--- doc/build/RHEL5_install.frag 2009/09/07 14:56:19 1.5 +++ doc/build/RHEL5_install.frag 2013/12/16 13:53:28 1.9 @@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ The installation process takes the follo
RHEL5 CDs can be purchased from Red Hat: http://redhat.com/. For the minimal install on 32-bit architecture you will need only the first CD. For the minimal install on 64-bit architecture you will need CDs 1, 2, and 4. -
- Finish installing your server, reboot it, and log in as root. The first time you log-in, the Setup Agent will be displayed. (If you exit it early you can enter it again buy running the command +
setup- This should tool be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux. - -
+This tool should be used to configure the Firewall and SELinux.
+@@ -129,27 +128,26 @@ wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions
Install the rhel5_loncapa_yum.conf
-
mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup cp rhel5_loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf yum update- +
Execute:
yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites
-This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies. +This may take some minutes due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies.
Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/redhat/5Server/rhel5_install.tar +wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
Extract the archive with the following command: @@ -166,22 +164,26 @@ cd installation ./install.pl
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release.
-You can safely ignore the following warnings from gcc 4 when compiling pwauth:
-
-pwauth.c: In function ‘lastlog’:
-
-
-pwauth.c: In function ‘main’:
+The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be
+used to check the configuration of a system on which LON-CAPA has already been installed. Typically, though, you will run this script only once, when you first install LON-CAPA.
+
+The script will analyze your system to determine which actions are recommended. The script will then prompt you to choose the actions you would like taken. +Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made. +
+The possible actions are:
LON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters to be set in order @@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ for it to function at all. Below is a l
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N (N.N should correspond to a version number like '1.3') +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0') ./UPDATE
@@ -243,15 +245,13 @@ in the previous section. You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of 'domain coordinator'. This user creates accounts for other users and grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script -invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will -show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username" -command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an -appropriate user name and your domain. +invoked below requires that you enter the user's password. +Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later. +Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN -(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain coordinator. Congratulations!
-If you've followed the steps above and the server doesn't start or you think