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Line 23  Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li> Line 23  Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>
 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>
   <li><a href="#testing">
   Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>
 </ul>  </ul>
 <br />&nbsp;  <br />&nbsp;
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Line 30  Configuring the MySQL database</a></li> Line 32  Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
 <a name="wwwuser" />  <a name="wwwuser" />
 <h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3>  <h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3>
 <p>  <p>
   Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your
   LON-CAPA server:
 </p>  </p>
   <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
   <tt>/usr/sbin/useradd www</tt>
   </td></tr></table>
 <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>
 <tr><td>  <tr><td>
 <font size='+1'>1</font>  <font size="+1">1</font>
 </td><td>  </td><td>
 <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
Line 85  Download the most current Line 91  Download the most current
 <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>
   <p>
   The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all
   the latest LON-CAPA software.
   </p>
   <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   <tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>
   </table>
 <a name="checkrpms" />  <a name="checkrpms" />
 <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3>  <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3>
 <p>  <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.
 </p>  </p>
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa">  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
 <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>  <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
 </table>  </table>
 <a name="mysql" />  <a name="mysql" />
Line 100  an FTP repository. Line 113  an FTP repository.
 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.
 </p>  </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
Line 119  shell> mysql -u root mysql Line 132  shell> mysql -u root mysql
 mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password');  mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password');
 </pre>  </pre>
 </td></tr></table>  </td></tr></table>
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 <h1>LON-CAPA Installation</h1>  <h3>Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</h3>
 <h3>Current Installation Procedure</h3>  
 <p>  <p>
 Scott Harrison  The <strong>TEST</strong> command will check the installation software,
   the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and
   will also automatically test the real-time operation of the 
   LON-CAPA Apache web server.
 </p>  </p>
 <p>$Date$; $Revision$</p>  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   <tr><td><tt>./TEST</tt></td></tr>
   </table>
 <p>  <p>
 This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation.  These  Using the <strong>TEST</strong> command will likely
 steps have been tested.</p>  be an iterative process.
 <ol>  It is normal to expect that the <strong>TEST</strong> command
 <li>Get LON-CAPA on a CD by  will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal
 <ul>  performance of your LON-CAPA server.
 <li>Requesting a LON-CAPA installation CD (c/o Helen Keefe,   
 helen@lon-capa.org).</li>  
 <li>Or, downloading a LON-CAPA installation  
 <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and  
 burning a CD.</li>  
 <li>(Depending on whether your computer has a bootable CD-ROM, you may  
 need to also make a boot floppy.  Download this floppy disk image file:   
 <a href=  
 "http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/boot-20000407.img">  
 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>).</li>  
 </ul></li>  
 <li>Install with CD-ROM  
 <ul>  
 <li>Follow the <A HREF="instructions_with_cd.html">  
 CD-ROM installation instructions</a></li>  
 </ul></li>  
 <li>After installation, restart the computer.  Login as root.  Enter this  
 command (you only need to do this after your first reboot):  
 <ol>  
 <li><tt>sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure</tt></li>  
 </ol></li>  
 </ol>  
 <hr />  
 <p>  
 You can also try to install LON-CAPA on an existing installation of  
 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>.  
 </p>  </p>
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