[needs-packaging] iPath - telemedicine applications, inc microscope

[Tree MendUs]

URL:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipath
http://www.openclinical.org/os_iPath.html

Description:
iPath is providing an free and open platform for many kind of telemedical applications.
The iPath-Server, provides a sort of medical BBS to discuss/chat/consult online. Additional modules can be added, e.g. iPath-Microscope for real time telemicroscopy.

    iPath is an open source software project with the aim of developing a multi-purpose communication platform for telemedicine, distance teaching and medical knowledge management.

    In use: The platform forms the basis of the Solomon Islands Telemedicine Network - "a joint project of the National Referral Hospital in Honiara, South Pacific Medical Projects [and] the University of Basel". iPath is also being used in the RAFT (French African Telemedicine Network) project linking countries in French-speaking Africa, and as part of the telepathology project at Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Programed mainly in PHP (some minor external add-ons in Java) so works on most web-servers.

License: GNU GPL

[KB (kurt-brauchli)]

I have just updated the description. Would love to provide iPath as a deb package but have never done any deb packaging before. Is there any guide on how to package php web applications for Ubuntu ?

[Tree MendUs (tree-mendus-deactivatedaccount)]

I have not done packaging before, but are interested.
Blowed if I know where the definitive information is.
It's Ok finding out stuff, it's another thing finding out that you didn't find out "enough".

So I am interested to know how to do it, and how you get on here.

I don't know how much you know already, but starters might be ;

Ubuntu Development
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment#Working%20with%20Ubuntu%20Packages

and

The Ubuntu packaging Guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/index.html

This project is probably relatively easy as it uses php and java, which are both cross platform languages.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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