[Zope] Zope Newbie Needs Install Help

[Heiko Stoermer]

John,
smile for a while...
:)

I don't want to frustrate you, but installing it was the slightest
problem...

One thing that might be important for you: Zope _requires_ python ver.
1.5.2.
AFAIK it will not work with any other version. so if you have python
preinstalled on your machines, you're likely to run into problems
because
1.5.2 is not the latest python release!

On my Debian/Linux, I just grabbed the latest binary beta release for
Linux
(Beta6), and installed it according to the README. It was absolutely no
problem.

You might want to check your python interpreter and then report to the
list
if this was the problem.
and next time: ask the list members earlier ;)  I found all of these
people
to be extremely nice, they helped me an awful lot.

Heiko.


John Turner wrote:

> Hello, All -
>
> My apologies if this is a sore subject with list members.
>
> Zope has been generating a lot of buzz, so I decided to check it out.  I
> have been through the bugs list, the online docs, the docs distributed
> with Zope, and have searched this list, to no avail.  Joining the list is
> my last resort.
>
> Basically, after two weeks of trying, I have yet to get Zope to work.  I
> have tried it on the following:
>
> - redhat 6, compiled from source, on a system with a working
> Apache/PHP/MySQL configuration
>
> - WinNT4 using the Zope Win32 binary release
>
> - Win98 using the Zope Win32 binary release
>
> - linux MIPS (Cobalt RaQ2 server) compiled from source, also with a
> working Apache/PHP/MySQL configuration
>
> Nothing has worked so far.  It is very frustrating.  The docs do not
> coincide with the actual software (port numbers are wrong, installation
> steps that are listed in the docs don't happen when you install the
> software, etc).
>
> It certainly hasn't been fun.  From the traffic on this list, it looks
> like Zope is actually something that works, but so far, I have yet to see
> it.  I'm still eager to try it, but my eagerness is fading fast! <grin>
> I'm an accomplished webmaster with experience on many platforms, and I've
> found my experiences so far with Zope to be extremely discouraging.
>
> Are there any other docs that are better than those found at zope.org and
> distributed with the code?  Is there an installation/troubleshooting FAQ
> other than the one at zope.org?
>
> I've tried Zope as PCGI with an existing webserver, and also with the
> built-in HTTPServer.  Starting up Zope with it's own server on Win32 gets
> nothing on either port 8080 or port 9763.  The start.bat file is using the
> wrong python executable (python was already installed on the system).  The
> problems go on and on, I will not bore you with them.
>
> Any and all help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I realize my
> problems and issues may be trivial to most of you, judging by the
> qualities of the posts on this list that I've seen so far.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide to this Zope newbie.
>
> - John Turner
>
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--
Heiko Stoermer
MIG Augsburg