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We just started porting Amahi to Ubuntu. The support is highly experimental. There are a few important things to be fixed before you can run it with minimal tweaking. Please don't try it on a production server yet. We are using Ubuntu 912.04 LTS (jauntyPrecise Pangolin) Desktop 32 bit for development. We strongly recommend you to use the same for experiments. You can download this version from [http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download here].

* A development platform, running Ubuntu 912.04 LTS Desktop 32 bit and/or 64 bit with the recommended development packages installed.* An Amahi sandbox, running Ubuntu 912.04 LTS Desktop 32 bit '''preferably''' under [http://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox].

# Install Ubuntu 912.04 LTS Desktop 32 bit.

## sudo aptitude install build-essential## sudo apt-get install devscriptsupdate## sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts debhelper# Install git. # sudo aptitude install fakeroot lintian reprepro git-core

# Open VirtualBox and create a new guest platform for Ubuntu and install Ubuntu 912.04 LTS Desktop 32 bit.# Install VirtualBox guest additions in your Amahi sandbox.# sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils (do this inside your virtual machine!)

On your development platform, download Amahi source code from our git repository. # git clone git://git.amahi.org/amahi.git*Follow these steps to build Ubuntu packages. # After downloading the source, navigate to the platform directory (/trunk/platform).# Navigate to the package you wish to build (hdactl or platform).# (if appropriate) run "dch -i" to edit the changelog if you have made changes# run "make deb" to compile the packages# run "debuild" to create binary packages or "debuild -S" to create source packages.

# Set AMAHI_DEB_MAINTAINER environment variable. # export AMAHI_DEB_MAINTAINER="Full Name <you@domain.com>" You need to have a GnuPG key created for the e-mail address that you use in this field. It will be used to sign the package. You will be prompted for the passphrase when the package is built in the later stages.Architecture differences=# To build hdactl package, change to 'platform*No /etc/hdactl' directory and run 'make deb'sysconfig folder. # cd platform/hdactl # make deb You will find Instead, configuration is scattered all over the .deb file generated under platform/hdactl/release directoryplace.# To build hda-platform package, change to 'platform/platform' directory and run 'make deb'. # cd platform/platform # make deb You will find *Requires copying the .deb file generated under platform/platform/release directory.functions library required by several shellscripts (but works fine)

Instead of using FastCGI, perhaps package Amahi with capability to use Ubuntu'*<s native phusion passenger (aka mod_rails) package. Add the following line to >Apache mod_passenger</s> This has been implemented in the Third Party Software Sources:  deb http://apt.brightbox.net hardy main (The simplest way to do that installer since it is to create a file now in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ containing the deb instruction, and then run 'apt-get update')default repositories. Once you've done this then you can install Phusion Passenger by running:  apt-get install libapache2-mod-passenger