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 1) To get cvsweb.cgi to work, make sure that you  1) To get cvsweb.cgi to work, make sure that you have Perl 5.005_03 or
    have Perl 5 installed and a web server which is capable     newer installed and a web server which is capable of executing CGI
    of executing cgi-scripts.     scripts.
   
      The following Perl modules are required.  Chances are that some of
      these are already installed with your Perl distribution.  The oldest
      Perl distributions, if any, that already ship with these modules have
      been marked below.  If your Perl doesn't have some of the modules,
      you can get them from CPAN, <http://www.cpan.org/>.  Be sure to
      install also the prerequisites these modules may have.  Note that
      this list contains only modules that aren't already part of Perl
      5.005_03 and newer.
   
   
          Module name         Ships with Perl version
          -------------------------------------------
          File::Temp          5.8.0
   
    Surprisingly enough, you need to have cvs installed.  The recommended     Surprisingly enough, you need to have cvs installed.  The recommended
    version of cvs is 1.11 or newer.  Older cvs versions may work with     version of cvs is 1.11 or newer.  Older cvs versions may work with
    more or less quirks, YMMV.     more or less quirks, YMMV.
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    Currently, you'll also need to have the GNU RCS utilities  'rlog',     Currently, you'll also need to have the GNU RCS utilities  'rlog',
    'rcsdiff' installed (current version is 5.7).     'rcsdiff' installed (current version is 5.7).
   
    This will change if cvs will be able     This may change if cvs will be able to serve these functions without
    to serve these functions without having a working directory     having a working directory [see TODO].
    [see TODO]  
    Note that the cvsweb.cgi script needs to have physical  
    access to the repository (or a copy of it) therefore;  
    rsh/ssh or pserver access doesn't work yet.  
   
      Note that the cvsweb.cgi script needs to have physical access to the
      repository (or a copy of it) therefore; rsh, ssh or pserver access
      doesn't work yet.
   
      Install CvsGraph if you want to use it with CVSWeb, and see (6) for
      configuration notes.  This has been tested with CvsGraph 1.3.0.
   
 2) Copy cvsweb.conf to your configuration directory. If  2) Copy cvsweb.conf to your configuration directory. If
    you've installed Apache, $ServerRoot/conf (or $ServerRoot/etc     you've installed Apache, $ServerRoot/conf (or $ServerRoot/etc
    with versions >= 1.3.0) makes sense.     with versions >= 1.3.0) makes sense.
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    point to your configuration file.     point to your configuration file.
    If your perl binary isn't located in /usr/bin you'll have to edit the     If your perl binary isn't located in /usr/bin you'll have to edit the
    first line of the script as well.     first line of the script as well.
    If you want to run cvsweb.cgi on Windows NT, see (6).     If you want to run cvsweb.cgi on Windows NT, see (8).
   
 4) If you do not have the dir.gif, text.gif and back.gif icons, copy  4) If you do not have the dir.gif, text.gif and back.gif icons, copy
    them somewhere in your $DocumentRoot and edit the %ICONS hash     them somewhere in your $DocumentRoot and edit the %ICONS hash
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    mini icons in the icons/ directory and change the %ICONS hash in     mini icons in the icons/ directory and change the %ICONS hash in
    cvsweb.conf.     cvsweb.conf.
   
 5) Have fun!  5) Copy cvsweb.css from the css/ directory to a web server directory, and
      point the $cssurl variable in cvsweb.conf to it.
   
 6) If you've Windows NT running, calling of external programs with parameters  6) CvsGraph <http://www.akhphd.au.dk/~bertho/cvsgraph/> can be used with
      this version of CVSWeb.  See the $allow_cvsgraph and $cvsgraph_config
      configuration variables in cvsweb.conf.  cvsweb.cgi will override some
      of the settings in the cvsgraph configuration file with command line
      options; the following in particular: map_branch_href, map_rev_href and
      map_diff_href so you won't have to tweak them for CVSWeb.  Note (and
      install) also the cvsgraph.png icon in the icons/ directory.
   
   7) Have fun!
   
   8) If you've Windows NT running, calling of external programs with parameters
    single quoted doesn't work (search for rcsdiff, rlog in     single quoted doesn't work (search for rcsdiff, rlog in
    cvsweb.cgi), you've to replace it with double quotes.  Thanks to     cvsweb.cgi), you've to replace it with double quotes.  Thanks to
    Nick Brachet for pointing this out.     Nick Brachet for pointing this out.
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    > will fail on NT because the ' are not recognized. Using " will work     > will fail on NT because the ' are not recognized. Using " will work
    > though.     > though.
   
 7) If you like you can add descriptions to be shown next to each directory  9) If you like you can add descriptions to be shown next to each directory
    or module name.  These are read from CVSROOT/descriptions.     or module name.  These are read from CVSROOT/descriptions.
   
    - Check out a copy of your CVSROOT     - Check out a copy of your CVSROOT

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