blankev wrote on Friday, May 30, 2014:
Where can I find the intructions for installing OpenEMR in Latest MINT Linux version?
blankev wrote on Friday, May 30, 2014:
Where can I find the intructions for installing OpenEMR in Latest MINT Linux version?
fsgl wrote on Friday, May 30, 2014:
Only the Release Candidate 17 versions are available as of today. The stable versions should be out in a few days. The RC 17 Mate version was problematic. The boot loader did not work despite 2 attempts at installing. Had done md5 sum check and wrote .iso to a flash drive.
LM17 may not be compatible with the Ubuntu-Debian package. The instructions are on the same webpage. A new package is in the works.
Downloading the 45 dependencies takes a bit of time, about 15 minutes with my DSL connection. At first I thought the GDebi Installer was hanging. One way to learn xkill.
Found Clement Lefebvre’s Update Tutorial to be be logical but not very practical. Easier just to copy the home directory and then install the OpenEMR package separately and 3 other applications from the Software Manager.
Had a difficult time with backup/restore of LM 16. Still learning to use Macrium for the XP-LM16 dual boot. In the process of learning where GRUB resides on the hard disk drive. Clonzilla was a bit of a disaster. Did not realize that “savedisk” meant cloning the entire hard disk drive, not creating a system image.
To add to the confusion, Firefox Sync has a new authentication. Need to unlink device and acquire new account with email address and password. The old Sync key will not work going forward.
blankev wrote on Saturday, May 31, 2014:
Well, I did a Mint 17 instal and encountered the same as Rod’ś story on upgrading Mint 16 => 17 a complete re-partitioning (Warning! Please read and complete the Mint instructions and do NOT try to skip anything) and got an overwrite of my Harddisk. So Windows is lost and have to start learning Mint 17. (Or make a re-install Windows7… is this an option?)
Grrrrr…, who says the computer does not have a mind of itś own?
Latest version Mint 17 in use of 28th of May install was easy.
Now installing Mint 17 with OpenEMR latest 4.1.2-3 Debian package was not easy! Downloaded the Debian package, installed the newestr available package but it installed into the Directory: Var/www/so I moverd the whole directory into localhost directory: Var/www/html/ope updated. Possibly everything will be solved by installing the latest patch.
bradymiller wrote on Saturday, May 31, 2014:
Hi,
Mint 17 (since stems from ubuntu 14.04) is not compatible with the current ubuntu package. The new package is currently being worked on:
https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202506/thread/e82523fd/
Do note that if you modify the package (ie. move the directory), it won’t work to upgrade package in the future (can be fixed, though, by moving the directory back before you do the upgrade).
(I updated wiki to make it clear current package is not compatible with Mint 17)
-brady
OpenEMR
fsgl wrote on Saturday, May 31, 2014:
At this step, if the second option (in your case “Replace Linx Mint”) is chosen, the expectation would be that all existing data will be lost and that there will be automatic re-partitioning. See warning in red.
The Ubuntu website makes the point that if one doesn’t know how to create and format another partition for the Linux operating software, the installer will do it for the user.
If the first option is chosen, a partition for LM 17 with a swap partition will be created, all the while preserving Windows 7.
To keep Windows 7 and the old partitions, “Something Else” must be selected. Fortunately you are familiar with GParted. Here is the link for the rest of the screenshots.
When 4.1.3 and the new 4.1.2 package become available, all the kinks will have been worked out. This was just a dry run.
fsgl wrote on Saturday, May 31, 2014:
From LM website, section on 17 stable:
“To upgrade from the RC release, simply launch the Update Manager and install any Level 1 update available.”
fsgl wrote on Saturday, May 31, 2014:
O.K. Pimm,
The easy part is the upgrade from RC to the stable version. It’s harder to decide how to proceed next. Re-install 7 and stable LM 17 or re-partition to make room for 7 by pushing RC and the swap partition to the right? The former is probably less fraught.
Macrium 5.2 (freeware) works well to backup the dual boot before re-installing.
It’s very important during recovery not replace the MBR, otherwise there will be no booting. If the Master Boot Record is replaced, it’s not GRUB.
At that point the user can neither boot into Windows nor LM but there’s a solution for killing GRUB inadvertently. Boot-Repair.
blankev wrote on Sunday, June 01, 2014:
Why don you send me instrucutions before I make the mistakes…
Excuses I did not read your other comments.
In short: Should I reinstall Mint or can I rely on the updates proposed in the update screen?
I will try to do the Windows 7 reinstall, than if there is no solution will tranform my Local machine into a real Mint workplace!
blankev wrote on Sunday, June 01, 2014:
When I did the new istall of Ubuntu latest into Mint 17 and changed the directory to var/www/html/openemr it opens nicely but when i try to view a client it does not show all options of the left menu.
Any ideas on why? Or is this to Mint 17 and where it saves the documents etc.
(Please neglect this comment if it gives you more thime to develop the Mint 17 version of openEMR…)
bradymiller wrote on Sunday, June 01, 2014:
Hi,
Something I’ve just noted is that in the Mint16/17 versions also is that the directory for sites/default/documents is not secured in OpenEMR (so can be viewed without even logging in). This is because the apache config file that was used in previous package is no longer supported. The new package will fix this, but do suggest waiting until the new package is released for these versions.
-brady
OpenEMR
fsgl wrote on Monday, June 02, 2014:
That’s a very good reason not to use LM 16/17 for production. Thanks for the heads up, Brady.
Pimm,
Consider the following:
blankev wrote on Monday, June 02, 2014:
I like what you tell me to do. So next couple of days I will be workinig to get Windows 7 in place again. After that follow your advise on Ubuntu an Mint. May be, YES, maybe I start working in the Cloud to be followed by the Brady-Mint solution.
Why was there so much enthousiasm for Mint and now is seems to be a NONONO for this Linuxversion-Mint and OpenEMR?
fsgl wrote on Monday, June 02, 2014:
Still very happy with LM. The problem is that Ubuntu and Debian moved folders around making things difficult. Do you recall in Riaz Chaudry’s thread when you can almost hear Brady moan at the fact that OpenEMR will have to be in the html folder? Sometimes new is not improved.
Because I’ve worked with OpenEMR in Windows for a longer period of time, it’s easier to find things. Linux has everything scattered all over the place, thus more of a challenge with searches. I understand that the importance of keeping administrator privilege to a minimum, but it seems that every time that I sneeze, I have to ask permissions.
Got everything done a few hours ago. GDebi is working better in 17. Did not take 15 minutes to download the dependencies for OpenEMR. Thank goodness there was only half of the initial updates for 17. Instead of 2.5 hours, only 1 hour of updating.
Macrium is excellent but there are a few pitfalls. Holler if you need help.
fsgl wrote on Monday, June 02, 2014:
Two very helpful links as you’re setting up LM 17: first and second. Bear in mind that it’s a little different if you installed Cinnamon. Updated tutorials for LM 17 will take a few days to appear.
I installed the firewall and the first link has a set of rules that you can copy. Linux Mint does not have the firewall installed as a default.
Also installed gPaint, which is much easier to use than Gimp. Bluefish is a good replacement for Notepad ++. Bleachbit is like CCleaner. Have not used Bb that much, but if it wrecks the dual boot, I can alway restore with Macrium.
The second link is excellent for ways to tweak LM, like adding xkill as a keyboard function. The default login screens are rather dowdy. JoJo Yee will tell you have to get and install new “greeters”. The Mario Brothers theme is amusing.
jackfruit501 wrote on Tuesday, June 03, 2014:
Just a word of caution … bleachbit is not as forgiving as CCCleaner. It can wipe out your files unintentionally and make your system useless! Happened to me a few times when taking things for granted and checking all defaults.
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, June 03, 2014:
Reminds me of the time that I used a registry cleaner and it crashed Windows XP.
O.K., judicious use of Bleachbit. There are 2 ways to run Bb, as user or as root. Avoid second option (don’t want shooting of one’s own foot).
Very strange not to be cleaning and defragmenting.
Just transferred data from Windows 7 to Mint 17 as a test. Needed to delete all the patient data, so used Macrium with the Windows PE Rescue CD. Everything got done in 23 minutes. Much easier to use the Wins PE than the Linux Rescue CD and a bit faster.
fsgl wrote on Tuesday, June 03, 2014:
Speaking about breaking things…
There are times when the normal way of installing a login screen theme (greeter) does not work because if the downloaded theme is not a zipped file, the installer won’t see it. The “Mint Collecting” theme is packaged as an all.debian file. As such it cannot be installed. See image of the theme and 1.png.
The necessary file is buried deep in the archive. Extract the file, copy “GdmGreeterTheme.desktop” to an area outside of the folder, rename it to 'MdmGreeterTheme.desktop", copy it back to the folder, then move the folder to usr/share/mdm/themes. See 2.png and 3.png
Two big faux pas to avoid:
Don’t open the downloaded file with the Archive Manager to change the .desktop file as Administrator. This will cause the user to lose Administrator privilege for all subsequent tasks in the Gnome Desktop.
Don’t open the downloaded package with GDebi to install it. Doing so will eliminate the Login Screen module and kill GRUB, which means that a user can’t login at all without doing Boot-Repair. This is the bigger pitfall of the two.
fsgl wrote on Thursday, June 05, 2014:
This article echoes your advisory and helps to wean us Windows users from obsessive-compulsive behavior.
Just removed Bleachbit.