download / installation instructions

Required Software / Installation Instructions for this Software

The TRACK-THE-TRACKERS--- Software is a collection of scripts and little programs that work within a framework of bigger programs. these are all free software modules. For now, the TRACKERS client software is only available for Linux (plans for a trackers-live-linux version are in the making). It requires you to have the following software installed on your laptop:

- apache-webserver with php and mysql support
- php-client for command-line php-scripts
- mysql-database
- gpsd gps-deamon to connect to your gps-receiver
- alsa library & driver
- pure data to generate sound
- txt2pho and mbrola for text-to-speech synthesis

by clicking on the links above you will find download sources for the more common and installation instructions for the less common software modules.

How to install TRACK-THE-TRACKERS---

This assumes you have the software listed above installed on your system.

1. if you have done a fresh install of mysql, you must first change the root password like this:

- shell> mysql -u root mysql
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('new_password')
-> WHERE user='root/^';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

2. log into mysql as root, create a database.
From the shell run the following command:

mysql [database_name] < trackers.sql
this will read the necessary structural data into your database.

3. copy trackers.tar.gz to /home/your_user/public_html and tar -xzvf trackers.tar.gz.

4. configure it to your liking in dbopen.php

5. start gpsd and test it using

$telnet localhost 2947 and then repeat hitting "p" until there is something else than 00.00000. do not close the shell after that. this is because the usb-gps does not work so cleanly with gpsd and can cause nasty kernel panics..

6. create an aumixrc file in your your user's home directory, chmod 777 /dev/mixer0 and /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/input/mouse

5. run trackers by typing:

$ php startup.php