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Catalog requires perl5.005_02 or higher and MySQL-3.22.19a-gamma or higher
to run. More detailed instructions may be found in the distribution.
Since the user interface to Catalog is only HTML and not command
line oriented, the installation process will install a cgi-bin on the
local machine. Before installing Catalog you should therefore know
where are located your cgi-bin (let's say it's the CGIDIR directory).
To install the Catalog software follow these steps:
If something went wrong, check See section Troubleshooting.
Now that the software is installed you should be able to display the
HTML control panel page. Check that your
MySQL server is running. Assuming that your machine is
www.mymachine.org the URL for the control panel should be something
like
http://www.mymachine.org/cgi-bin/Catalog?context=ccontrol_panel
Copy this URL, change www.mymachine.org with your host name. If you are reading this documentation in HTML format with your browser, open a new browser window and place it beside the window containing this documentation. Now go to the URL you've just edited.
You should now see the control panel. The following chapter is a guide that shows you how to create your first catalog from scratch. If you don't get the control panel, See section Troubleshooting.
The Catalog management guide chapter will show you how to build a fully functional catalog, using an example installed with Catalog, See section Catalog management guide.
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