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<h1>Installation</h1>
<p>The examples in this document assumes you're using Linux and Apache. The Apaches document root is in <code>/var/www</code> and VideoDB is to be installed in <code>/var/www/videodb</code>. But it shouldn't be difficult for you to follow the steps with any other environment.</p>
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<h2>Requirements</h2>
<p>VideoDB works with the typical LAMP and WAMP environments. Here are the requirements in detail:</p>
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<li>A Webserver wich supports PHP (<a href="http://httpd.apache.org" target="_blank">Apache</a> recommended)</li>
<li>A recent version of <a href="http://www.php.net" target="_blank">PHP 4</a>, at least 4.1.0 is required</li>
<li>A <a href="http://www.mysql.com" target="_blank">MySQL</a> Database</li>
<li>A WebBrowser (something new is probably better)</li>
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<h2>First time installation</h2>
<p>Unzip the tarball into a directory below your webserver document root and make the cache directories writable.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
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$> cd /var/www
$> tar -xzvf ~/videodb-*.tgz
$> chmod 777 videodb/cache/*
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<p>Then create a new database using the <code>install.sql</code> file in the <code>install</code> directory</p>
<p>Example:</p>
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$> mysqladmin -p create videodb
$> mysql -p videodb < /var/www/videodb/install/install.sql
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<p>Now edit the <code>config.inc.php</code> file to match your database settings.</p>
<p>Thats it. Now point your webbrowser to your new videodb and add some movies</p>
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<h2>Update from a previous version</h2>
<p>For updating from a previous version just delete all files but the cache directory and keep your database. Then unzip the new tarball as described <a href="installation.html#firsttime">above</a>. Then apply the <code>upgrade.sql</code> to your database using the the <code>-f</code> parameter to ignore errors.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
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$> mysql -p -f videodb < /var/www/videodb/install/upgrade.sql
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