--- doc/build/centos5_install.frag 2010/12/09 14:11:31 1.5 +++ doc/build/centos5_install.frag 2013/12/13 17:21:29 1.9 @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ This tool should be used to configure th
reboot
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ yum update Reboot your system before continuing with the installation.
-Retrieve the rhel5_loncapa_yum file from the LON-CAPA install site: +Retrieve the centos5_loncapa_yum file from the LON-CAPA install site:
wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/centos/5/centos5_loncapa_yum.conf @@ -147,20 +148,20 @@ yum updateyum install LONCAPA-prerequisites-This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies. +This may take some minutes due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies.
Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/centos/5/centos5_install.tar +wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tarExtract the archive with the following command:
-tar xf centos5_install.tar +tar xf install.tarThis creates a directory named installation. Change to it and @@ -171,21 +172,26 @@ cd installation ./install.pl
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
-You can safely ignore the following warnings from gcc 4 when compiling pwauth:
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+used to check the configuration of a system on which LON-CAPA has already been installed. Typically, though, you will run this script only once, when you first install LON-CAPA.
+The script will analyze your system to determine which actions are recommended. The script will then prompt you to choose the actions you would like taken. +Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made. +
+The possible actions are:
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ for it to function at all. Below is a l To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '1.3') +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0') ./UPDATE
@@ -248,15 +254,13 @@ in the previous section. You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of 'domain coordinator'. This user creates accounts for other users and grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script -invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will -show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username" -command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an -appropriate user name and your domain. +invoked below requires that you enter the user's password. +Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later. +Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN -(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)