I am about to take on the task of creating an installation script, to make it easier when setting up my applications on client systems. It is a web based (cgi) application so my install will be as well. So far I have determined the script must:
check if needed Modules are installed and throw a warning if not,
add tables to a DBI compatible SQL database,
determine where the script lives,
determine the OS,
create additional directories
drop the files from a compressed file into their proper places,
adjust the config file to reflect all this information.

I will be satisfied if it will handle the boring 80% and if I just have to tweak a little here and there. Am I missing anything in my list? Is there an installation kit builder already out there that I missed? Any tricks, traps, or other issues I should be aware of? Thanks for your input.

Greg White

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