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  • This installation guide assumes that you have the Apache HTTPD webserver installed.


  • Extract the Vanilla unix distribution (vanilla-x.y.z.tar.gz) to a directory of your choice (e.g. /usr/local/vanilla/).


  • Download REBOL/Core from http://www.rebol.com/platforms.shtml. You can use the direct link ftp://ftp.rebol.com/pub/downloads/core/rebol042 if you like.


  • Place rebol042 in a proper directory (e.g. /usr/local/bin/) and make it executable (e.g. chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rebol042).


  • Copy wrapper.cgi and vanilla.r.conf into Apache's cgi-bin directory.


  • Rename wrapper.cgi to vanilla.cgi and vanilla.r.conf to vanilla.cgi.conf.


  • Edit vanilla.cgi with your favorite text-editor and change the first line to point to your REBOL/Core executable (e.g. change it to #!/usr/local/bin/rebol042 -cs)


  • Execute chmod.sh in your vanilla root (e.g.
    $ cd /usr/local/vanilla
    $ ./chmod.sh
    )


  • You're almost done! Edit vanilla.cgi.conf and adapt at least vanilla-space-identifier and vanilla-root.


    • Use some random string as vanilla-space-identifier, for example the current date and time (e.g. vanilla-space-identifier: "2003-09-22 01:51").


    • "vanilla-root" must point to your Vanilla installation directory (e.g. vanilla-root: "/usr/local/vanilla/"). Do not forget the trailing slash! (it must be "/usr/local/vanilla/" but not "/usr/local/vanilla").


  • Finally you have to link the vanilla resources into your webserver, so you can enjoy the full beauty of your brand new vanilla. Go to the document-root of your webserver (e.g. /var/www/mywebspace) and link the res directory there:
    $ cd /var/www/mywebspace
    $ ln -s /usr/local/vanilla/res/ resources


  • That's it for now, you should now be able to access your Vanilla instance thru a browser, try http://localhost/cgi-bin/vanilla.cgi.
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