Information on IMP Packages
Copyright 1998,1999 Charles J. Hagenbuch <chuck@horde.org>
Copyright 1999 Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@tdyc.com>
Copyright 1999 Mike Hardy <mikeh@spark.com>
Copyright 1999 Doug Lumpkin <dougel@thecalling.net>

This code is licensed under the GNU Public License.
See the file COPYING in this directory.

Last Updated: 10/19/1999  [DEL]


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IMP Packages
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                Packages are by far the easiest way to install any program.  
           The reason I say this is because most of the work is done for you.
           By the use of scripts the maintainer of the package takes care of
           most configuration issues and the program is (most of the time)
           pretty much plug and play.

	        Setting up IMP can be a pain there are several steps you must
           take in order to get everything installed and operational.  Currently 
           there are 2 types of packaging out there in use.  (there are probably
           more but these are the ones I know of). They are:  RPM (RedHat Package
           Management) which has a .rpm extension, Debian Package format which has
           a .deb extension.

               There is currently a Debian package being maintained by Ivan  
           Moore II.  It is available from http://horde.tdyc.com/
           and will shortly be available within the Debian distribution.  This
           package takes care of most configuration issues and still allows you
           to customize your IMP installation. This package also detects 
           Postgres and MySql installations and will automagically configure
           either for use with IMP. After installing this package you will
           have a functional IMP installation.

	       There is currently an RPM package being maintained by Dale Lovelace
	   <dale@redhat.com> . It is available from http://ftp.horde.org/.


