Install Gforge on Bluehost

[inphinis]

Has anyone tried to install Gforge (www.gforge.org) on a bluehost account??

Thanks,

[insight]

hi

It is for me also, I would like to install Gforge on Bluehost. Could you help me to complete it?

Thanks in advance

[Early Out]

Browsing through some of the documentation for Gforge, I'm encountering the kind of statements that make me think you can't install it on BH. It says things like:


The installer uses your package management system. The first step of the installation downloads and installs all the required packages to make a complete and working GForge AS. Before choosing this option, make sure you have a clean and properly working operating system and you can automatically install packages as needed.
This implies that you need access to the server operating system on a level that's simply not available on a shared hosting account. Just my impression.

[insight]

hi

thanks for your information.

Gforge has 2 product lines: Gforge AS (Advanced Server) and Gforge Community.

Gforge community version can support us to install on hosted services, you can download this software in here (http://gforgegroup.com/es/download.php).

You can get install guide in "INSTALL" file.

Could you help me to try to install this software? (I very like this software for my site)

Thanks in advance

[felgall]

There are two versions there as you said but neither of them is suited to install on web hosting.

One version is suitable to install on your own computer running linux. The other has a complete virtual setup that can run on any computer running vmware.

[insight]

hi

that mean that there are no way to run this software on your hosting - is it correct?

[Early Out]

If felgall is correct (and I believe he is), the software can't be run on BH. But this is a user-to-user forum, not a BH support site, so it's not "our hosting." For a definitive answer, you'd have to ask BH.

[cade]

There is a remote possibility that you could get Gforge running with a lot of package modification and workarounds. To be completely honest, if you are asking whether it can be installed instead of picking it apart and making the decision for yourself it is pretty unlikely that you would be successful without a lot of experience that doesn't show in your initial question. The reality is that there are other packages out there that aren't going to be nearly as much hassle to install (redmine, trac) and likely don't use the same kind of resources that Gforge will-- their docs suggest that when using their virtual machine image you should allocate 768 MB to the machine. Even when you cut out the system processes that are already running on your Bluehost server, it sounds a bit beefy to keep yourself from causing a performance issue.

Personally, I would recommend investigating other options whether they are software or hardware (VPS/ dedicated, in the event that you absolutely have to run it).

[insight]

Thanks for your information

Do you know any supplier who can provide this services?

(I know Gforge can do, but it is more expensive for me)

[felgall]

You might look at VPS hosting - that would provide the level of access needed to be able to install it.