* INSTALL

** for Windows

Click Start menu and find Fastladder, run "Start Crawler" which opens command prompt window (please minimize), and open "Fastladder" shortcut.


** for Mac OS X (ruby 1.8.6 and rubygems are required)

0. Extract all files from this archive (maybe already done)
$ tar xvzf fastladder-0.0.2-macosx.tar.gz

1. Install gems
$ sudo gem install rails --version 2.0.2 -y
$ sudo gem install rfeedfinder
$ sudo gem install feed-normalizer
$ sudo gem install opml
$ sudo gem install mongrel
$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby

2. Create database
$ cd fastladder
$ RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate

3. Start web server and crawler
$ script/server -d -e production
$ RAILS_ENV=production script/crawler > /dev/null &


** for Unix (Linux, etc.)

0. Extract all files from this archive (maybe already done).

1. Install Ruby 1.8.6 and RubyGems
If you want to use SQLite3 (default), install sqlite3 libraries and headers.
Debian and Ubuntu users:
$ sudo aptitude install libsqlite3-dev

2. Install FreeImage library
Debian and Ubuntu users:
$ sudo aptitude install libfreeimage3

Otherwise, download FreeImage source distribution, make and install library.
http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/download.html

3. Install gems
$ sudo gem install rails --version 2.0.2 -y
$ sudo gem install rfeedfinder
$ sudo gem install feed-normalizer
$ sudo gem install opml
$ sudo gem install mongrel
$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby

4. Create database
$ cd fastladder
$ RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate

5. Start web server and crawler
$ script/server -d -e production
$ RAILS_ENV=production script/crawler > /dev/null &
