Test and update the media-types docs with Debian 10 and CentOS.

Unfortunately wasn't able to get video going in CentOS.

docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst

@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ MediaGoblin has the following core dependencies:
 - `Node.js <https://nodejs.org>`_
 
 On a DEB-based system (e.g Debian, Trisquel, Ubuntu and
-derivatives) issue the following commands::
+derivatives) issue the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
 
     # Debian, Trisquel, Ubuntu and derivatives (Hereafter Debian and co.)
     sudo apt update

docs/source/siteadmin/media-types.rst

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Enabling Media Types
 
 Media types are enabled in your MediaGoblin configuration file.
 
-Most media types have additional dependencies that you will have to install.
+Most media types require **additional dependencies** that you will have to install. You
-You will find descriptions on how to satisfy the requirements of each media type
+will find descriptions on how to satisfy the requirements of each media type
-on this page.
+below.
 
 To enable a media type, add the the media type under the ``[plugins]`` section
 in you ``mediagoblin.ini``. For example, if your system supported image
@@ -44,9 +44,16 @@ and video media types, then it would look like this::
     [[mediagoblin.media_types.image]]
     [[mediagoblin.media_types.video]]
 
-Note that after enabling new media types, you must run dbupdate like so::
+Note that after enabling new media types, you must run dbupdate. If you have
+deployed MediaGoblin as an unprivileged user as described in
+":doc:`production-deployments`", you'll first need to switch to this account::
 
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
+    sudo su mediagoblin --shell=/bin/bash
+    $ cd /srv/mediagoblin.example.org/mediagoblin
+
+Now run dbupdate::
+
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
 
 If you are running an active site, depending on your server
 configuration, you may need to stop it first (and it's certainly a
@@ -75,93 +82,93 @@ instance the ``video`` media type configuration can be found in
 ``mediagoblin/media_types/video/config_spec.ini``.
 
 
+Audio
+=====
+
+To enable audio, install the GStreamer and python-gstreamer bindings (as well
+as whatever GStreamer plugins you want, good/bad/ugly):
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # Debian and co.
+    sudo apt install python3-gst-1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-{base,bad,good,ugly} \
+    gstreamer1.0-libav
+
+    # Fedora and co.
+    sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{base,bad-free,good,ugly-free}
+
+.. note::
+
+   MediaGoblin previously generated spectrograms for uploaded audio. This
+   feature has been removed due to incompatibility with Python 3. We may
+   consider re-adding this feature in the future.
+
+Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.audio]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your
+``mediagoblin.ini`` and update MediaGoblin::
+
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
+
+Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). You should now be able to upload
+and listen to audio files!
+
+
 Video
 =====
 
 To enable video, first install GStreamer and the python-gstreamer
 bindings (as well as whatever GStreamer extensions you want,
-good/bad/ugly).  On Debianoid systems
+good/bad/ugly):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    sudo apt-get install python3-gi \
+    # Debian and co.
-        gstreamer1.0-tools \
+    sudo apt install python3-gi gstreamer1.0-tools gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 \
-        gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 \
+    gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-{good,bad,ugly} \
-        gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 \
+    gstreamer1.0-libav python3-gst-1.0
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \
-        gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
-        gstreamer1.0-libav \
-        python3-gst-1.0
-
-
-Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.video]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in
-your ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin.
-
-Run
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
-
-Now you should be able to submit videos, and MediaGoblin should
-transcode them.
 
 .. note::
 
+   We unfortunately do not have working installation instructions for Fedora and
+   co. Some incomplete information is available on the `Hacking Howto wiki page <http://wiki.mediagoblin.org/HackingHowto#Fedora_.2F_RedHat.28.3F.29_.2F_CentOS>`_
+    
+Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.video]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in
+your ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin.
+
+Run::
+
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
+
+Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). Now you should be able to submit
+videos, and MediaGoblin should transcode them.
+
+.. note::
+
+   You will likely need to increase the ``client_max_body_size`` setting in
+   Nginx to upload larger videos.
+   
    You almost certainly want to separate Celery from the normal
    paste process or your users will probably find that their connections
    time out as the video transcodes.  To set that up, check out the
    ":doc:`production-deployments`" section of this manual.
 
 
-Audio
-=====
-
-To enable audio, install the GStreamer and python-gstreamer bindings (as well
-as whatever GStreamer plugins you want, good/bad/ugly).
-To install these on Debianoid systems, run::
-
-    sudo apt-get install python3-gst-1.0 gstreamer1.0-plugins-{base,bad,good,ugly} \
-    gstreamer1.0-libav
-
-.. note::
-   MediaGoblin previously generated spectrograms for uploaded audio. This
-   feature has been removed due to incompatibility with Python 3. We may
-   consider re-adding this feature in the future.
-
-Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.audio]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your
-``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin.
-
-Run
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
-
-You should now be able to upload and listen to audio files!
-
-
 Raw image
 =========
 
-To enable raw image you need to install pyexiv2.  On Debianoid systems
+To enable raw image you need to install pyexiv2::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    # Debian and co.
-
+    sudo apt install python3-pyexiv2
-    sudo apt-get install python3-pyexiv2
 
 Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.raw_image]]`` under the ``[plugins]``
 section in your ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin.
 
-Run
+Run::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
 
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
+Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). Now you should be able to submit
-
+raw images, and MediaGoblin should extract the JPEG preview from them.
-Now you should be able to submit raw images, and MediaGoblin should
-extract the JPEG preview from them.
 
 
 ASCII art
@@ -169,23 +176,20 @@ ASCII art
 
 To enable ASCII art support, first install the
 `chardet <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/chardet>`_
-library, which is necessary for creating thumbnails of ASCII art
+library, which is necessary for creating thumbnails of ASCII art::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    $ ./bin/easy_install chardet
-
-    ./bin/easy_install chardet
 
 
 Next, modify your ``mediagoblin.ini``.  In the ``[plugins]`` section, add
 ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.ascii]]``.
 
-Run
+Run::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
 
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
+Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). Now any .txt file you uploaded
-
+will be processed as ASCII art!
-Now any .txt file you uploaded will be processed as ASCII art!
 
 
 STL / 3D model support
@@ -200,14 +204,14 @@ is surely not to work prior to Blender 2.5X).
 Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.stl]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your
 ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin.
 
-Run
+Run::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
 
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
+Restart MediaGoblin (and Celery if applicable). You should now be able to upload
+.obj and .stl files and MediaGoblin will be able to present them to your wide
+audience of admirers!
 
-You should now be able to upload .obj and .stl files and MediaGoblin
-will be able to present them to your wide audience of admirers!
 
 PDF and Document
 ================
@@ -223,21 +227,17 @@ To enable the "PDF and Document" support plugin, you need:
 
 All executables must be on your execution path.
 
-To install this on Fedora:
+To install this on Fedora::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    sudo dnf install poppler-utils unoconv libreoffice-headless
-
-    sudo yum install -y poppler-utils unoconv libreoffice-headless
 
 Note: You can leave out unoconv and libreoffice-headless if you want only PDF
 support. This will result in a much smaller list of dependencies.
 
-pdf.js relies on git submodules, so be sure you have fetched them:
+pdf.js relies on git submodules, so be sure you have fetched them::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    $ git submodule init
-
+    $ git submodule update
-    git submodule init
-    git submodule update
 
 This feature has been tested on Fedora with:
  poppler-utils-0.20.2-9.fc18.x86_64
@@ -249,11 +249,9 @@ It may work on some earlier versions, but that is not guaranteed.
 Add ``[[mediagoblin.media_types.pdf]]`` under the ``[plugins]`` section in your
 ``mediagoblin.ini`` and restart MediaGoblin.
 
-Run
+Run::
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+    $ ./bin/gmg dbupdate
-
-    ./bin/gmg dbupdate
 
 
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