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Jaime Iniesta | 27 Jun 2012 12:22

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Errors installing the validator from source

Hi, I'm trying to install the validator on a linux server following
the instructions on http://validator.w3.org/docs/install.html

But I'm getting some errors on the CPAN installation. Some bundles
fail. Here's a report of the errors:

https://gist.github.com/3003171

Maybe I should choose another linux distribution? Which one is the
validator server currently using?

Thanks!

Jaime Iniesta

Jaime Iniesta | 27 Jun 2012 12:49

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

I've created a funded open source gig for someone able to update this
documentation:

http://gun.io/open/58/

Nicholas Bamber | 28 Jun 2012 23:42

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

Jaimie,
	For my sins I maintain the  w3c-markup-validator on Debian which feeds
into Ubuntu. So on those systems you should just need to do

"apt-get install w3c-markup-validator"  as root.

Unfortunately the HTML5 bit has not been packaged. There is a bug report
for that at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631274 .

On 27/06/12 11:49, Jaime Iniesta wrote:
> I've created a funded open source gig for someone able to update this
> documentation:
> 
> http://gun.io/open/58/
>

Jaime Iniesta | 28 Jun 2012 23:56

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

2012/6/28 Nicholas Bamber <nicholas <at> periapt.co.uk>:
> Jaimie,
>        For my sins I maintain the  w3c-markup-validator on Debian which feeds
> into Ubuntu. So on those systems you should just need to do
>
> "apt-get install w3c-markup-validator"  as root.

Hey, that's awesome news! I'll try it and tell you how it goes.

> Unfortunately the HTML5 bit has not been packaged. There is a bug report
> for that at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631274 .

But it can be installed from source, I guess?

Michael[tm] Smith | 29 Jun 2012 06:41

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

Jaime Iniesta <jaimeiniesta <at> gmail.com>, 2012-06-28 23:56 +0200:

> 2012/6/28 Nicholas Bamber <nicholas <at> periapt.co.uk>:
> > Unfortunately the HTML5 bit has not been packaged. There is a bug report
> > for that at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631274 .
> 
> But it can be installed from source, I guess?

Yeah, but see my previous message to Nicholas: I've made some pre-built
jars that should obviate the need for you to build from the sources if you
don't want to.

  --Mike

--

-- 
Michael[tm] Smith http://people.w3.org/mike

Michael[tm] Smith | 29 Jun 2012 06:39

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

Nicholas Bamber <nicholas <at> periapt.co.uk>, 2012-06-28 22:42 +0100:

> Jaimie,
> 	For my sins I maintain the  w3c-markup-validator on Debian which feeds
> into Ubuntu. So on those systems you should just need to do
> 
> "apt-get install w3c-markup-validator"  as root.
> 
> Unfortunately the HTML5 bit has not been packaged. There is a bug report
> for that at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631274 .

I'd be very happy to work with you or anybody else who'd be interested in
packaging the HTML5 validator.

Something that would make it a whole lot easier: I recently made some
pre-built jars for it. Details here:

  https://bitbucket.org/sideshowbarker/vnu#readme

(See the part about "How to use the pre-built jars".)

You can get the jars themselves either by cloning that repo, or here:

  https://bitbucket.org/sideshowbarker/vnu/get/2759dcb15031.tar.gz

There are two jars: One is an 18MB jar that includes the validator code
plus the code for all of its third-party dependencies. The other is an
optional jar that just provides a command-line client.

There's a license file in the repo, as well as a file listing credits for

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Jaime Iniesta | 29 Jun 2012 09:50

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

2012/6/29 Michael[tm] Smith <mike <at> w3.org>:
> I'd be very happy to work with you or anybody else who'd be interested in
> packaging the HTML5 validator.

Michael, thanks a lot for that, this should make things much easier. :)

Jaime Iniesta | 29 Jun 2012 09:45

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

2012/6/28 Nicholas Bamber <nicholas <at> periapt.co.uk>:
> "apt-get install w3c-markup-validator"  as root.

Installing this on Ubuntu Precise works fine, but it installs version
1.2 of the validator.

Is there an updated version to install the latest version, 1.3 ?

Thanks!

Nicholas Bamber | 29 Jun 2012 21:01

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Re: Errors installing the validator from source

On 29/06/12 08:45, Jaime Iniesta wrote:
> 2012/6/28 Nicholas Bamber <nicholas <at> periapt.co.uk>:
>> "apt-get install w3c-markup-validator"  as root.
> 
> Installing this on Ubuntu Precise works fine, but it installs version
> 1.2 of the validator.
> 
> Is there an updated version to install the latest version, 1.3 ?
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Jamie,
	As far as Debian goes I'm sort of constrained by the upcoming freeze
and other duties. It's not the upgrade itself but a bug in a other
package. I can fix that probably quite easily, but I just don't have the
energy now. I'll pick it up next month. Then ubuntu will probably pick
it up sometime after that.

Nicholas Bamber | 29 Jun 2012 21:01

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Bug#665298: Errors installing the validator from source

On 29/06/12 08:45, Jaime Iniesta wrote:
> 2012/6/28 Nicholas Bamber <nicholas <at> periapt.co.uk>:
>> "apt-get install w3c-markup-validator"  as root.
> 
> Installing this on Ubuntu Precise works fine, but it installs version
> 1.2 of the validator.
> 
> Is there an updated version to install the latest version, 1.3 ?
> 
> Thanks!
> 

Jamie,
	As far as Debian goes I'm sort of constrained by the upcoming freeze
and other duties. It's not the upgrade itself but a bug in a other
package. I can fix that probably quite easily, but I just don't have the
energy now. I'll pick it up next month. Then ubuntu will probably pick
it up sometime after that.

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