I personally use sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" /opt/jdk/bin/java 1 sudo update-alternatives --config java
to set up java there is no such thing as flvtools, I guess the package is swftools (I download *.deb package from launchpad 0.9.1+) On Ubuntu I do compile from the sources ffmpeg only. Somehow the version installed with apt-get does not work correctly. I have no time now to investigate what is wrong :( On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Dimitri Yioulos <dyiou...@onpointfc.com>wrote: > Hi, Mikael. > > Apologies for the delay in repsonding. Besides the fact > that I'm in timezone GMT -5, I'm also buried in other work. > I'm sure you know how that goes :-) . > > Let's see now: > > Firstly, Maxim and Stephen are aces re: OM, so you've got > some great "go-to" people assisting you. > > Next, my OM installation is a VMware VM, with 1GB of memory > and one dual-core CPU (both virtual, of course). So, I > don't see your hardware being a particular issues. > > Next, while I tend to agree that an RPM-based (or deb, for > that matter) installation should install RPM-based > packages, where practicable, as Maxim suggested, compiling > needed packages is no sin. In fact, I compiled all of the > packages required by OM, as per the how-to I posted > yesterday. It's no more easy or difficult to compile in > CentOS than it is in Debian/Ubuntu, Slackware, FreeBSD, > etc. in my experience. > > I never said that OM "just works". I did have to tweak my > installation (with the assistance of the list, I might > add). But, it is doable, as I have an install that works > completely. > > I'm not sure that symlinking to make Oracle Java your > default installation is best practices. I, at least, > always have to export the JRE home path. But, if you got > it to work, hey ... . I guess you can play around with the > Java install some time in the future. > > I don't seem to have flvtools installed (it wasn't included > in the installation instructions, but may be part of > another installed package). FFmpeg is that latest from > that package's repo. I have OM 2.0 installed. > > HTH. > > Dimitri > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2012 9:28:37 pm Maxim Solodovnik > wrote: > > Hello Mikael, > > > > I personally build ffmpeg 10.3 from the sources all the > > time IMPORTANT: it should be configured with the > > following options before build --enable-libmp3lame > > --enable-libxvid --enable-libvorbis --enable-libgsm > > --enable-libfaac --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree > > > > also please ensure flashsv and flashsv2 decoder/encoder > > are enable after configure > > > > > > According to your recording problem: I wish I have your > > machine to fix the recordings :))) > > It is really hard to fix without being able to reproduce > > :( > > > > I'll try to take a look at this message at the code. > > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Mikael Kurula > <alcar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Dimitri, > > > > > > Thanks a lot for your friendly and constructive > > > message! With your help I now managed to install the > > > libreoffice converter, so now I can import almost any > > > imaginable file format to the whiteboard, which is > > > awesome. :) (The alternative command didn't find > > > Oracle's java on my server, but I changed the symlink > > > to java in /etc/alternatives by hand.) > > > > > > Unfortunately, unlike you (and perhaps most users it > > > seems?), my situation is not that everything "just > > > works"; therefore I ask for help here. I also hope that > > > my questions indicate issues which might need to be > > > addressed before OpenMeetings can be accessible to the > > > wide public; I suppose it is in the interest of the > > > developers to at least be aware of my problems. I'm > > > very surprised if nobody else has these problems. And > > > it says on a page somewhere that the OM project is > > > grateful for any feedback; maybe my questions can be > > > regarded as feedback from a not-quite-so-technical > > > user. > > > > > > I tried looking at the mailing list archive again, but > > > I can't find a way to search per author (or per keyword > > > either for that matter), so I cannot find your earlier > > > posts. If you happen to know the answer to any of my > > > questions in this post, then I'd be most grateful: > > > > > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-open > > >meetings-user/201212.mbox/%3C081FEEE9-ACDF-4E35-B8B4-CA0 > > >910711F88%40gmail.com%3E > > > > > > After I wrote that post, I have now found some > > > suggestions for server hardware for OM, but it's still > > > not clear to me if the fact that my server is a single > > > 2 GHz cpu with only 2GB of RAM is connected to my > > > problem 3 or not. We have so far only been testing with > > > one or two clients at once. > > > > > > I had a new look at the installation instructions for > > > CentOS 6 and I installed all the listed packages using > > > yum. I didn't want to follow these instructions > > > earlier, because as I have understood, you shouldn't > > > install software from source outside of your package > > > manager. In Ubuntu it's easy to compile from source > > > with the package manager but in CentOS it seems very > > > complicated; I have tried without success a few times. > > > > > > Desperate to get the recordings to work, I anyway tried > > > installing ffmpeg-0.10.6.tar.bz2 from source (I chose > > > version 0.10.6 because it says in the OpenMeetings > > > installation instructions that OM is tested against > > > ffmpeg 10.3), since my version from the package manager > > > was antique. Unfortunately, that didn't improve > > > anything. I didn't compile flvtools from source, > > > because the package maintainer's version was 0.9.1. > > > > > > Which version of flvtools and ffmpeg are you using if I > > > may ask? What other packages could cause me recording > > > problems? And what are the CPU/RAM specifications of > > > your server? Which version of OM do you use and where > > > did you download it if you have a newer version than > > > 2.0? I downloaded 2.0 from the download page, since I > > > got the impression that is the latest stable version, > > > but I'd be happy to test with newer versions in case > > > there is hope they'd work better for me. > > > > > > Very grateful for any help as usual, > > > Mikael > > > > > > On 12 December 2012 15:56, Dimitri Yioulos > <dyiou...@onpointfc.com> wrote: > > >> Mikael, > > >> > > >> This response is more motivational than technical: > > >> > > >> I had no problem at all using OM/LibreOffice with > > >> Oracle's Java. Both OpenJDK and Java 7 are installed > > >> on my machine, but I've made Java 7 the "active" > > >> version using the alternatives command. Likewise, > > >> using MySQL works, as does recording. I'm sure you're > > >> searching the mailing list archive for some guidance > > >> (you'll see plenty of shouts for help from me :-) ). > > >> Also, I found that this how-to: > > >> > > >> http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/Installatio > > >>nCentOS5 > > >> > > >> is a good starting point for installing OM on CentOS > > >> (5 and 6). > > >> > > >> What I've found (surprise, surprise) is that you do > > >> have to tweak and test to get everything working just > > >> right. I suppose these are the "rough edges" of the > > >> current OM release. However, this release has come a > > >> long way from earlier ones, which I tried in the > > >> way-back. I'm thinking that future releases will be > > >> kick-a**. > > >> > > >> Keep at it; it's worth the effort! > > >> > > >> Dimitri > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wednesday 12 December 2012 8:23:10 am Mikael Kurula > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Hi! > > >> > > > >> > I'm also in the process of trying out if > > >> > OpenMeetings is a possible alternative to Adobe > > >> > Connect, with which I'm utterly fed up. > > >> > > > >> > The only problem I had with CentOS is that > > >> > LibreOffice for CentOS 6 depends on OpenJDK whereas > > >> > OpenMeetings need Oracle's Java. Somebody better att > > >> > juggling with with yum probably can probably solve > > >> > this easily (in which case I'd be grateful for > > >> > help). > > >> > > > >> > Avoiding MySQL sounds like a reasonable idea to me, > > >> > since I ran into this problem: > > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-4 > > >> >88 (From what I understood this is very rare.) > > >> > > > >> > Right now my only showstopper issues are with > > >> > recording, so I could suggest you check out if the > > >> > recording capabilities are sufficient for your > > >> > needs. In addition to the messages I've posted to > > >> > the users list, I'm also having this problem: > > >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-2 > > >> >70 > > >> > > > >> > Otherwise OpenMeetings would surely do the job just > > >> > fine for me, so I sincerely hope I can make the > > >> > recordings work, but I need help from the OM experts > > >> > for that. :) > > >> > > > >> > Friendly greetings, > > >> > Mikael > > >> > > > >> > On 2012.12.12, at 15:09, Nicklas af Ekenstam wrote: > > >> > > Thanks Dimitri, > > >> > > > > >> > > That's helpful nonetheless. I may try both CentOS > > >> > > and Ubuntu then. > > >> > > > > >> > > I also found something which I think answers my > > >> > > somewhat ill articulated question regarding > > >> > > upstream relay servers: > > >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OPENME > > >> > >ETING S/Cluster+Master-Slave+overview > > >> > > > > >> > > Thanks again, > > >> > > Nicklas > > >> > > > > >> > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Dimitri Yioulos > > >> > > <dyiou...@onpointfc.com> wrote: Hi, Nicklas. > > >> > > > > >> > > I can't answer any of your technical questions, > > >> > > but can say that I've installed OM on a VMware > > >> > > virtual machine running CentOS 6.3. It works a > > >> > > treat. Others have installed it on machines > > >> > > running Ubuntu. I guess that's a matter of > > >> > > personal choice depending on, for example, the > > >> > > distro you're most comfortable with, or run in > > >> > > your environment. > > >> > > > > >> > > HTH. > > >> > > > > >> > > Dimitri > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > On Wednesday 12 December 2012 5:55:41 am Nicklas > > >> > > af Ekenstam > > >> > > > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > Hello, > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I am in the process of setting up a proof of > > >> > > > concept based on OpenMeetings and would very > > >> > > > much appreciate your input on a few questions > > >> > > > before I get started. The goal of this proof of > > >> > > > concept is to evaluate if OpenMeetings would be > > >> > > > a suitable replacement for a current system > > >> > > > based on Adobe Connect. (I sure hope so.) > > >> > > > > > >> > > > What I would like to do is install a fully > > >> > > > working OpenMeetings environment that we can > > >> > > > play around with. As I would propably have to > > >> > > > take this on the road I'm wondering if a VMware > > >> > > > based install would work? I see that there are > > >> > > > some VMware images available for download but I > > >> > > > think I would prefer to do the install from > > >> > > > scratch myself in order to assess the > > >> > > > installation process as well. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I'm thinking of doing the install in one of our > > >> > > > Vsphere clusters and, if I need to take it on > > >> > > > the road with me, export it to VMware > > >> > > > Workstation images and run locally on one (or > > >> > > > more) laptops with my own networking equipment. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > These are my questions: > > >> > > > What is a solid choice for the OS/distro? I'm > > >> > > > guessing, based on reading the Wiki, that CentOS > > >> > > > is a good choice; but what version? Or should I > > >> > > > look into one of the other fine distros out > > >> > > > there? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I'm looking to try the clustering features as > > >> > > > well on this project so, based on that, how many > > >> > > > servers - performing what tasks - do you propose > > >> > > > I setup? I would like to use PostgreSQL for the > > >> > > > DB, but MySQL would also work. Two servers > > >> > > > running OpenMeetings and one server running the > > >> > > > database? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I would also like to explore SIP connectivity so > > >> > > > perhaps one server running Asterisk (or > > >> > > > similiar)? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Do I need any more servers for something that > > >> > > > would, pretty much, mimic a real live situation? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > And while I'm asking questions: > > >> > > > Is there a way to extend OpenMeetings so that > > >> > > > video broadcasts could use upstream relaying > > >> > > > servers somehow? We have schools in different > > >> > > > locations and it would be nice if people in > > >> > > > these schools could connect to a locally > > >> > > > installed relay server for the video feed > > >> > > > instead of each of them having to go the main > > >> > > > OpenMeetings server gobbling up unnecessary > > >> > > > bandwidth in the process. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Thanks in advance, > > >> > > > Nicklas > > >> > > > > >> > > -- > > >> > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > >> > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > >> > > believed to be clean. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> This message has been scanned for viruses and > > >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > >> believed to be clean. > > > > -- > > WBR > > Maxim aka solomax > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- WBR Maxim aka solomax
