I am pleased to announce the beta release of DirectAdmin-APT (DA-APT) for Debian. It is a collection of Debian packages that conforms DirectAdmin to Debian's APT system. The benefits include:
. . .* Better integration with Debian.
. . .* Prevents APT from installing programs that conflict with DirectAdmin.
. . .* DirectAdmin may use APT packages for its operation.
The last one is the most important. Debian's APT packages are easy to maintain, with extension modules readily available. Now DA can take full advantage of it.
Requirements:
. . .* Debian 3.1 (Sarge) or higher
. . .* DirectAdmin license
PLEASE BACKUP YOUR SERVER BEFORE INSTALLING DA-APT. Although this beta release has been thoroughly tested, I cannot guarantee anything. There are simply too many aspects to test fully. Therefore, please backup!
To install:
. . .# wget http://debian.hitx.net/da-apt/da-apt.sh
. . .# chmod +x da-apt.sh
. . .# ./da-apt.sh install
* New DirectAdmin: If DirectAdmin is not already installed, then da-apt.sh will install it. You will be prompted for DirectAdmin Customer ID and License ID. And the resulting DirectAdmin will use mostly APT programs through DA-APT.
* Existing DirectAdmin: If DirectAdmin is already installed, then da-apt.sh will leave it unchanged. DirectAdmin will continue to use its own version of programs (Apache, MySQL, etc), but APT will be aware of them and avoid conflicting packages.
Wiki Site:
After installation, you may switch DirectAdmin to use either its own version of programs (Apache, MySQL, Exim, etc) or APT's version. For more information, please visit the project's wiki site:
http://debian.hitx.net/da-apt/wiki
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. . .* Better integration with Debian.
. . .* Prevents APT from installing programs that conflict with DirectAdmin.
. . .* DirectAdmin may use APT packages for its operation.
The last one is the most important. Debian's APT packages are easy to maintain, with extension modules readily available. Now DA can take full advantage of it.
Requirements:
. . .* Debian 3.1 (Sarge) or higher
. . .* DirectAdmin license
PLEASE BACKUP YOUR SERVER BEFORE INSTALLING DA-APT. Although this beta release has been thoroughly tested, I cannot guarantee anything. There are simply too many aspects to test fully. Therefore, please backup!
To install:
. . .# wget http://debian.hitx.net/da-apt/da-apt.sh
. . .# chmod +x da-apt.sh
. . .# ./da-apt.sh install
* New DirectAdmin: If DirectAdmin is not already installed, then da-apt.sh will install it. You will be prompted for DirectAdmin Customer ID and License ID. And the resulting DirectAdmin will use mostly APT programs through DA-APT.
* Existing DirectAdmin: If DirectAdmin is already installed, then da-apt.sh will leave it unchanged. DirectAdmin will continue to use its own version of programs (Apache, MySQL, etc), but APT will be aware of them and avoid conflicting packages.
Wiki Site:
After installation, you may switch DirectAdmin to use either its own version of programs (Apache, MySQL, Exim, etc) or APT's version. For more information, please visit the project's wiki site:
http://debian.hitx.net/da-apt/wiki
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