-The configure, install, and upgrade sections of this document -relate to installing and upgrading various software components -of a LON-CAPA server. +The LON-CAPA files are released in a single *.tar.gz file.
--First, information must be retrieved from the LON-CAPA server. -There are two kinds of information you will want: -
+After the download, please read the pages describing the +configuration, +installation, +and +upgrading of LON-CAPA.
+NOTE: Additional downloads are also available.
+-We distribute LON-CAPA with the CVS -tool, the open standard for version control. +Current Release is Version LATESTVERSION. +This version was released on LATESTDATE. +
++You can download the most current version of LON-CAPA at + +http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz +(version LATESTVERSION). +
++The development release of LON-CAPA is at: + +http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz. +
++To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the +CVS tool, the open standard for +version control. Please contact Helen ( +helen@lon-capa.org) to request a CVS USERNAME. +
++The initial CVS commands would be:
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+export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs cvs login - - +cvs co loncapa ++ |
+For more information on using CVS, please visit +http://www.cvshome.org/ +or read loncom/build/readme.html after downloading +the current version of LON-CAPA as described above. +
++ +Helpful resources for LON-CAPA +
++The entire collection of helpful resources is located +at +http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/. +
++Most users of LON-CAPA should install LON-CAPA by +simultaneously installing both RedHat 7.3 and LON-CAPA. +Step-by-step directions are available +here. +
++The "LON-CAPA and RedHat 7.3" tarball is located +here. +
++LON-CAPA makes extensive use of perl modules from +CPAN. To help you install all +the necessary perl modules, there is a custom-compiled RPM for +RedHat 7.* systems: + +LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm. +
++For RedHat 6.2 systems, you should instead use + +LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-1.i386.rpm. +
-Specific customizations that must be made to your -Linux operating system distribution +To install the systemperl RPM, you should enter the following command:
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++ +rpm -Uvh --force LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm ++
- +The systemperl RPM will overwrite some of +the files present in the regular RedHat perl RPM. +This is okay; this will not likely cause problems.
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