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<H1>LON-CAPA Installation</H1> |
<H1>LON-CAPA Installation</H1> |
<H3>Current Installation Procedure</H3> |
<H3>Current Installation Procedure</H3> |
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Last updated: 02/22/2001 |
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This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These steps have |
This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These steps have |
been tested (almost, I'm going to do this today). |
been tested. |
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<LI>Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by |
<LI>Get LON-CAPA on a CD by |
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<LI>Using a RedHat 6.2 CD |
<LI>Requesting a LON-CAPA installation CD (c/o Dr. Kortemeyer, |
<LI>Downloading a RedHat 6.2 <A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and burning a CD |
korte@lon-capa.org). |
<LI>Or, alternatively do a network install from a <A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/currentcdsource"> |
<LI>Or, downloading a LON-CAPA installation <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and burning a CD. |
RedHat 6.2 CD source tree</A>. You need to burn a boot floppy disk with a network boot image; |
<LI>(Depending on whether your computer has a bootable CD-ROM, you may |
<A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/currentcdsource/images/bootnet-20000407.img"> |
need to also make a boot floppy. Download this floppy disk image file: |
bootnet-20000407.img</A>. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a |
<A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/boot-20000407.img"> |
command similar to: <TT>dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>). For installation, you |
boot-20000407.img</A>. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type this command: <TT>dd if=boot-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>). |
need to specify <TT>http://www.lon-capa.org</TT> as your download URL, and <TT>/install/3.1/currentcdsource</TT> |
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as the source location. |
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<LI>Install RedHat 6.2 |
<LI>Install with CD-ROM |
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<LI><B>Important: Do a "GNOME Workstation Install" and go with their default list of packages</B> |
<LI>Follow the <A HREF="instructions_with_cd.html"> |
<LI><B>Important: Make sure you add a user "www"</B> |
CD-ROM installation instructions</A> |
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<LI>After installation, install extra RPMs/upgrades by downloading all files from |
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<A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/SupplementalRPMS/"> |
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http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/SupplementalRPMS</A>. |
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<LI>Use this command to install the RPMs you download: <TT>rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm</TT>. |
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<LI>Remove extra RPMs by downloading and running the script |
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<A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh"> |
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http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh</A> as root. |
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<LI>Configure needed files. |
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<LI>Currently, reconfiguration must be handled manually and involves an administrator |
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altering configuration files present throughout the system. For a list of these |
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files and their descriptions, visit <A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/loncapafiles.html"> |
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http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/loncapafiles.html</A>. |
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<LI>Important files are /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf, /etc/ntp.conf, /etc/krb.conf, |
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/home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab, /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab (if setting up a cluster different |
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than MSU's) |
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<LI>Run <B>AS USER=www (NEVER EVER EVER EVER AS USER=root)</B> <TT>/home/httpd/perl/loncron &</TT>. |
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<LI>After 10 minutes, you should be able to check the file <TT>/home/httpd/html/lon-status/index.html</TT> |
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to see if your machine has been successfully set up. |
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<LI>After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter this command (you only need to do this after your first reboot): |
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<LI><TT>sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure</TT> |
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<H3>Future Installation Procedure (not yet implemented)</H3> |
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In the future, LON-CAPA Installation will be distributed on a CD complete with a |
You can also try to install LON-CAPA on an existing installation of |
customized interface. Many elements for doing this have been coded, and are in place, but |
RedHat 6.2. Please see <a href='how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt'>how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt</a>. |
it awaits completion. |
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