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apt-get install subversion postgresql libpgjava tomcat7 openjdk-7-jdk ant apache2

Download source code, in this case we're fetching version 2.1.1 and stick that under /opt:

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cd /opt/GROUPER_2_1_1/grouper
ant dist

Run the tests. This will blitz your database, so make sure it doesn't contain precious dataCreate the database structure:

cd /opt/GROUPER_2_1_1/grouper/
bin/gsh.sh -testregistry -all

This took more than an hour on a reasonably beefy VM. In the end this should not yield any errors.

FIXME BELOW

runscript

Check if this went OKNow it's time to install the database schema. This is a two-step process. The following command should generate a chunk of SQL code and save it to a file:

bin/gsh.sh -registry -check 

This will end with something like this:

Note: this script was not executed due to option passed in
To run script via gsh, carefully review it, then run this:
gsh -registry -runsqlfile /opt/GROUPER_2_1_1/grouper/ddlScripts/grouperDdl_20120725_13_14_17_596.sql

Now do as you're told and run the SQL 

Run the tests. This is an extensive test suite - on a powerful VM it took me about one hour:

bin/gsh.sh -test -all

No errors should be reported in the end. 

Apache

cd /etc/apache2
a2enmod proxy_ajp
 

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