Topic: Open Goo

[misnerspace]

Hi Everybody,

I was wondering if there was anybody out there who has had any experience installing and using Open Goo (http://www.opengoo.org/index.html) or any other web office service on SME? We're currently looking for a web office service for our staff and students. If you know of any alternatives please let me know.

Thanks!

[Stefano]

hi

I would start asking you what do you need/want.. I mean: do you need a collaborative suite as opengroupware? a crm like vtiger? what else?

Ciao
Stefano

[misnerspace]

Hi Stefano,

Thanks for the quick reply, basically we need the equivalent of Google Docs except we want to host it ourselves so that the school is in control and responsible for the data. Egroupware sounds great but I think it would be too much at this stage...

thanks!

[Stefano]

ok

as you can read here:

System requirements

Before installing OpenGoo make sure that your server matches these requirements:

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      OpenGoo needs PHP5, not PHP4. If your server is running PHP4 you will get an error message during the installation process saying: Installation error: in order to run OpenGoo you need PHP5. Your current PHP version is: 4.x.x. Some hosting providers allow you to switch PHP versions; if your provider doesn't you need another server.
    *
      OpenGoo consumes about 10 MB of memory. If your server is set to the standard memory limit of 8 MB you may get an error message during the installation process saying: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted. This can be solved by setting memory_limit=32 in php.ini.
    *
      OpenGoo needs a MySQL database server with InnoDB support.

you need php5 and mysql with innodb.. you can have both of them on your SME 7.X, look in the wiki.

I'd suggest you to setup a virtual machine or a physical one to do some test..

if you succeed, please remember to report here with an howto, thank you

good luck
Stefano

[misnerspace]

will get back to you all. Looks like it could be a fun project.