Troubleshooting the amahi 5.0 installer
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:17 am
We have seen a couple of instances of the new installer not starting properly, so i thought i'd post directions on how to troubleshoot the amahi installer. copying what's there at the time of this writing below.
Troubleshooting the Amahi Installer
If the installer does not work, the user sees Firefox having problem connecting with the installer:
The first step is in figuring out what went wrong:
One reason it could fail is if sinatra cannot be installed:
This could be due to connectivity/networking issues, because, because the new web based installer starts by installing the framework it needs, call sinatra.
[edit] Running behind a Proxy
To install sinatra behind a proxy, type this (as root):
Troubleshooting the Amahi Installer
If the installer does not work, the user sees Firefox having problem connecting with the installer:
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can't connect to localhost:2000Code: Select all
cat /tmp/amahi-ruby-installer.logCode: Select all
gem_original_require: no such file to load -- sinatra (LoadError)[edit] Running behind a Proxy
To install sinatra behind a proxy, type this (as root):
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gem --no-rdoc --no-ri --http-proxy http://yourproxyurl/ sinatra
service amahi-installer restart