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Installation problem #1373

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I wasted much time trying to find:
1. exact list of modules and servers which are necessary to be installed before 
bbb installation. So I failed to install bbb to CentOS, to Ubuntu 12 and at the 
second attempt I installed it to Ubuntu 10.04 (try-and-pray method). Why nobody 
compiled instraction, that would comprise some common description for 
installing process. I.e.: a. Install U10.04 without any server. b. Add repos 
(which and how?). Install mysqld, nginx, red5, Tomcat, ActiveMQ, Openoffice, 
Immagemagic, Freeswitch (How? What elese?) c. Configure nginx (how and what?), 
... d. Install bbb e. Configure bbb. Maybe I lost anything and confused, but 
such Instruction is a must for the project.
2. Where and how someone may make a course in the bbb?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zatsepin...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2012 at 5:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi,

We recommend installing on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit or 64-bit using packaging.

There are many components to BigBlueButton, and they all must be configured 
correctly for the system to work.    We found that, in the past, when we had 
detailed installation instructions, users would attempt to go through the steps 
and make some error along the way.  They would then post to our setup mailing 
list saying "Help, my system does't work!"

We would then spend quite a bit of time (with many e-mails) trying to determine 
what step they missed in the setup.  Time is a precious commodity.  We finally 
decided that the BigBlueButton community was better served if we focused our 
time on improving BigBlueButton.  

As a result, we made a number of quality vs. quantity decisions.   We choose 
Ubuntu over CentOS.  Rather than try to support two distributions, with a lower 
level of quality, we design, develop, package, and deploy on one, and we make 
sure it works really well.  We choose FreeSWITCH over Asterisk, and we choose a 
package installation over detailed, step-by-step instructions.

Obviously, everyone would like us to support all possible configurations, but 
that's not possible, so we make a quality vs. quantity decisions.

Is it an option for you to install on Ubuntu 10.04? If so, you'll have 
BigBlueButton running in about 30 minutes.

Original comment by ffdixon@gmail.com on 16 Dec 2012 at 5:14