Abstract base class for text mode installers. Used by passenger-install-apache2-module and passenger-install-nginx-module.

Subclasses must at least implement the #install! method which handles the installation itself.

Usage: 

  installer = ConcereteInstallerClass.new(options...)
  installer.start
Methods
Constants
PASSENGER_WEBSITE = "http://www.modrails.com/"
PHUSION_WEBSITE = "www.phusion.nl"
Public Class methods
new(options = {})

Create an AbstractInstaller. All options will be stored as instance variables, for example: 

  installer = AbstractInstaller.new(:foo => "bar")
  installer.instance_variable_get(:"@foo")   # => "bar"

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    # File lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_installer.rb, line 54
54:         def initialize(options = {})
55:                 options.each_pair do |key, value|
56:                         instance_variable_set("@#{key}""@#{key}", value)
57:                 end
58:         end
Public Instance methods
start()

Start the installation by calling the #install! method.

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    # File lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_installer.rb, line 61
61:         def start
62:                 before_install
63:                 install!
64:         ensure
65:                 after_install
66:         end