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Install Awstats on Ubuntu 6.10 server

I have Awstats on Windows box. I also have some posts about how to install it and config it.
Now I am a Ubuntu fans. I will show you how to install Awstats on Ubuntu server 6.10.
1) Under command line mode, or putty.
2) apt-get install awstats
This command is install Awstats. Currently it is v6.5.
3) Edit configuration file, it is located /etc/awstats/
cp awstats.conf awstats.yourhostname.conf
Change something to reflect your own settings.

LogFile="/var/log/apache2/access.log"
LogFormat=1
DNSLookup=1
DirData="/var/cache/awstats/"
DirCgi="/cgi-bin"
DirIcons="/icon"
SiteDomain="yourhostname"
AllowToUpdateStatsFromBrowser=1
AllowFullYearView=3

4) Make a directory called /var/cache and chmod it 777 so it can be used from the web server

mkdir /var/cache
chmod 777 /var/cache

5) Copy icons to web directory:

cp -r /usr/share/awstats/icon /var/www/icon


6) Run this to update databases:

/usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=yourhostname -update

7) In your web browser, go to the url:
http://hostname/cgi-bin/awstats.pl?config=yourhostname
8) Edit crontab to update stats automatically every night:

crontab -e
0 1 * * * /usr/lib/cgi-bin/awstats.pl -config=yourhostname -update

In step 3
I use ubuntu.g2soft.net to replace “yourhostname”
In other steps
I use ubuntu to replace “yourhostname”

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