Here you can find detailed installation instructions for all Fossology packages (and the source tarball).

We are still figuring out how to do this without loads of duplicated information. So the info here is still pretty sparse.

Suggestion: Label a new page for each cookbook with a name such as “Distro+Fossology version” for clarity

If you have any trouble installing from these packages, please write to our mailing list fossology@fossology.org. The Debian packages tend to be much better tested than the rpm based packages since most of the developers use Debian.

The FOSSology source code ships with a text file called INSTALL. This file contains detailed instructions for how to perform an installation of FOSSology on nearly any system.

• FOSSology version 1.0 INSTALL file

• FOSSology version 1.1 INSTALL file

If you are upgrading FOSSology from a previously installed deb package, then follow these easy steps:

• Stop the scheduler:

  sudo /etc/init.d/fossology stop

• Verify you have this entry in your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

  deb http://fossology.org/debian/ ./

• And then

  apt-get update; apt-get install fossology

• Follow the instructions under known_issues to edit/verify the Scheduler.conf file for fo_notify.

• Check the scheduler configuration with:

  sudo /usr/lib/fossology/fossology-scheduler -t

• Examine the logfile for errors (/var/log/fossology/fossology.log). If there are no errors, you should see “STATUS: All scheduler agents are operational.” at the end of the file.

• Start the scheduler

  sudo /etc/init.d/fossology start

You're done!

If you are upgrading a 1.0.0 FOSSology installation built from source using the new 1.1.0 tarball follow these directions:

• Stop the scheduler:

  sudo /etc/init.d/fossology stop

• Uncompress the fossology-1.1.0.tar.gz file into a build directory and build.

  tar -xzvf fossology-1.1.0.tar.gz
  cd fossology-1.1.0
  make
  sudo make install

• Run fo-postinstall to build the perform verification, data initialization (if any) and build the license cache file.

  sudo /usr/local/lib/fossology/fo-postinstall

• Follow the instructions under known_issues to edit/verify the Scheduler.conf file for fo_notify.

• Check the scheduler configuration with:

  sudo /usr/lib/fossology/fossology-scheduler -t

• Examine the logfile for errors (/var/log/fossology/fossology.log). If there are no errors, you should see “STATUS: All scheduler agents are operational.” at the end of the file.

• Start the scheduler

  sudo /etc/init.d/fossology start

You're done!