Setting up the METAR weather block

The documentation on the METAR weather block as well as the PEAR Services_Weather module is not too extensive and user-friendly.

Here is how it works:

Prerequisites: install Services_Weather

You install the PEAR Services_Weather module as root from the command line:

pear install Services_Weather

then you change to your pear directory (usually /usr/share/php) and look for the data/Services_Weather directory

It contains a file buildMetarDB.php.

I assume you have the command line PHP interpreter installed and it's called "php" (some distributions call it "php5").

php buildMetarDB.php -a -u horde_db_user -p horde_db_pass -d horde_db

Note: I haven't yet found a way to use the METAR block if you use another database than the horde database.

The horde_db_user is often called "horde" and the horde_db is also often called "horde". If I knew all your passwords, I wouldn't tell you ;)

Now login to horde, go to the portal, choose METAR block and click the edit button in the upper right of the block.

The rest is self-explanatory click-and-play.

--Ralf Lang