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| author | Amitai Schlair <schmonz@magnetic-babysitter.(none)> | 2009-08-14 17:43:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Amitai Schlair <schmonz@magnetic-babysitter.(none)> | 2009-08-14 17:43:12 -0400 |
| commit | 68d9d7d7cb0063209db07da13bc78a1bd0fd37b6 (patch) | |
| tree | f3a555670782982270d28fd6f19da442e54188fb /doc/tips/DreamHost/discussion.mdwn | |
| parent | b137edd0e7aebe47b771a4dffcb4d1c68b59b530 (diff) | |
switched my DreamHost install to pkgsrc, happily
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diff --git a/doc/tips/DreamHost/discussion.mdwn b/doc/tips/DreamHost/discussion.mdwn index 74f48938e..258d385ae 100644 --- a/doc/tips/DreamHost/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/DreamHost/discussion.mdwn @@ -3,3 +3,16 @@ I managed to install ikiwiki on eggplant farms, with most basic features except I think ikiwiki is more suitable for VPS/dedicated server. Shared hosting doesn't fit. I just (2009/04/27) installed ikiwiki on DreamHost and the CPAN instructions here are unnecessarily complicated. I used "cpan" instead of "perl -MCPAN -e shell" and had no trouble with that portion of the install. --[[schmonz]] + +After tiring of managing things by hand, I've switched to using +pkgsrc as an unprivileged user. This uses a bit more disk for my +own copies of perl, python, etc., but in exchange I can `cd +.../pkgsrc/www/ikiwiki && make install` and everything just works. +Plus I get all the benefits of a package system, like easy uninstalling +and being notified of outdated or insecure software. + +The only catch: sometimes the package dependency tree gets too deep +for DreamHost's user process limit, resulting in build death. I +work around this by resuming the build partway down the tree, then +trying again from whatever I was actually trying to install. +--[[schmonz]] |