--- doc/build/Attic/install.html 2000/11/21 15:45:00 1.8 +++ doc/build/Attic/install.html 2001/02/22 15:48:35 1.9 @@ -9,126 +9,31 @@ Scott Harrison

-Last updated: 11/21/2000 +Last updated: 02/22/2001

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

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  1. Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by +
  2. Get LON-CAPA on a CD by -
  3. Install RedHat 6.2 +
  4. Install with CD-ROM -
  5. After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter these two commands: +
  6. After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter this command (you only need to do this after your first reboot):
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    1. lynx -source http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/postinstall.pl>postinstall.pl -
    2. perl postinstall.pl +
    3. sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure
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  7. As postinstall.pl runs, you will be asked various questions. Follow the instructions to correctly -enter in the appropriate parameter values.
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Old steps; do not use these...

-Last updated: 11/01/2000 -

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

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  1. Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by - -
  2. Install RedHat 6.2 - -
  3. After installation, install extra RPMs/upgrades by downloading all files from - -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/SupplementalRPMS. - -
  4. Remove extra RPMs by downloading and running the script - -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh as root. -
  5. After installing the supplemental RPMS, install a final RPM set by downloading all files from - -http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/FinalRPMS. - -
  6. Configure needed files. - -
  7. Important files are /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf, /etc/ntp.conf, /etc/krb.conf, -/home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab, /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab (if setting up a cluster different -than MSU's). -
  8. Unshadow passwords - -
  9. Run, as root, ln -s /etc/mime.types /etc/httpd/conf/mime.types -
  10. Run, as root, /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start. -
  11. Run, as root, /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start. -
  12. After 10 minutes, you should be able to check the file /home/httpd/html/lon-status/index.html -to see if your machine has been successfully set up. - -
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Future Installation Procedure (not yet implemented)

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-In the future, LON-CAPA Installation will be distributed on a CD complete with a -customized interface. Many elements for doing this have been coded, and are in place, but -it awaits completion. -