r_eto_x ([info]r_eto_x) wrote in [info]lj_dev,
@ 2008-05-25 14:30:00
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Windows?
I realize that this is probably a pathetic question, but I've been wanting to set up an intranet LJ system. The only operating system we have is Windows, though. I'm pretty new to these types of installations, and while I've gone through the manual and did my best to set up the LJ, I haven't been able to figure out how to properly install it on Windows. Some parts worked, but a few of the commands were unrecognized by the command prompt and I have no idea how to "translate" them. I have the latest versions of MySQL, Apache, and ActivePerl and am running a Windows XP.

This is more of a "for fun" thing, but I'd still like to get this set up. Could anyone with experience running LJ on Windows walk me through the differences from the normal, or is it impossible?


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[info]mart
2008-05-25 08:37 pm UTC (link)

I would suggest that running LiveJournal on a Windows system is going to be an uphill struggle. You might like to consider the possibility of running some Linux distribution -- LiveJournal.com runs on Debian Sarge, for example -- in a virtual machine (VMWare Server, for example).

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[info]pauamma
2008-05-25 08:59 pm UTC (link)
As mart pointed out, the command line utilities (and everything that doesn't run under control of Apache - cron jobs, gearman or TheSchwartz workers, etc...) are going to be very hard. If you can't run it on a *nix flavor (either on the bare metal or under VMware or something similar), you might be able to make it limp along under Cygwin. But it's probably not worth the effort.

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