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How to Download
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-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:
-
-- Source code of LON-CAPA, it provides you with
-- network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world
-- processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your
-students
-- classroom and course management
-- extensive new functionality for your web server
-- tools for monitoring the state of your system
-
-- Specific customizations that must be made to your Linux operating
-system distribution
+- Source code of LON-CAPA, it
+provides you with
+
+ network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world
+
+ processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your
+students
+
+ classroom and course management
+
+ extensive new functionality for your web server
+
+ tools for monitoring the state of your system
+
+
+After the download, please read the pages describing the
+configuration, installation, and upgrading of LON-CAPA.
+
Source code of LON-CAPA
-We distribute LON-CAPA with the CVS
-tool, the open standard for version control.
+You can download the most current version of LON-CAPA at
+
+http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz.
-
-
- |
- |
- |
-
-1.
-export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs
-cvs login
-
-
-Specific customizations that must be made to your
-Linux operating system distribution
+The development release of LON-CAPA is at:
+
+http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/unstable_latest/loncapa.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:
+
+
+
+
+
+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.
+