Too many times have I putzed around in Linux trying to install a program or get a device driver work without ever writing down what I did, only to come back to the same goddam problem three months later... well, I think the three hours it took to set this thing up warrants writing down *something*. So, as simple as it sounds, here are eight eeaassy steps to get your very own MovableType blogger on your Linux box!
1. Download the distro (duh!).
2. Unzip files into the cgi-bin of the web directory, assuming perl is setup to run only from there (which it typically is, i think.)
3. Move the static directory and files (images/, docs/, style.css) into another location, made public to the world (i.e. outside cgi-bin).
4. Edit the mt.cfg file according to the documentation. Follow the Berkeley DB method.
5. Install the Berkeley DB distro at http://www.sleepycat.com.
6. Download the perl-DB_File RPM and install. For some reason, the DB_File perl script found at http://search.cpan.org didn't work with 5.8.0.
7. Copy DB_File from perl directory to cgi-bin/db/, or whatever was specified in the mt.cfg file.
8. run mt-check.cgi, and all should be well!
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