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15: The LON-CAPA files are released in a single <tt>*.tar.gz</tt> file.
16: </p>
17: <ul>
18: <li><strong><a href="#download">Source code of LON-CAPA</a></strong>, it
19: provides you with
20: <br />+ network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world
21: <br />+ processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your
22: students
23: <br />+ classroom and course management
24: <br />+ extensive new functionality for your web server
25: <br />+ tools for monitoring the state of your system
26: </li>
27: </ul>
28: <p>
29: After the download, please read the pages describing the
30: <a href="/docs/reconfig/index.html">configuration</a>,
31: <a href="/docs/install/index.html">installation</a>,
32: and
33: <a href="/docs/upgrade/index.html">upgrading</a> of LON-CAPA.
34: </p>
35: <p><strong>NOTE:</strong> Additional downloads are also available.</p>
36: <ul>
37: <li><strong><a href="#resources">Helpful resources for LON-CAPA</a></strong>,
38: <br />+ an integrated approach for quickly installing both RedHat 7.3
39: and LON-CAPA (to ensure 100% reliability)
40: <br />+ software packages for the quick installation of CPAN perl modules
41: </li>
42: </ul>
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48: <font size='+2'>Source code of LON-CAPA</font>
49: </p>
50: <p>
51: You can download the most current version of LON-CAPA at
52: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz">
53: http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz</a>.
54: </p>
55: <p>
56: The development release of LON-CAPA is at:
57: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz">
58: http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz</a>.
59: </p>
60: <p>
61: To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the
62: <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">CVS</a> tool, the open standard for
63: version control. Please contact Helen (<a href="mailto:helen@lon-capa.org">
64: helen@lon-capa.org</a>) to request a CVS USERNAME.
65: </p>
66: <p>
67: The initial CVS commands would be:
68: </p>
69: <blockquote>
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72: <pre>
73: export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs
74: cvs login
75: cvs co loncapa
76: </pre>
77: </td></tr></table>
78: </blockquote>
79: <p>
80: For more information on using CVS, please visit
81: <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">http://www.cvshome.org/</a>
82: or read <tt>loncom/build/readme.html</tt> after downloading
83: the current version of LON-CAPA as described above.
84: </p>
85: <p>
86: <a name="resources" />
87: <font size='+2'>Helpful resources for LON-CAPA</font>
88: </p>
89: <p>
90: The entire collection of helpful resources is located
91: at <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/">
92: http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/</a>.
93: </p>
94: <p>
95: Most users of LON-CAPA should install LON-CAPA by
96: <strong>simultaneously installing both RedHat 7.3 and LON-CAPA</strong>.
97: Step-by-step directions are available
98: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/stepbystep_rh73.html">here</a>.
99: </p>
100: <p>
101: The "LON-CAPA and RedHat 7.3" tarball is located
102: <a
103: href="http://install.loncapa.org/resources/loncapa-rh73install.tar">here</a>.
104: </p>
105: <p>
106: <strong>LON-CAPA makes extensive use of perl modules</strong> from
107: <a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a>. To help you install all
108: the necessary perl modules, there is a custom-compiled RPM for
109: RedHat 7.* systems:
110: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.4-rh7.i386.rpm">
111: LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.4-rh7.i386.rpm</a>.
112: </p>
113: <p>
114: To install the systemperl RPM, you should enter the following command:
115: </p>
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120: rpm -Uvh --force LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.4-rh7.i386.rpm
121: </pre>
122: </td></tr></table>
123: </blockquote>
124: <p>
125: The systemperl RPM will overwrite some of
126: the files present in the regular RedHat perl RPM.
127: This is okay; this will not likely cause problems.
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