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Knowlege Tree, Document Management.

Knowlege Tree, Document Management.

Knowledge Tree, a full featured document management system, straight out of the box.

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Knowledge Tree Installation from source to localhost on os X.
Presumes documented requirements are already met, php5, apache 2, etc.
Presumes knowledge of mysql. Tested with Knowledge Tree 3.5.4 download.

1. Double click the source download to extract files. Rename the top level folder ktoss. Move the entire folder contents into /Library/Webserver/Documents

2. Create a database for Knowledge Tree in MySQL on localhost

3. Run the structure.sql, data.sql, and user.sql from /Library/WebServer/Documents/ktoss/sql/mysql/install into mysql. They must be run in that order. Also the user.sql grant statements must match the database name created in step 2.

4. In terminal.app, as admin user..
cd /Library/Webserver/Documents
chgrp -R www ktoss/
chmod -R 770 var/

5. In config.ini, change three lines..
fileSystemRoot = /Library/Webserver/Documents/ktoss/
serverName = localhost
rootUrl = /ktoss

6. At login screen, admin and admin for username and password to login.

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