These instructions guide the reader through the steps to install a small perl
CGI app which uses CGI::OptimalQuery. These instructions have been tested on
Scientific Linux 6.
Step 1) Install required packages
sudo yum install libdbi-dbd-sqlite httpd
Step 2) create and populate an sqlite database
./make_test_data.pl
Step 3) Configure Apache
# edit an apache virtualhost
sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/0default.conf
# add an apache alias to the CGI::OptimalQuery Resources directory
Alias /OptimalQuery/ /path/to/perl-CGI-OptimalQuery/lib/CGI/OptimalQuery/Resources/
# add a script alias to view the demos
ScriptAlias /OptimalQueryDemo/ /path/to/perl-CGI-OptimalQuery/demo/cgi-bin/
# restart apache
sudo apachectl restart
Step 4) Open your web browser to ..
http://localhost/OptimalQueryDemo/index.pl