Problems in Ubuntu 11.04

OpenEMR Development
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arnabnaha wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011:

Hello!!
Just installed the ubuntu 11.04 in one of my machine. For testing purposes, installed the openemr latest development code from github. Now on logging in, i cannot see the calendar. even on clicking on the calendar button on the left navigation menu, it shows a white space only. Next in the Administration->Practice, when clicking, practice, it also shows a white page and nothing shows up…I thought openemr works best in ubuntu/linux, but it seems that windows rocks!!

Apart from these two problems, no other problem till now…will continue to test it on ubuntu….
Dr. Arnab Naha

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yehster wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011:

I’m running under 11.04 on multiple systems and it works fine. I’m guessing you didn’t verify all of the recommended php.ini settings during your install.  My hunch is you didn’t turn on short tags.

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arnabnaha wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011:

I verified all the php.ini settings…even on turning short tags off and restarting the system after that…doesnt cure the calendar problem…even on Administration->Others->Calendar, it doesnt show anything except a white page…why this is so???

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tmccormi wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011:

white screen on calendar almost always means that you are missing write permissions to the complied template directories in for the calendar.

openemr/interface/main/calendar/modules/PostCalendar/pntemplates/compiled
openemr/interface/main/calendar/modules/PostCalendar/pntemplates/cache

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arnabnaha wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011:

Hi Tony,
I did chmod 666 /var/www/openemr/interface/main/calendar/modules/PostCalendar/pntemplates/compiled and chmod 666 /var/www/openemr/interface/main/calendar/modules/PostCalendar/pntemplates/cache during the installation of the database as well as right now after your post, but no result….I am not at all well versed with ubuntu, so kindly can you give me the steps correctly, what to do? Plz give a bit elaborately…as wiki instructions donot work too…

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arnabnaha wrote on Tuesday, July 19, 2011:

Hi Tony,
I did it…i did chmod 777 for the two directories and it worked…calendar came up…thanks for leading the way…

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bradymiller wrote on Wednesday, July 20, 2011:

arnabnaha,

Several options to quickly get OpenEMR going on ubuntu:

1) cvs-openemr package (very cool method to install/configure most recent development version):
http://www.openmedsoftware.org/wiki/Ubuntu-Debian_OpenEMR_CVS_Package_Installation#Command_line_Ubuntu_Installation

2) Install a git repostiory via http://www.openmedsoftware.org/wiki/Git_for_dummies then use this script (place it one directory above the openemr directory) in order to quickly test the currently checked out branch on this local git repo:
http://gist.github.com/478814

3) If you’re curious there’s also an official 4.0.0 installation ubuntu package here (note it does not interfere with the above development package): http://www.openmedsoftware.org/wiki/OpenEMR_4.0_Ubuntu-Debian_Package_Installation#Command_line_Ubuntu_Installation

Note that in 1 and 3 above, you have to install the packages via command line (still very simple). Also note that 3 above will auto-upgrade from previous OpenEMR versions (so, if you had version 3.2.0 installed, it would automatically upgrade it)

Still think windows rocks… :slight_smile:

-brady