MedDream for dcm4chee Quick Install (Windows and Linux)

  WINDOWS INSTALL:

1. Copy meddream folder to APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR

      (so that the result is APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream;
      for example, in our machines it usually is C:\xampplite\htdocs\meddream.)

  If you updating older version of meddream:
      a) Please, backup old version of meddream (so, you can go back any time).

      b) Please, do not replace files you changed in last version. You must 
         carefully synchronize new version

2. From APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream copy php5.2_meddream.dll to \php\ext

3. Add extension=php5.2_meddream.dll to php.ini file

4. Edit dcm4chee MySQL database name in APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream/config.php file.
   Edit dcm4chee dir name in APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream/config.php file.

5. Restart Apache

6. Navigate to http://127.0.0.1/meddream/home.php (use mysql users to log in).



  LINUX INSTALL:

1. Copy the "meddream" directory to APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR

      (so that the result is APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream;
      for example, in our machines it usually is /var/www/meddream.)

   Adjust permissions: no less than

	  0777 for APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream
	  0777 for APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream/log
	  0777 for APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream/temp

   If you are updating an older version of MedDream:

      a) Please back up the old version (so you can go back any time).

      b) Please do not replace files you changed in last version. You must
         carefully synchronize the new version

2. From APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream Copy php5.2_meddream.so to
   /usr/lib/php/modules

3. Add "extension=php5.2_meddream.so" to /etc/php.ini file

4. Edit dcm4chee MySQL database name in APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream/config.php file.
   Edit dcm4chee dir name in APACHE_HTDOCS_DIR/meddream/config.php file.

5. Restart Apache

6. Navigate to http://127.0.0.1/meddream/home.php (use mysql users to log in).

7. The FreeImage library is strongly recommended for performance reasons.
   It will be accessed via a symbolic link /usr/lib/libfreeimage.so.3 ;
   you may need to create or update it, for example,

		cd /usr/lib
		ln -s -f libfreeimage-3.13.0.so libfreeimage.so.3

   It is also recommended to get a recent version, at least 3.13. For
   example, Fedora Core 12 contains only 3.10 which basically works but is
   harder to troubleshoot. In that case it should be possible to compile it
   from source ("make && make install" was enough for us).

8. The dcmj2pnm utility from dcmtk (OFFIS DICOM Toolkit, http://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk)
   is required in order to support most transfer syntaxes. It will be accessed
   as /usr/local/dicom/bin/dcmj2pnm ; please create a symbolic link there if
   your distribution behaves differently.

   On Debian (lenny) and Ubuntu (jaunty), the package is called "dcmtk".
   If there is none, you must compile it yourself. On Fedora Core 12 we
   managed that simply by executing "./configure && make && make install".

9. ffmpeg is required in order to display thumbnails of MPEG2 DICOM files.
   (Display of the video itself is still being ported, however you can
   already see the thumbnail.) It is expected at /usr/bin/ffmpeg .

   Not every distribution has it. Sometimes it is possible to download
   separate dependencies from sites like rpmfind.net and install these
   manually.