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You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper |
You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper |
installation of your LON-CAPA system. |
installation of your LON-CAPA system. Be sure to use the <a |
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href="rh73.html">RedHat 7.3 specific instructions</a> if they apply, |
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as that will be much easier for you. |
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<li><a href="#download">Downloading LON-CAPA</a></li> |
<li><a href="#wwwuser"> |
<li><a href="#wwwuser"> |
Creating a user 'www'</a></li> |
Creating a user 'www'</a></li> |
<li><a href="#shadow"> |
<li><a href="#shadow"> |
Line 19 Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
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Line 22 Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
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Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li> |
Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li> |
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<h3>Downloading LON-CAPA</h3> |
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<b>Current Release is Version LATESTVERSION. |
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This version was released on LATESTDATE.</b> |
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You can download the <b>most current version of LON-CAPA</b> at |
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<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz"> |
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http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz</a> |
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(version LATESTVERSION). |
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The <b>development release of LON-CAPA</b> is at: |
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<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz"> |
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http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz</a>. |
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To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the |
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<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">CVS</a> tool, the open standard for |
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version control. Please contact Helen (<a href="mailto:helen@lon-capa.org"> |
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helen@lon-capa.org</a>) to request a CVS USERNAME. |
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The initial CVS commands would be: |
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export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs |
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cvs login |
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cvs co loncapa |
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For more information on using CVS, please visit |
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<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">http://www.cvshome.org/</a> |
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or read <tt>loncom/build/readme.html</tt> after downloading |
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the current version of LON-CAPA as described above. |
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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>If you are not installing on RedHat, you may need to manually |
<p>If you are not installing on RedHat, you may need to manually |
install some software. The following pointers may be useful:</p> |
install some software. The following pointers may be useful:</p> |
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<ul><li>LON-CAPA uses a lot of Perl modules. The easiest way to figure |
<ul><li>LON-CAPA uses a lot of Perl modules. If you are using RedHat, |
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go to <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources">this |
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directory</a> and download the latest |
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<b>LON-CAPA-systemperl-?.?-rh7.i386.rpm</b>, which will contain all |
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the Perl modules you need on RedHat. Use <tt>rpm-Uvh --force</tt> to |
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install the RPM; this will overwrite some currently existing files and |
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that's OK. |
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<br /><br />For other Linux distributions, the easiest way to figure |
out what Perl modules are being used by LON-CAPA that you do not have |
out what Perl modules are being used by LON-CAPA that you do not have |
installed is to try to start up LON-CAPA and see what Perl complains |
installed is to try to start up LON-CAPA and see what Perl complains |
about missing. Start by trying to run <tt>/home/httpd/perl/lonc</tt> |
about missing. Start by trying to run <tt>/home/httpd/perl/lonc</tt> |