can't install

[akkartik]

$ ./configure
sh: VERSION: No such file or directory
sh: crypto/VERSION: No such file or directory
sh: ssl/VERSION: No such file or directory
sh: tls/VERSION: No such file or directory
configure.ac:21: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version arguments
/usr/share/aclocal-1.14/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:21: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: echo failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1

Tracing the scripts it seems to be caused by the autoreconf -i -f in deps/libressl-portable. Am I missing some dependency? I ran this as directed:

$ sudo apt-get install gcc g++ gobjc cmake automake autoconf libtool pkg-config

[btrask]

Sorry, this is a bug in the configure script. You need to run ./update.sh in the deps/libressl-portable dir first. I'll put together a change ASAP.

[btrask]

For now I've just added it to the "Basic Installation" steps in INSTALL.md. I'll open an issue for making LibreSSL setup easier.

[btrask]

Let me know if you can get it working now.

[akkartik]

Yep, it compiled! Now when I try to run it I see this error:

Blog couldn't load template at .../blog/template/header.html
Blog server could not be initialized

Stopping StrongLink server...

The directory I gave it is just empty. Is it expecting some specific structure? Is it because I tried to run it directly from the build directory? (make install.. I'm not ready for that kind of commitment :) )

[btrask]

By default it tries to load templates from the installed path. What you can do instead is symlink (or copy) the res/blog directory into the repo directory that you're using.

Sorry for the problems, I'll add this to the install notes too!

[akkartik]

Thanks! I actually went searching for header.html, but only inside build, I think.. Anyway, that got me past that hurdle. Now I get this:

TLS config error: failed to load certificate file

Any hints? I've never actually successfully setup SSL before..

[btrask]

If you want to run without TLS, you need to set the SERVER_PORT_TLS to NULL in src/blog/main.c.

I hope this is the last hurdle, I can't think of any others.

Edit: I guess I'll change it to default TLS to off. Edit: pushed changes.

[akkartik]

It's up!

That wasn't too bad at all :) I think you're too apologetic in your install instructions. Tell people they need to man up and build from source :D

[btrask]

Great! Thanks for being so patient and helping me discover a lot of first-run problems.

I'm apologetic because most people won't go through 1% of what you did. But the project is still young...

[akkartik]

I have enough experience with my own projects to absolutely understand.

[btrask]

Can I ask what your interest is in StrongLink, what you'd like to get out of it or what you're looking for? And any other feedback you may have.

[akkartik]

It was a combination of:

a) reading your substance guide and wanting to look at the code that led to it, that came out of a seemingly like-minded belief system (http://akkartik.name/post/readable-bad). I like looking at other people's code (the kind that has been lovingly cultivated), and it's a long-standing frustration that it's never as easy as it should be, no matter how hard the author tries: http://akkartik.name/about

b) reading your principles of content addressing and wanting to see what a platform that meets it feels like. I have my own private note-taking system (evolved out of a single notes file, now in version control, sends 1% of items tagged 'publish' to my site/blog) so I'm interested in this space (wiki notebooks, federated wikis, delicious folksonomies, etc.) and am constantly on the lookout for ideas to steal.

While I was trying to get it running I somehow failed to notice that it powers your blog. Are most of your notes hosted by Stronglink publicly accessible, or is it 1% tip-of-the-iceberg, 99% dark-matter like my system?

[akkartik]

Ah, I now see this post of yours which partially answers my question.

[akkartik]

Reminds me of this ancient thing I built.

[btrask]

Wow, great stuff. I will read through everything you posted.

Of my notes about 1500 are public and 7000 are private. So it's a lot more than 1% but still a small fraction. I want to publish more of them over time but it's a lot of effort just going through them.

I tend to write about everything, so I will probably do a blog post on this discussion tonight/tomorrow. I will put full stats in there too (and explain the sln-stats tool that anyone can run).

[akkartik]

:+1: I sent you an email. Let me know if you'd prefer to continue here or elsewhere.

[btrask]

I believe bug trackers should be considered the "user interface" of a software project, so I don't mind talking here to keep the conversation public if you want. And by all means please send me all your comments until you get bored!

[btrask]

BTW I don't have internet at home, so I basically only get online once a day (at most). That is why my responses are sometimes delayed.

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