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    3: <head>
    4: <title>LON-CAPA Upgrade</title>
    5: <!-- pdfahref upgrade.pdf -->
    6: <!-- button UPGRADE -->
    7: </head>
    8: <body>
    9: <!-- preamble start -->
   10: <br />&nbsp;
   11: <p>
   12: There are three steps for upgrading the software on your LON-CAPA server.
   13: </p>
   14: <ul>
   15: <li><a href="#upgrade">
   16: Upgrading LON-CAPA files</a></li>
   17: <li><a href="#checkrpms">
   18: Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li>
   19: <li><a href="#testing">
   20: Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>
   21: </ul>
   22: <br />&nbsp;<br />
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   24: <!-- maintext start -->
   25: <a name="upgrade" />
   26: <h3>Upgrading LON-CAPA files</h3>
   27: <p>
   28: Download the most current
   29: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz">
   30: loncapa.tar.gz</a>.
   31: </p>
   32: <p>
   33: The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all
   34: the latest LON-CAPA software.
   35: </p>
   36: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   37: <tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>
   38: </table>
   39: <a name="checkrpms" />
   40: <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3>
   41: <p>
   42: The <strong>CHECKRPMS</strong> command will check the RPMs on your machine
   43: against an FTP repository.
   44: </p>
   45: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   46: <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
   47: </table>
   48: <a name="testing" />
   49: <h3>Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</h3>
   50: <p>
   51: The <strong>TEST</strong> command will check the installation software,
   52: the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and
   53: will also automatically test the real-time operation of the 
   54: LON-CAPA Apache web server.
   55: </p>
   56: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   57: <tr><td><tt>./TEST</tt></td></tr>
   58: </table>
   59: <p>
   60: Using the <strong>TEST</strong> command will likely
   61: be an iterative process.
   62: It is normal to expect that the <strong>TEST</strong> command
   63: will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal
   64: performance of your LON-CAPA server.
   65: </p>
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   67: </body>
   68: </html>
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