[plt-scheme] system-wide PLaneT install? (sxml in apache .cgi scripts)

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Fri Feb 8 19:44:24 EST 2008

On Feb  8, John Clements wrote:
> I took a quick look at the v3 planet documentation (AFAICT, there is
> no v4 planet documentation), and did a brief google search, and I
> can't figure out whether there's a way to install PLaneT libraries
> in a system-wide way.

I don't think so.  The planet cache is installed in the user-local
directory.


> More specifically, I'd like to be able to use the sxml libraries in
> a .cgi script run through Apache.  I'm guessing that apache runs as
> a general non-privileged user with no home directory.

It usually does have a home directory, try ~apache or /etc/passwd.  If
it doesn't, then it's easy to add one.  (For some definition of "easy"
that OSX can mess up, of course.)

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