--- doc/build/Attic/install.html 2002/04/23 12:33:40 1.13 +++ doc/build/Attic/install.html 2002/04/23 12:41:23 1.14 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + LON-CAPA Installation @@ -30,15 +30,19 @@ Configuring the MySQL database

Creating a user 'www'

- +Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your +LON-CAPA server:

+
+/usr/sbin/useradd www +

Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords

- +
Step #Description
-1 +1

Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems). If your @@ -85,13 +89,20 @@ Download the most current loncapa.tar.gz.

+

+The UPDATE command will refresh your filesystem with all +the latest LON-CAPA software. +

+ + +
./UPDATE

Checking your Linux RPMs

-The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine against -an FTP repository. +The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine +against an FTP repository.

- +
./CHECKRPMS
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ an FTP repository. The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database on your LON-CAPA server.

-
+
 Enter the mysql shell---
 mysql -u root -p mysql
@@ -120,47 +131,5 @@ mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=P
 
-

LON-CAPA Installation

-

Current Installation Procedure

-

-Scott Harrison -

-

$Date: 2002/04/23 12:33:40 $; $Revision: 1.13 $

-

-This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These -steps have been tested.

-
    -
  1. Get LON-CAPA on a CD by -
      -
    • Requesting a LON-CAPA installation CD (c/o Helen Keefe, -helen@lon-capa.org).
    • -
    • Or, downloading a LON-CAPA installation -CD image and -burning a CD.
    • -
    • (Depending on whether your computer has a bootable CD-ROM, you may -need to also make a boot floppy. Download this floppy disk image file: - -boot-20000407.img. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; -and type this command: dd if=boot-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0).
    • -
  2. -
  3. Install with CD-ROM -
  4. -
  5. After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter this -command (you only need to do this after your first reboot): -
      -
    1. sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure
    2. -
  6. -
-
-

-You can also try to install LON-CAPA on an existing installation of -RedHat 6.2. Please see -how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt. -