Installing the Debian Packages

These directions are for the stable packages. If you would like to test the experiemental packages, or modify the demo site in any way, please see Customizing Packaged iHRIS

iHRIS Manage Demo

These steps cover the installation of the iHRIS Manage demonstration on an Ubuntu or Debian system.

1. Open a terminal and copy the following lines to the command line and execute them:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/intrahealth+informatics/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main" |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ihris.list
aptitude install i2ce-ihris-manage-site-demo

The script will prompt you to type “I UNDERSTAND” to verify that it is ok to install the iHRIS Manage Demo. Be aware that any database named “ihris” will be dropped. This shouldn't be a problem if this is the first time you've installed the Demo.

2. After the script completes, visit http://localhost/ihris/manage/Demo in your web browser. You'll be prompted to update the site. Click “OK”.

3. When this completes, you'll get another prompt to procede to the site. Click “OK” again.

4. Explore!

iHRIS Manage Blank Site

Once you've tried out the demonstration, you may want to try customizing the site. Here are the steps to download and install the software to do that on a Ubuntu or Debian system.

1. Open a terminal and copy the following lines to the command line and execute them to run the installation script for iHRIS Manage.

wget -O ihris-setup.sh -q http://www.ihris.org/w/upload/Ihris-deb-install.txt
sudo sh -e ihris-setup.sh blank

The script will prompt you to type “I UNDERSTAND” to verify that it is ok to install iHRIS Manage. Be aware that any database named “ihris” will be dropped. This shouldn't be a problem if you haven't yet modified the site data.

2. After the script completes, visit http://localhost/ihris/manage/Blank in your web browser. You'll be prompted to update the site. Click “OK”.

3. When this completes, you'll get another prompt to procede to the site. Click “OK” again.

4. Explore!