Unpack the tar-ball and issue the command:
$ perl Makefile.PL
It will ask you a few questions about file destinations.
The script will find itself the proper destinations for
the files. So, if you agree with it, simply press ENTER.
However, you may decide to use other destinations. In this
case, enter it, when asked. This maybe usefull, if you are
installing it in your ome-directory and if you are not root!
For installation instructions for the mysql database installation see mysql/README.
If want to use another SQL database, i.e. postgresql then set
the option "DbDriver" to the name of the responding DBI-driver
and create a symlink of this name like this:
/usr/lib/perl5/siteperl/NOTEDB $ ln -s mysql.pm oracle.pm
The functionality is the same, but not the name!
The default binary file backend does not need any special installation procedure, you need only to spceify a filename in your config file.
The DBM backend(NOTEDB::dbm) requires the existence of a directory, which you must specify in your config using the option "DbName".
Configuration
This version of note doesn't neccessarily need
a configuration file. But you can have one and change
some default values. Take a look to the file config/noterc
provided with this tarball. There are detailed instructions
about every available parameter.
Simply copy this file into your home-directory and name it
.noterc
If you decide not to use the default database backend (a binary
file), you will *need* a configuration!