Centos 7
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Objective
Configure and test installation of Amahi 9 with CentOS 7.2 for potential adoption for the next Amahi release. This is ONLY for development testing by the Amahi staff!
To Do
- Create Amahi repo
Create apps for C7- Test Apps (only phpSysInfo has been tested)
- Build Amahi-specific RPMs (amahi-anywhere, amahi-greyhole, amahi-plex, amahi-sync, amahi-netboot)
- Test Netinstall method
- Build apps testbot
- Create custom Amahi CentOS 7 ISO (see Create Custom Centos 7 Kickstart boot CD ISO)
Installation
CentOS 7
Download CentOS 7.2:
- Netinstall ISO (376MB):
- Minimal ISO (603MB):
- HTTP - CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso
- Torrent - CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.torrent
Follow the CentOS 7 Minimal Server install guidance using Minimal ISO and create a user (DON'T set root password).
Amahi
Installation must be done as root user.
- Install dependencies:
yum install epel-release nano psmisc wget yum install gcc mysql-devel ruby-devel rubygems
- Download custom packages:
wget http://tdstatic.net/RPMs/hda-ctl-7.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm wget http://tdstatic.net/RPMs/hda-platform-9.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm wget http://tdstatic.net/RPMs/rubygem-mysql2-0.4.4-1.x86-64.rpm wget http://tdstatic.net/RPMs/rubygem-ruby-dbus-0.11.1-1.noarch.rpm
- Install custom packages:
yum localinstall hda-ctl-7.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm yum localinstall hda-platform-9.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm yum localinstall rubygem-mysql2-0.4.4-1.x86-64.rpm yum localinstall rubygem-ruby-dbus-0.11.1-1.noarch.rpm
- Install Ruby Gems:
gem install mysql2 ruby-dbus
- Install Amahi:
hda-install INSTALL_CODE
Known Issues
- rubygem-mysql2 and rubygem-ruby-dbus packages not available in CentOS or EPEL repo
- Dashboard reflects MariaDB server not running (Bug #1802)
- Not all app dependencies available in CentOS or EPEL repo (i.e. calibre is not)
- Missing packages affects some apps
- PHP 5.5 not available in the CentOS or EPEL repo (see PHP 5.5) as
- RPM Fusion Repos do not appear available for CentOS 7 (see RPM Fusion)
Bug Reports
See Amahi Bug #2081 for development progress.
Development Notes
- Install of CentOS 7.2 Minimal ISO is the only tested method
- Procedures for Amahi install have not been sufficiently tested
- Platform (Bug #1386) checklist was completed with no issues
