Installation procedure for limesurvey 2.0

LIMESURVEY 2.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE

Welcome to LimeSurvey 2.0alpha!

Warranty: This program is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you.

Should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will any copyright holder be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the program (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the program to operate with any other programs).

UPGRADING

We suggest you to check out and hold close to the instructions, which can be found in our online manual:

http://docs.limesurvey.org/tiki-index.php?page=Upgrading+from+a+previous+version

DOWNLOAD

download the package to the domain where you want to host the website and unpack it(if required). In our guide we will be referring to www.yoursite.com/limesurevey2.0/.

STEP 1

Choosing installation Language (Website language will be set at the end of the installation process).

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STEP 2 - License

URL - http://www.yoursite.com/limesurvey2.0/index.php/installer/install/license

Pressing back and refresh – OK

•     This is the GNU General Public License for the limesurvey 2.0.
•     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licenseas published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
•  For more details -- GNU license.

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STEP 3 - Pre-installation check

URL:  http://www.yoursite.com/limesurvey2.0/index.php/installer/install/0

Pressing back and refresh – OK

•    In this step system requirements are checked for proper running of limesurvey 2.0
•    Required settings are MUST for proceeding with the installation. All the settings should be fulfilled for the installation to proceed.
•    Optional settings are required for certain features such as creating and downloading zip files.
•    GD library helps in creating graphics etc.Installation will proceed even if they are not installed.

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STEP 4 - Configuration

URL:  http:// www.yoursite.com /limesurvey2.0/index.php/installer/install/1

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•     All the fields are necessary.
•    Database type: In general cases its MySQL. But you can check your server for more details.
•    Database location: localhost in most cases (if the website and database are on the same server or give the ip/url (eg.193.12.34.21/www.example.com) where the database is hosted.
•   Database name: choose any name for example “test”.
•   o If the database “test” already existing then the new tables will be appended to it i.e. old tables will remain in it.
•    o If “test” doesn’t exist, it will be created and populated with the new tables.
•   Database user/password: Database login details. These details are required to authenticate the installer to add new tables to the database.

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STEP 5 - Database settings

URL:  http:// www.yoursite.com /limesurvey2.0/index.php/installer/install/1

If database “test” already exists……

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If database “test” doesn’t exist already……

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DON’T Press back after you clicked “populate Database” since database has been created with the first click. Going back will disrupt the installation process.

STEP 6 - Optional settings

URL: http:// www.yoursite.com /limesurvey2.0/index.php/installer/optional

 DON’T Press back!

•     These are the basic administrator setting that can be set later also in the administration panel.
•     Default admin login details (if you leave the fields blank):
•          o username : admin
•          o password : password
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•    Don’t forget to change your username password later if you didn’t do it now!

Success!

If you can see the following screen, then you have successfully installed limesurvey2.0 in your server.

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External links

• svn branch[1]