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+Here is a short installation-howto of Mir.
+
+
+prerequisites:
+
+- tomcat
+- apache with mod_jk.so
+- postgres 7.1.x
+- ant (a java-based make)
+
+
+1. checkout the cvs:
+cvs -d :pserver: cvsanon@brazil.indymedia.de:/var/cvs login
+password: cvs
+cvs -d :pserver: cvsanon@brazil.indymedia.de:/var/cvs lco mir
+
+2. customize the config:
+cd mir/source
+cp config.properties-dist to config.properties
+edit config.properties
+
+3. configure the build.sh file with java_home
+
+4. Link in the webapps directory of tomcat to the install directory (the directory is called Mir).
+
+5. copy the mir/template-dist-directory to mir/template
+
+6. run sh buil.sh
+
+7. create a new database (the dbname should be the same as in config.properties)
+as user postgres: createdb dbname
+
+8. run psql dump of create_pg.sql:
+psql -Upostgres dbname < create_pg.sql
+
+8. run psql dump of help*.sql files.
+
+9. chmod 777 Mir/log
+
+10. restart tomcat
+
+11. configure mod_jk
+
+12. now the admin-application is accesable by: http://host/Mir and the openposting-servlet by http://host/OpenMir>