Comments on: Open Source BI Pentaho Installation Walkthrough

By: Jeronimo

Jeronimo — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:31:50 +0000

And updated tutorial on how to install Pentaho Data Integration (also known as Kettle) in Ubuntu can be found here:
http://blog.foobaria.com/2010/05/install-pentaho-data-integration-aka.html

It can be useful for people looking only to install this great data migration tool, and not the full suite.

By: dustin

dustin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:51:09 +0000

Began trying this on Ubuntu Karmic. The only problem I ran into in getting the BI server started was that my JAVA_HOME variable was not set. That required editing the file /etc/bash.bashrc to set that variable.

For me (default install of java jdk from the synaptic manager), the location for java was /usr/bin/java. So I edited /etc/bash.bashrc to add the following at the end of the file:

JAVA_HOME=/usr/
export JAVA_HOME
PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export PATH

Then I restarted the machine and the BI Suite started right up! You can check the variable setting after the restart but running “echo JAVA_HOME” in a terminal session.

Used this blog post to figure things out: http://www.zimbio.com/the+ubuntu+guy/articles/82/How+set+JAVA_HOME+environment+variable+Ubuntu

I’m a bit new to linux, so I wrote this up hoping it might help someone else who is as well.

By: Chuck Zimmer

Chuck Zimmer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:40:42 +0000

Hi,

I am trying to figure out how to install Pentaho. I have the files copied to the remote server, but am unsure on what to do next. I am fairly new at this, so I do not know how to launch spoon.bat on a remote computer, etc.
Any guidance is appreciated!

By: Siladitya

Siladitya — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:18:07 +0000

How to do the same for windows server.
I like to connect the Pentaho server in windows from remote system.

thanks….

By: osserpguru

osserpguru — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:13:07 +0000

Roy – thanks for the update. How about bloggging here? I think you got the talent!!

By: Roy Jensen

Roy Jensen — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:14:37 +0000

I found the correct mysql script by looking around..
http://source.pentaho.org/svnroot/legacy/pentaho-data/trunk/mysql5, then right-click (windows client) and save as

By: Michel Poirier

Michel Poirier — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:59:31 +0000

Your link where I can find the Mysql database creation script (http://source.pentaho.org/svnroot/pentaho-data/trunk/mysql5/SampleDataDump_MySql.sql) is not valid. Can you correct it please?

Thanks

By: Hirdesh

Hirdesh — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:38:36 +0000

Hi,
Thanks its very useful. But can you tell m ehow to install that in window. I m trying to install from last one week but its not working. Reuqet your help please

By: babuprasad

babuprasad — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:43:09 +0000

HOW TO INSTALL PENTAHO 1.7 GA ON MYSQL WiTH WINDOWS GUIDE ?

By: DrG

DrG — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:51:35 +0000

@ Damian:

See this blog for Tomcat installation:
http://osbi.nl/2008/11/how-to-manually-install-pentaho-bi-server-linux/