Client Installation
Installing OOPS is easy. These instructions assume someone has followed the Server Installation steps.
  1. If you downloaded the win32 exe, simply double click this file and follow the prompts for installation. The install will create a new system variable called OOPS_HOME, which points to where you installed OOPS.
    If you downloaded the zip file, unzip the files into a desired directory and create a new system property pointing to this directory called OOPS_HOME
  2. Locate your oops.properties (OOPS_HOME/lib) file and modify the settings to suit your environment.
  3. Double click the oops.bat file to begin oops.
  4. The login screen will appear with two tabs, Login and Connections. You will need to set up a connection to the oops database where bugs are stored. Click on 'New Connection' and enter the details into the form. Your OOPS administrator will have the relavent details:
    • Name: A friendly name for this connection, convenient if you have set up a number of oops database instances
    • Database: The name of the database within mySQL
    • Host name: The network name or address of the oops database, for instance, if the database is on your own local machine, this value would be 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'.
    • User name: The mySQL user name of the user connecting to the database
    • Password: The mySQL password of the user connecting to the database
  5. Press save, and then click the Login tab. Or if you think you made a mistake, untick 'New Connection' and select your new connection from the 'Connection' list. The form will populate with the details you just entered. Edit the settings and press save again, now click on the Login tab.
  6. You are now ready to login to OOPS. Enter your OOPS user name and password, and select the desired connection from the list. The one you just added should be in there.
  7. If you want to test the connection, without logging in, click 'Test'.
  8. Click 'Login' and if all the details are correct, OOPS should start.
  9. You can create a shortcut to the oops.bat file to place on your desktop or whereever to make starting oops easier.