[Zope] Help Installing Zope Products

J C Lawrence claw@kanga.nu
Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:34:19 -0800


On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:46:40 +0000 
Pedro Sanchez <psanchez@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:

> Hello, I'm starting to play with zope and I'm running into
> problems when installing "products." More specifically I'm trying
> to install Squishdot following the instructions in the
> distribution. Basically, I untar the files under zope root's
> directory (/var/lib/zope in Debian GNU/Linux which is the platform
> I use) and then I restart the server. I'm supposed to see the
> products right there or under "Product Management" but I see
> nothing.

You're getting tha path slightly wrong.  There's also a squishdot
.deb if you want to follow the simple route:

$ dpkg -L squishdot
...
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Changes.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Credits.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/License.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/README.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot.py
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_editForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_index_html.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_mail_html.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_manage_postings.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_manage_subjects.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_posting_html.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_previewForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_rdf_rss.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_searchForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishdot_searchResults.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/Squishfile.py
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/__init__.py
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/addPostingForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/addSquishdotForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/comment.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/editPostingForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/posting.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/showError.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/showMessage.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/squishdot.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/squishfile.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/squishlogo.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/validArticle.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/validComment.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/version.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Squishdot_index_html.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Squishdot_mail_html.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Squishdot_posting_html.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Squishdot_previewForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Squishdot_searchForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Squishdot_searchResults.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/addPostingForm.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/bottom_items.tbl
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/leftbox_items.tbl
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_items.tbl
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/site_footer.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/site_header.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/advert.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/bluepix.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/botshadow.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/greenpix.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/roundedge.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/rtbotshadow.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/rtshadow.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/Images/sitetitle.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/dc.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/dope.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/dtml.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/help.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/squish.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/zdp.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/zope.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/zopedev.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/TopicImages/zserver.gif
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/images.zip
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message1.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message10.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message2.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message3.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message4.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message5.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message6.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message7.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message8.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/messages/message9.txt
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/misc_methods
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/misc_methods/advertising.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/misc_methods/copyright.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/misc_methods/quotation.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/newtables
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/newtables/bottom_items.tbl
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/newtables/leftbox_items.tbl
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/newtables/rightbox_items.tbl
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_methods
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_methods/features.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_methods/prevarticles.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_methods/quicklinks.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_methods/reqcomments.dtml
/usr/lib/zope/lib/python/Products/Squishdot/demo/rightbox_methods/reviews.dtml
...
/usr/share/doc/squishdot/README.Debian
/usr/share/doc/squishdot/copyright
/usr/share/doc/squishdot/changelog.Debian.gz

> I managed to install ZPhotoAlbum because it comes with a .zexp
> file that allowed me to import the product into zope (I copied
> this file to /var/lib/zope/imports). But Squishdot doesn't have
> this.

# apt-get install squishdot ?

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