TtH = TeX-to-HTML. -You should have a file called tth.so on your system. If you do not -have it, then you should download and install the binary -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/binaries/tth.so -into your -/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.???/ directory. - +You should have a file called tth.so on your system. If you do not +have it (should be located somewhere underneath /usr/lib/perl5), then you +should download and install the binary + +http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/tth.so +into your /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.???/ directory (5.??? corresponds +to the version number of your perl distribution).
-You will first need to set up a domain coordinator on your machine. @@ -75,7 +80,8 @@ yet have a user manual, but Felicia is helping answer questions related to the LON-CAPA web interface.
-A critical feature of the LON-CAPA interface is the idea that a user must select a role before doing anything further inside the educational @@ -85,7 +91,11 @@ system. computer and operating will this work on?
The operating system LON-CAPA runs on is the Linux operating -system. LON-CAPA relies on an Intel-based architecture. +system (RedHat 7.3 is the supported linux distribution). +LON-CAPA relies on an Intel-based architecture. In order to +move beyond this state of affairs, we are beginning to develop +a BSD-based solution, as well as a set of diagnostic scripts +which should verify LON-CAPA's performance on any computer platform.
For full-time, classroom usage, an adequate LON-CAPA server @@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ fit the above recommendation.
If thousands of students start accessing the box as a web server... -well you may want to consider more options. The design of the LON-CAPA +you may want to consider more options. The design of the LON-CAPA system is to naturally and transparently load-balance on multiple computer clusters. So, a simple solution for running an entire college campus is to just have an adequate plurality of LON-CAPA @@ -118,15 +128,30 @@ servers rather than a single, particular
We like to think of high web server usage as "a good problem" though.. :)
--No. +Active development has begun for supporting LON-CAPA on FreeBSD version 4.7.
--No. +No. Plans for Mac OS X involve waiting for completion of a FreeBSD version 4.7 +solution, as well as allowing Mac OS X more time to mature within the freeware +community. +
++No. The needs for predictable performance of a LON-CAPA system cause us +to emphasize support on a restricted set of platforms. We welcome developers +who would like to create porting solutions, however based on our timeline, +you are even more strongly encouraged to help develop the actual educational +software technology seen by students and instructors.
-The Learning Online Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach.
@@ -136,41 +161,66 @@ An eclectic variant is: Look! Our New CaOr something.
-This code was originally written by a group of staff and graduate assistants at Michigan State University. We are now receiving software contributions -from several other universities. The technical design behind the project -was constructed by Gerd Kortemeyer. +from several other universities. The original technical design behind the +project was constructed by Gerd Kortemeyer.
-+The existing user sites are: +
+We have been able to run LON-CAPA on RedHat 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, Debian, and Mandrake.
-You must use CVS over the network. Please click on the upgrade button at the top of this web page.
-Software packages that are (usually) very easy to install. RPM stands for RedHat Packaging Manager software package.
-LON-CAPA is distributed without warranty as described in the -license. +license.
We do think our security strategy is fairly robust. Important communications are encrypted and the server-client validation is instantiated in such a way as to prevent any remotely conceivable kind of spoofing.
-Send a diff to lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org. It helps if you give it context @@ -182,7 +232,9 @@ diff -u -C3 doc/build/faq.html doc/build
-No and hopefully never. That's not what we're about. +No and hopefully never. That is not what we are about. We are about a +freeware-community oriented approach where the software features are directly +specified by the involved academic institutions and instructors.
-You need a RedHat 6.2-7.2 Intel-compatible computer. -We do not currently support the SPARC and SGI hardware architectures. +You need a RedHat 7.3 Intel-compatible computer. +For more information on RedHat compatible hardware, visit +http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/. +We do not currently support the SPARC, SGI, Macintosh, or other hardware +architectures.