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First, information must be retrieved from the LON-CAPA server. |
The LON-CAPA files are released in a single <tt>*.tar.gz</tt> file. |
There are two kinds of information you will want: |
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<li><strong><a href="#download">Source code of LON-CAPA</a></strong>, it |
<li><strong><a href="#download">Source code of LON-CAPA</a></strong>, it |
provides you with</li> |
provides you with |
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<br />+ network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world |
<li>network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world</li> |
<br />+ processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your |
<li>processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your |
students |
students</li> |
<br />+ classroom and course management |
<li>classroom and course management</li> |
<br />+ extensive new functionality for your web server |
<li>extensive new functionality for your web server</li> |
<br />+ tools for monitoring the state of your system |
<li>tools for monitoring the state of your system</li> |
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After the download, please read the pages describing the |
After the download, please read the pages describing the |
configuration, installation, and upgrading of LON-CAPA. |
<a href="/docs/reconfig/index.html">configuration</a>, |
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<a href="/docs/install/index.html">installation</a>, |
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<a href="/docs/upgrade/index.html">upgrading</a> of LON-CAPA. |
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> Additional downloads are also available.</p> |
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<li><strong><a href="#resources">Helpful resources for LON-CAPA</a></strong>, |
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<br />+ an integrated approach for quickly installing both RedHat 7.3 |
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and LON-CAPA (to ensure 100% reliability) |
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<br />+ software packages for the quick installation of CPAN perl modules |
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<font size='+2'>Source code of LON-CAPA</font> |
<font size='+2'>Source code of LON-CAPA</font> |
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<font size="+1">Current Release is Version LATESTVERSION. |
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This version was released on LATESTDATE.</font> |
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<font size="+1">Current Beta is Version 0.99.0. |
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This version was released on May 26, 2003.</font> |
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You can download the most current version of LON-CAPA at |
You can download the most current version of LON-CAPA at |
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz"> |
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz"> |
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz</a>. |
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz</a> |
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(version LATESTVERSION). |
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You can download the current beta version of LON-CAPA at |
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<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-0.99.0.tar.gz"> |
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http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-0.99.0.tar.gz</a> |
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(version 0.99.0). |
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To view past releases, please visit |
The development release of LON-CAPA is at: |
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/"> |
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz"> |
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/</a>. |
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz</a>. |
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To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the |
To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the |
<a href='http://www.cvshome.org/'>CVS</a> tool, the open standard for |
<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">CVS</a> tool, the open standard for |
version control. Please contact Helen (<a href="mailto:helen@lon-capa.org"> |
version control. Please contact Helen (<a href="mailto:helen@lon-capa.org"> |
helen@lon-capa.org</a>) to request a CVS USERNAME. |
helen@lon-capa.org</a>) to request a CVS USERNAME. |
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The initial CVS commands would be: |
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export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs |
export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs |
cvs login |
cvs login |
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cvs co loncapa |
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For more information on using CVS, please visit |
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<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">http://www.cvshome.org/</a> |
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or read <tt>loncom/build/readme.html</tt> after downloading |
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the current version of LON-CAPA as described above. |
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<font size='+2'>Helpful resources for LON-CAPA</font> |
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The entire collection of helpful resources is located |
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at <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/"> |
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http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/</a>. |
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Most users of LON-CAPA should install LON-CAPA by |
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<strong>simultaneously installing both RedHat 7.3 and LON-CAPA</strong>. |
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Step-by-step directions are available |
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<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/docs/install/rh73.html">here</a>. |
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The "LON-CAPA and RedHat 7.3" tarball is located |
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href="http://install.loncapa.org/resources/loncapa-rh73install.tar">here</a>. |
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<strong>LON-CAPA makes extensive use of perl modules</strong> from |
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<a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a>. To help you install all |
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the necessary perl modules, there is a custom-compiled RPM for |
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RedHat 7.* systems: |
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<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm"> |
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LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm</a>. |
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<i>For RedHat 6.2 systems, you should instead use |
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<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-1.i386.rpm"> |
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LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-1.i386.rpm</a></i>. |
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To install the systemperl RPM, you should enter the following command: |
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rpm -Uvh --force LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm |
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The systemperl RPM will overwrite some of |
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the files present in the regular RedHat perl RPM. |
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This is okay; this will not likely cause problems. |
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