Hi,

I would like to use this distribution for setting up a conference here in Rome related to social networking during November, 2007.

I download the currente (as july 27) version of conference distribution and followed the instructions in the readme.txt file. After I prepare the installation tree (composed by required conference distribution modules, a base Drupal 5.2 distribution and the conference distribution theme) I go for the usual drupal installation (i.e. creating a database in MySQL, then a user, then launching the standard drupal configuration). THe drupal configuration script asks me if I want a base drupal installation or a conference distribution profile installation. I choose conference distribution profile but I get a set of errors related to modules that are not found.

I attach the full list of required mudules in this post. I did download and unarchive the list of modules in readme.txt into .../profiles/cod/modules,, but the installation script is not able to find them and moreover asks for other modules not listed in readme.txt.

There is something I am not doing in the right way. Someone could discusso how he/she got a working installation?

Thanks in advance,

Salvatore

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slarosa commented
Title: Very first installation for a conference site » Very first installation for a conference site - update

Hi all,
Dear all,

I started hacking the installation code for Drupal 5.2 and I found that many of the modules that are complained to be missing in COD profile do indeed exist, buried in other modules's subfolders. For instance, the COD installation complains about a missing "content" module, but the file "content.module" does indeed exist and is located in the "cck" directory.

So, I suppose the real isue is about how to prepare the profiles/cod/modules directory. Usually when I install a Drupal module I copy the entori module directory into "modules", so for instance if you installa a "goose" module you will get a "modules/goose" subfolder. Then, the standard Drupal profile setup procedures will lokk into that directory for a file named "goose.module".

Now, the setup function cod_profile_modules() (defined in "cod.profile"), when invoked, returns a list of modules, and some of them, as "content", are really kinda "submodules" of others (as "CCK") and the installation functions are unable to locate their related ".module" files in the right folders (as "content.module" that is located in "cck" but the installer does believe it does not exist).

If my guess is right, there are two possible workarounds, I suppose: either redefine the module array returned by cod_profile_modules() function or, when preparing the Drupal+COD directory for installation, putting explicit directory symlinks into "profiles/cod/modules" in order to make the installation procedure find the modules, i.e. "profiles/cod/modules/content -> profiles/cod/modules/cck".

What do you think about? I am open to other suggestions and discussion. However, could someone post how she/he got succeeded in getting a working Drupal+DOC installation?

Best regards,

Salvatore

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zacker commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Salvatore, please file this issue as a support request for the installation profile:

http://drupal.org/project/issues/cod

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drupalista commented
Title: Very first installation for a conference site - update » wrong module folder

I put the modules into /drupal/sites/all/modules , NOT into the profile folder. The install process works then.