I spent some time this morning installing the awstats rpm on a CentOS 5.2 server and ran into a little issue with the provided apache configuration that took me some time to resolve. Once installed and configured, viewing the directory url resulted in the error

attempt to invoke directory as script: /var/www/awstats/

I’m not going to repeat the installation and configuration process here since there is plenty of information out there. Instead, I’ll point out two links that were most helpful (especially the latter which includes a workaround for the issue above):

First look here on how to add the RPMForge repository.

Next go here to learn how to install and configure awstats with the workaround.

I find it extremely irritating when I’m trying to read information about a product on a website and a live chat window pops up to block the very documentation I’m trying to read. If I need to contact a support technician or product representative, I’ll click the damn button that should be clearly offered, off to the side and out of the way.

It’s not unlike the salespeople that pester you in a department store. I will approach you if I want your help, so be approachable and available, but leave me alone until I’m ready.