[BACK]Return to install.html CVS log [TXT] [DIR] Up to [LON-CAPA] / doc / build
File:  [LON-CAPA] / doc / build / Attic / install.html
Revision 1.1: download - view: text, annotated - select for diffs
Wed Oct 25 18:37:49 2000 UTC (24 years ago) by harris41
Branches: MAIN
CVS tags: HEAD
documentation associated with building/installing/reconfiguring/verifying
and upgrading the LON-CAPA system

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>LON-CAPA Installation</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>LON-CAPA Installation</H1>
<H3>Current Installation Procedure</H3>
<P>
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).
<OL>
<LI>Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by
<UL>
<LI>Using a RedHat 6.2 CD
<LI>Downloading a RedHat 6.2 <A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and burning a CD
<LI>Or, alternatively do a network install from a <A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/currentcdsource">
RedHat 6.2 CD source tree</A>.  You need to burn a boot floppy disk with a network boot image;
<A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/currentcdsource/images/bootnet-20000407.img">
bootnet-20000407.img</A>.  (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a
command similar to: <TT>dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>).  For installation, you
need to specify <TT>http://www.lon-capa.org</TT> as your download URL, and <TT>/install/3.1/currentcdsource</TT>
as the source location.
</UL>
<LI>Install RedHat 6.2
<UL>
<LI><B>Important: Do a "GNOME Workstation Install" and go with their default list of packages</B>
<LI><B>Important: Make sure you add a user "www"</B>
</UL>
<LI>After installation, install extra RPMs/upgrades by downloading all files from
<A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/SupplementalRPMS/">
http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/SupplementalRPMS</A>.
<UL>
<LI>Use this command to install the RPMs you download: <TT>rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm</TT>.
</UL>
<LI>Remove extra RPMs by downloading and running the script 
<A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh">
http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh</A> as root.
<LI>Configure needed files.
<UL>
<LI>Currently, reconfiguration must be handled manually and involves an administrator
altering configuration files present throughout the system.  For a list of these
files and their descriptions, visit <A HREF="http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/loncapafiles.html">
http://www.lon-capa.org/install/3.1/loncapafiles.html</A>.
<LI>Important files are /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf, /etc/ntp.conf, /etc/krb.conf,  
/home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab, /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab (if setting up a cluster different
than MSU's)
<LI>Run <B>AS USER=www (NEVER EVER EVER EVER AS USER=root)</B> <TT>/home/httpd/perl/loncron &</TT>.
<LI>After 10 minutes, you should be able to check the file <TT>/home/httpd/html/lon-status/index.html</TT>
to see if your machine has been successfully set up.
</UL>
</OL>
</P>
<H3>Future Installation Procedure (not yet implemented)</H3>
<P>
In the future, LON-CAPA Installation will be distributed on a CD complete with a
customized interface.  Many elements for doing this have been coded, and are in place, but
it awaits completion.
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
FreeBSD-CVSweb <freebsd-cvsweb@FreeBSD.org>