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Line 23 Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>
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| Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li> |
Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#mysql"> |
<li><a href="#mysql"> |
| Configuring the MySQL database</a></li> |
Configuring the MySQL database</a></li> |
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<li><a href="#testing"> |
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Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li> |
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Line 30 Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
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| <a name="wwwuser" /> |
<a name="wwwuser" /> |
| <h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3> |
<h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3> |
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<p> |
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Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your |
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LON-CAPA server: |
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</p> |
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<tt>/usr/sbin/useradd www</tt> |
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| <a name="shadow" /> |
<a name="shadow" /> |
| <h3>Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</h3> |
<h3>Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</h3> |
| <p> |
<p> |
| <table border='1'> |
<table border="1"> |
| <tr><th>Step #</th><th>Description</th></tr> |
<tr><th>Step #</th><th>Description</th></tr> |
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<tr><td> |
| <font size='+1'>1</font> |
<font size="+1">1</font> |
| </td><td> |
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| <p>Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will |
<p>Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will |
| work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). If your |
work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). If your |
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| <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz"> |
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz"> |
| loncapa.tar.gz</a>. |
loncapa.tar.gz</a>. |
| </p> |
</p> |
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<p> |
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The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all |
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the latest LON-CAPA software. |
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</p> |
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<tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr> |
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</table> |
| <a name="checkrpms" /> |
<a name="checkrpms" /> |
| <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3> |
<h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3> |
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<p> |
| The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine against |
The <strong>CHECKRPMS</strong> command will check the RPMs on your machine |
| an FTP repository. |
against an FTP repository. |
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</p> |
| <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa"> |
<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"> |
| <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr> |
<tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr> |
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</table> |
| <a name="mysql" /> |
<a name="mysql" /> |
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| The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database |
The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database |
| on your LON-CAPA server. |
on your LON-CAPA server. |
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</p> |
| <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa"><tr><td> |
<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td> |
| <pre> |
<pre> |
| Enter the mysql shell--- |
Enter the mysql shell--- |
| mysql -u root -p mysql |
mysql -u root -p mysql |
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| mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password'); |
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password'); |
| </pre> |
</pre> |
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<a name="testing" /> |
| <h1>LON-CAPA Installation</h1> |
<h3>Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</h3> |
| <h3>Current Installation Procedure</h3> |
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| Scott Harrison |
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| </p> |
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| <p>$Date$; $Revision$</p> |
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| <p> |
<p> |
| This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These |
The <strong>TEST</strong> command will check the installation software, |
| steps have been tested.</p> |
the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and |
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will also automatically test the real-time operation of the |
| <li>Get LON-CAPA on a CD by |
LON-CAPA Apache web server. |
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| <li>Requesting a LON-CAPA installation CD (c/o Helen Keefe, |
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| helen@lon-capa.org).</li> |
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| <li>Or, downloading a LON-CAPA installation |
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| <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and |
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| burning a CD.</li> |
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| <li>(Depending on whether your computer has a bootable CD-ROM, you may |
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| need to also make a boot floppy. Download this floppy disk image file: |
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| "http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/boot-20000407.img"> |
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| boot-20000407.img</a>. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; |
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| and type this command: <tt>dd if=boot-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</tt>).</li> |
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| </ul></li> |
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| <li>Install with CD-ROM |
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| <li>Follow the <A HREF="instructions_with_cd.html"> |
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| CD-ROM installation instructions</a></li> |
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| </ul></li> |
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| <li>After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter this |
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| command (you only need to do this after your first reboot): |
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| <li><tt>sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure</tt></li> |
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| </ol></li> |
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| </ol> |
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| <p> |
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| You can also try to install LON-CAPA on an existing installation of |
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| RedHat 6.2. Please see <a |
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| href='how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt'> |
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| how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt</a>. |
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| </p> |
</p> |
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<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"> |
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<tr><td><tt>./TEST</tt></td></tr> |
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