OS X?

[rcwhite]

Can i run KonaKart from OS X? It doesn't seem like it, but since it says Unix supports KonaKart i was wondering?

If not, any possibility in the future?

thanks

[john]

Hi,

Although I've never tried, I don't know of any reason why KonaKart would not work on Mac OS X.

It's a standard J2EE app and so there shouldn't be a problem.

I'll be happy to help you get it working if you like.  Unfortunately I don't have OS X here so will just have to respond to your questions as best I can.

The installer that we use currently is "InstallJammer" which will soon support OS X but doesn't yet so you will have to use the manual zip installation and follow the installation FAQ at http://www.konakart.com/installationfaq.php.

How far have you got so far?

John

[rcwhite]

John,
   I completely forgot about the manual zip. I'll play around with it tonight or tomorrow, and report back.
Charlie

[Anni]

hi,

I've also downloaded the zip-archive as I want to install this on a mac. however, I'm not really sure about the configuration stuff the installer would do ...

e.g. where do I have to specify the location of the java runtime, the db parameters and so on for konakart?

thanks 

[Brian]

Hi Anni,

You should be successful with this as it's a pretty normal tomcat java application.   Therefore, look in the tomcat/bin for the startup scripts -

Specifically, for the case you mentioned:

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$ more ./konakart/bin/setJavaHome.sh
#!/bin/sh
#
# Set the JRE_HOME for KonaKart here
#
# We unset JAVA_HOME to avoid using the wrong Java version.
#
# KonaKart needs java 5 at least
#

export JRE_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0/
export JAVA_HOME=



For the db parameters, there are two properties files called konakart.properties and konakartadmin.properties.  These are in the classes directories of their respective webapps, eg:

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./konakart/webapps/konakart/WEB-INF/classes/konakart.properties
./konakart/webapps/konakartadmin/WEB-INF/classes/konakartadmin.properties



Check out the installation and configuration FAQs on our web site at:  http://www.konakart.com/installationfaq.php and http://www.konakart.com/configurationfaq.php

Good luck and let us know how you get on!
Regards,
Brian

[Anni]

thanks for the answer. I'll have a look at these files then.

regards,
anni

[virtueed]

I'm actually developing on OS X using MySQL and the 2.2.0.7 zipped version. It works fine without any problem. Just remember to unzip using BOMArchiveHelper and not Stuffit. JAVA_HOME is setted automatically and startkonakart.sh works perfectly. Remember to modify manually the properties files of konakart and konakartadmin.

Ciao,
Mirko.

[john]

Hi Mirko,

That's good to hear and very useful feedback - thanks and good luck!

ciao,
John

[Anni]

hi everyone,

I've got another question to this problem. I'm completely new to mac so I"m lost at the point where I want to start the startkonakart.sh. I tried renaming it to .command and running it with the teminal but it didn't really work. any suggestions?

thanks,

anni

[pete]

Hi Anni,

You should be able to run that ok without changing the extension. 

When you open a terminal session and run that shell script what do you see?

Maybe a little bit of background on shell scripting could be helpful?  eg... I'm sure you could find 1000s of better ones on the Net but here's one:  http://www.noendpress.com/vroman/shellscripting/index.php

Regards,
Pete

[Anni]

hi pete,

the terminal prints this but nothing else happens:
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Using CATALINA_BASE:   ./..
Using CATALINA_HOME:   ./..
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: ./../temp
Using JRE_HOME:       /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5/Home
---------
did I miss something in regarad to tomcat? or does it have to look like this?

and what also might be of interest: I'm not yet trying this on the real server but test it locally. at the moment I just have an apache server running (but without tomcat).

cheers,
anni

[pete]

Hi Anni,

If you'd followed through the scripts which you have in your bin directory you would have seen that you've reached catalina.sh. 

This is fine but now have a look at the logs directory to see if you can see anything in there (catalina.out is a likely candidate) that indicates to you what went wrong... or whether the application has actually started and you didn't realise.

Have you tried running the application from a browser after you've started it? i.e. using http://localhost:8780/konakart/

Regards,
Pete

[Anni]

I've tried starting it but I just get a nice java exception. but according to the catalina.out file it seems to be a problem with the database. it says: "Unable to connect to the Database called oscommerce." That's right, because I'm using mysql ... do I have to change any of the "oscommerce" in the properties files?

mine looks like this at the moment:
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torque.database.default                                     = oscommerce

torque.database.oscommerce.adapter                   = mysql
torque.dsfactory.oscommerce.connection.driver     = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
torque.dsfactory.oscommerce.connection.url          = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/konkart?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull
torque.dsfactory.oscommerce.connection.user        = user
torque.dsfactory.oscommerce.connection.password =

thanks,
anni

[pete]

Hi Anni,

No, don't change that.

Instead, spend some time reading up on the installation and configuration FAQs.  They're relevant to OS X as well - just refer to the Linux/Unix notes.

http://www.konakart.com/faqs.php

If something isn't answered in those, get back to the forum.

Regards,
Pete

[Anni]

hi,

I actually did that multiple times already and it didn't really help. as far as I know I've done everything that's in the faqs. I'm just lost at the moment.

regards,
anika