'gitweb' setup without root access 14 Aug, 2011 'gitweb' setup without root access

Setting up gitweb on a machine with no root access:

First, set up lighttpd:
Download from http://www.lighttpd.net/download
  $ mkdir -p ~/usr
  $ tar -xvf lighttpd-*; cd !$;
  $ ./configure --prefix /home/<you>/usr
  $ make
  $ make install ## lighttpd is now at ~/usr/sbin/


- Now, if all is well, you should be able to run git instaweb in your local git repository.
- If you see a message like base-docroot not found at /PATH/TO/SOME/WHERE, then it probably did not find that directory.
To resolve this, you can do one of two things:
1. Find the directory named gitweb/ that contains index.cgi, gitweb.cgi and static/ and run
  $ git config --get instaweb.gitwebdir "/PATH/TO/gitweb/" (I figured this from /usr/bin/git-instaweb)


 2. Emulate a local install
  $ mkdir -p ~/www/static
  $ git config --get instaweb.gitwebdir "/home//www"
  $ scp ssh://my-ubuntu-machine-with-sudo-access:/usr/share/gitweb/* ~/www/
  $ scp ssh://my-ubuntu-machine-with-sudo-access:/usr/share/gitweb/static/* ~/www/static
  $ cd git-repo; git instaweb;


 - If it instead start and you then see an error like: 404 Not found, the folder exists but
 - the index.cgi file is not found, simply do step 2 above.

 

Setting up highlight (on a machine with no root access):
- Download hightlight from here: http://www.andre-simon.de/zip/download.html
     $ tar -xvf hightlight*; cd !$;
     $ make
     $ edit 'makefile'    
  # Destination directory for installation (intended for packagers)
  DESTDIR =
  # Root directory for final installation
  PREFIX = /home/csgrads/scharan/usr # or something appropriate.
  $ make install
  $ PATH=$PATH:~/usr/bin/:


- Download lua from here: http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
  $ make linux
  $ Edit makefile to point INSTALL_TOP to ~/usr/local


- Edit ~/www/gitweb.cgi: enable highlight feature (you gotta grep for it).

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