Toolpack migration CentOS5 2-5

This page explains the procedure required for a CentOS 5 host to upgrade a Toolpack v2-3 or v2-4 system to a Toolpack v2-5 system.

Toolpack Migration Steps

Create a backup of your configuration

If not already done, do a backup of your database.

 mysqldump -u'[DatabaseUsername]' -p'[DatabasePassword]' --opt'[ToolpackDatabaseName]' > '[ToolpackBackupFile]'

ex.

 mysqldump -utbdb -ptbdbpw --opt toolpack_0 > toolpack_0.sql

Upgrade to Ruby 1.8.7

Uninstall current version of ruby

 yum remove ruby
 yum remove ruby-devel

Install Openssl-devel

 yum install openssl-devel

Install zlib-devel

 yum install zlib-devel

Install ruby

For 32 bits system:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 tar -zxf ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 cd ruby-1.8.7-p174
 ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib --enable-shared
 make
 make install
 cd ext/openssl/
 ruby extconf.rb
 make
 make install
 cd ../../..
 ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby

For 64 bits system:

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 tar -zxf ruby-1.8.7-p174.tar.gz
 cd ruby-1.8.7-p174
 ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib64 --enable-shared
 make
 make install
 cd ext/openssl/
 ruby extconf.rb 
 make
 make install
 cd ../../..
 ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby

Install RubyGems 1.3.5

 wget http://download.distribution.telcobridges.com/3rdparty/prerequisite/src/centos/rubygems-1.3.5.tgz
 tar -zxf rubygems-1.3.5.tgz
 cd rubygems-1.3.5
 ruby setup.rb
 cd ..

Erase some old gem

 cd /usr/bin
 rm -f gem gemlock gem_mirror gemri gem_server gemwhich

Install gem fcgi

 /usr/local/bin/gem install fcgi