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Quick and easy

Download and install the installer and execute Medi. The next instructions are only for those who used older versions of Medi.

Upgrading

If you are upgrading from a previous release of Medi, unzip the package overwriting the existing one,

If you have a version prior to 0.2.0, run MediUpdater.jar, without running MediInstallerWizard.jar.

First install

To make it work, you have to install the subsequent piece of software:

Java (TM) 2 Runtime Environment version 1.3.1 or better (download)

A DBMS. At present time only these DBMSs are supported:

• MySQL (download) (Special warnings)

• Firebird (download) (Special warnings).

• PostgreSQL (download) (Special warnings).

A JDBC driver. At present time only these drivers are supported (to be installed in the Java 'ext' directory):

• For MySQL:MySQL Connector-J (a.k.a. MM-MySQL) driver (download).

• For Firebird: Interserver-Interclient and JCA-JDBC driver (download).

• For PostgreSQL the official JDBC driver (download).

Finally you can download the program and install it. Follow these instructions.

• If you plan to use Firebird or PostgreSQL, you have to create an empty database.

• Install a new database running MediIntallerWizard.jar file. Follow the instruction that will be presented to you. If you use Firebird, the directory containing the database file must be specified (it will be ignored with MySQL and PostgreSQL) and the database file itself must have the '.gdb' extension.

• Run MediMain.jar to make it work.

• Have fun!

For Non-Windows and Non-Linux users (or Linux users without mounted volumes in the /mnt directory): see README file for other details to perform preliminary operations.

THE NEXT INSTRUCTIONS ARE ONLY FOR EXPERIMENTAL USE, DON’T DOWNLOAD IT IF YOU ONLY WANT TO STORE YOUR MEDIA, YOU DON’T NEED IT!

For running MediX Server you need:

• A PHP-compatible web server (such as Apache).

• PHP configured to use DOM (--with-dom directive), XML functions (--with-xml) and Interbase/Firebird (--with-interbase).

• An Interbase/Firebird database.

Run the “medi-firebird.script” file contained in one of the Medi binary packages (sorry, I forgot to include it...), modify the “login.php” file to accomodate your database, and put it in your favourite location (obviously server by the web server).

For running Medi connecting to MediX Server you have to:

• Download and install the main Medi packages.

• Download and install the “Medi XML pack”.

When you run the connection wizard, you have to specify the location of your MediX Server. Remember to specify in the “server location” only the name of the host (e.g. localhost) and the relative directory in the “directory” field (remember to put a slash before the first directory name).