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Installation Guide for OberonPLM in Ubuntu 11.04

Installing OberonPLM is not to be considered a one click story. Even with these steps, there are errors when I try to do something more advanced in the web-gui. I am currently investigating this.

These are the components that you need to install and configure:
-JDK, Java Development Kit from Sun. Version 6 of the JDK is used.
-Tomcat Webserver (for the Webapplication to run)
-MySQL
-Oberon 2.4 (Oberon Framework and Database)

JDK

1. Open synaptics (System -> Administration -> Synaptics)
2. Enable Canonical-partners in the repository settings.
3. Install sun-java6-jdk. (after this I removed openjdk, so that it is not being used for sure, it is also possible to use a relinker tool so that both coexist)

Tomcat Webserver

1. Search for tomcat in synaptics, choose tomcat6 and press apply.
2. Search for tomcat6-admin, choose it and press apply.

MySQL

1. Search for mysql in synaptics, choose mysql-server
2. Search for mysql gui, choose mysql-admin
3. Run Program -> Programming -> MySQL Administrator
4. Choose Catalogs, rightclick under mysql and choose CREATE Schema: OBERON
5. The installation program in oberon will set the user properties up itself.

Oberon 2.4
Download Oberon 2-4.zip.
run install.sh in a terminal. (sh install.sh)
JDK Path=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26

Database parameters
Database Server Host
IP: 127.0.0.1
Port: 3306
Database: OBERON

Database user
UserName: OBERON
Password: *****

Database root access
UserName: root
Password: *****

Oberon Administrator
User Password: ***********

Configure Tomcat6:
Open a terminal and execute the command:
>sudo nano /var/lib/tomcat6/conf/tomcat-users.xml (or whatever editor you prefer)
Add a manager, by reading the instructions in the xml-file. Remember the username and password for the user that has the manager priviliges.

Restart the tomcatserver by doing this in a terminal:
>sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart

Importing Database for OberonPLM
Open a terminal:
>cd (to the directory where oberon 2.4 is extracted)

PDM_Schema.XML -> Edit filepath for LA1, LA2,LA3, PDM_Store

>sh startdesign.sh (Designwindow should pop up, it should run as admin)

Choose Dump -> Import -> PDM_Schema.XML (you need to have the OberonPLM extracted first, and you should check the overwrite box)
Now do the import sequence again but don't check the overwrite box, check the feature box instead.

Now choose Dictionary -> Import -> PDM_Translations.xml.

Installing the Oberon Web Application + add Oberon PLM to it
Download the Oberon Web Application, rename oberon (top folder) to oberonPLM, and rename APP_MODULE1 -> PDM.

Extract OberonPLM web application into the oberonPLM folder.

Edit oberonPLM\WEB-INF\classes\oberon.properties according to http://www.oberonplatform.com/configure.php.

Launch the designapplication once more.

Now zip this together and rename it to war instead of zip, and place it in the tomcat application folder. It should install itself.


 

This should be it. But it wasn't for me. I have no idea what is missing or if the application even is supposed to be complete after these steps, or if it is even in a working state.

Oberon - OberonPLM

Recently I have struggled trying to get Oberon with the OberonPLM application to run properly. This seems to be a very difficult task. At the best I end up with what's seen in this picture. However it crashes on syntax error when I try to create items. I wonder if this a complete application, or if it is still under development?

Exchange 2007 & Evolution in Ubuntu 11.04

In order to connect to an Exchange server, the 2007 version you need the package evolution-mapi.





When the evolution-mapi-package is installed, configure your account with the protocol called Evolution-mapi. If your server-version of exchange is 2003, this is not needed. Of course when the next version of the exchange server is released, you will not be able to connect for a while, and this goes on and on...!