio-eol-perl \
       libregexp-common-perl \
       libterm-readkey-perl  \
       libtext-quoted-perl \
       libtext-template-perl \
       libtext-vfile-asdata-perl \
       libtext-wikiformat-perl  \
       libtext-wrapper-perl \
       libtime-modules-perl \
       libtree-simple-perl  \
       libuniversal-require-perl \
       libwww-perl \
       libxml-rss-perl \
       libgd-graph-perl \
       libcgi-pm-perl

Install CPAN modules where Debian packages currently not exist (they will be in squeeze):

cpan[1]> install HTML::RewriteAttributes HTTP::Server::Simple::Mason IPC::Run::SafeHandles

Download and install RT:

wget http://download.bestpractical.com/pub/rt/release/rt-3.8.x.tar.gz
tar xvzf rt-3.8.x.tar.gz
cd rt-3.8.x
./configure \
       --enable-graphviz \
       --enable-gd \
       --disable-gpg \
       --with-web-handler=modperl2 \
       --with-db-rt-user=rt_user \
       --with-db-rt-pass=rt_pass
make testdeps
make install