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=Current state=
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].
=Requirements=
You may want to have two different installations of Ubuntu.
* 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].
Please don't install the Amahi packages on the development platform as this might break your networking.
=Setting up the development platform=
# Install Ubuntu 912.04 LTS Desktop 32 bit.
# Install essential build toolchain.
## sudo apt-get update
## sudo apt-get install build-essential## sudo apt-get install devscripts## sudo apt-get install debhelper## sudo apt-get install fakeroot## sudo apt-get install lintian# Install git. # sudo aptitude install reprepro git-core
# Read [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete Ubuntu packaging guide] to get an idea of other additional packages that you may want to install to create Ubuntu packages. I will list the packages to make your part easier at a later point.
=Setting up the Amahi sandbox=
# Install [http://www.virtualbox.org/ Sun VirtualBox]. # sudo aptitude install virtualbox-ose
# 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!)
# Setup VirtualBox folder sharing between your development platform and Amahi sandbox.
 
Of course you can also download virtualbox from the virtualbox website and install the guest additions from the virtual CD with these additions (select install guest additions from the menu to mount the CD).
=Amahi source code=
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. Update Changelog 1. If you are repackaging for a new version Run dch -v with the version number currently in the makefile. Where you run the command depends on if you are changing hdactl or hda-platform. # cd deb/ubuntu/karmic/hdactl OR # cd deb/ubuntu/karmic/hda-platform  # dch -v <version number>  Add the changes that you made to the system. If you are just updating for a new version state so.  If you are not changing the version number run dch -a. Where you run the command depends on if you are changing hdactl or hda-platform. # cd deb/ubuntu/karmic/hdactl OR # cd deb/ubuntu/karmic/hda-platform
# dch -a NOTE: If you are just building a .deb for your own testing you can just run make deb or continue to step 2.  2. To build hdactl packageAfter downloading the source, change navigate to 'the platformdirectory (/trunk/hdactl' directory and run 'make deb'platform).  # cd platform/hdactl # make deb  You will find Navigate to the .deb file generated under platform/hdactl/release directory. 3. To build hda-platform package, change you wish to 'platform/build (hdactl or platform' directory and run 'make deb').  # cd platform/platform(if appropriate) run "dch -i" to edit the changelog if you have made changes # run "make deb  You will find " to compile the .deb file generated under platform/platform/releasepackages directory# run "debuild" to create binary packages or "debuild -S" to create source packages.
=Architecture differences=
*No /etc/sysconfig folder. Instead, configuration is scattered all over the place.
*Requires copying the functions library required by several shellscripts (but works fine)
* Apache runs as 'www-data' instead of 'apache'.
** Fix - Edit /var/hda/platform/html/script/install-app the following:
uid = Etc.getpwnam("apache").uid
* Alternative Fix:
** Edit the file /etc/apache2/envvars to set the apache user to 'apache' as opposed to 'www-data'
=Post install gotchas (asp's notes)=
After building the deb packages above and installing using the Ubuntu pkg installer, was able to then startup hdactl (using '/etc/init.d/hdactl start') and then http;//hda worked.
 
# Had to install the pluginfactory gem by running 'gem install -no-rdoc -no-ri pluginfactory'
# Noticed that Apache runs as 'www-data' on Ubuntu instead of 'apache' user like on Fedora. Amahi-app-installer.log indicated 'apache' user was not found after attempting to install an app on Application tab of platform.
= Known Bugs =
Check out our project at [http://bugs.amahi.org/projects/show/ubuntu our bugtracker]
=Considerations=
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
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