How to install Darwin Streaming Server in Windows XP

You have to first install activeperl

Refer to my article to get this done.

Then refer to this and this.

Choose earlier version of Darwin Streaming Server at here.

When you download this file, extract it to somewhere.

Browse into the folder, and click install.bat.

Then it will beginning a console and begin installation.

It will ask you to type a user name and a password.
Then it will say "adding userName XXX"

In my case, it will hang there.

I just close the window.

Browse into "C:\Program Files\Darwin Streaming Server" or wherever else that you install you darwin streaming server, and click streamingadminserver.pl, a console will appear and hang there, then your server is beginning to listen on the port 1220

Open a browser with URL "http://localhost:1220"

A quicktime logo will appear and ask you for username and password.

Then it works.

Follow the steps and choose port 80 to go through the firewalls.

How to install perl in Windows XP

Download ActivePerl from here or here.

You need to input your name and email.

But it is free

Begin installation, follow the steps

[Check] Add Perl to the PATH environment variable

[Check] Create Perl file extension association

And your installation will be smooth.

refer to this page

After installation finished,  you will see the release note

"

ActivePerl 1004 -- Release Notes

Welcome, and thank you for downloading ActivePerl. This release corresponds to Perl version 5.10.

The following platforms are supported by this release:

• AIX 5.1 or later (rs6000)

• Linux: glibc 2.3 or later (x86 and x64)

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later (x86 and powerpc)

• Solaris 2.8 or later (sparc, 32 and 64 bit)

• Solaris 10 or later (x86)

• Windows 2000 (x86)

• Windows XP, 2003, Vista (x86 and x64)

  blablabla

"

It is very cool to support so many platforms.

Apache conf

You have to have your apache web server running.

In "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf"

Edit the httpd.conf file which is the configuration file of apache server in the following way

Activating CGI

Using Notepad (or other text editor) openhttpd.conf (also should be start-menu shortcut called "Edit Apache HTTP httpd.conf File") and search for Options Indexes "FollowSymLinks" (about line 217) when you find it add "ExecCGI" to the end so it looks like "Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI"

You should restart your apache server after these changes

this page is very helpful for you to get perl cgi runing properly

Ubuntu 8.10 Beta Release, Install it!

Ubuntu 8.10 Betta has been released on Oct. 2, 2008.

I just download it from http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/ubuntu-releases/8.10/ubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso this is very fast.

I downloaded it in less than 5 minutes in Michigan.

I just wasted a CD, because I used Vista's default burner to burn this image to the CD.

And system cannot boot. Because Microsoft protects its datatype to be recognizable only by Windows. I throw the CD in trash bottle and follow the steps in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

First download and installed InfraRecorder, then burn the CD (choose .iso file)

Then you are done.

I haven't tested whether I can installed ubuntu yet.

But I think there is not problem with this approach.

//I've tested it and successfully installed ubuntu 8.10 to my dell desktop.

//But the problem here is that the network interface can not be detected

//ifconfig there is only a loopback interface

//How to make ubuntu 8.10 have Internet access?

//I will fix it later