--- doc/build/suse9.2_install.frag 2005/07/31 21:19:23 1.1
+++ doc/build/suse9.2_install.frag 2005/08/27 21:16:20 1.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
Installing LON-CAPA on a minimal SuSE 9.2 Linux Preofessional System
+Installing LON-CAPA on a minimal SuSE 9.2 Linux Professional System
This document guides you through the process of setting up a new LON-CAPA
server running SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 (SLP 9.2) with a minimum of packages installed.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ perl, and MySQL are not required to inst
The installation process takes the following steps:
- - Obtain SLP 9.2 installation media (DVD, CDs or mini-installation CD
+ - Obtain SLP 9.2 installation media (DVD, CDs or mini-installation CD)
- Determine Network Settings
- Install SLP 9.2
- Update your system
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ Installing SuSE Linux Professional is qu
before. Some documentation is available from
http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse92/.
-If booting from a mini installation CD, use F3 to select TP or HTTP, and provide the IP address of a SuSE 9.2 mirror and a path to the 9.2 directory (e.g., 204.152.191.7 and suse/i386/9.2/), and enter the network information in the boot configuration (e.g., hostip=IPADDRESS netmask=NETMASK gateway=GATEWAY, replacing IPADDRESS, NETMASK and GATEWAY with appropriate values for your server.
-Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
+If booting from a mini installation CD, use F3 to select FTP or HTTP, and provide the IP address of a SuSE 9.2 mirror and a path to the 9.2 directory (e.g., 204.152.191.7 and suse/i386/9.2/), and enter the network information in the boot configuration (e.g., hostip=IPADDRESS netmask=NETMASK gateway=GATEWAY), replacing IPADDRESS, NETMASK and GATEWAY with appropriate values for your server.
+Most of the subsequent installation screens are self explanatory.
There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ There are a few steps that require comme
IP address. When configuring your network card, you should include host name information (e.g., host name = tmp1, domain = lite.msu.edu), as well as name server. Other settings (ip address, gateway, netmask will have been set when you included them in the boot configuration).
- Online update
- - Indicate "Yes" when prompted to "run online update now?
+ - Indicate "Yes" when prompted to "run online update now?"
@@ -116,14 +116,18 @@ Select "Change Source of Installation" a
Add an additional installation source
Add the LON-CAPA SuSE 9.2 repository as an additional installation source, so software installation in yast will have access to two repositories - a SuSE mirror (for packages included for the standard distribution) and the LON-CAPA repository (for extra packages needed to run LON-CAPA). For the LON-CAPA source you will use:
+
- Protocol
- HTTP
- Server Name
- install.loncapa.org
-- Directory on server
-- suse/9.2
+- Directory on server (for 32 bit)
+- suse/i386/9.2
+- Directory on server (for 64 bit)
+- suse/x86_64/9.2
- Authentication
- Anonymous
+
After saving this configuration information for the LON-CAPA repository, choose "Edit", then "Refresh" the quit yast.
Update pwdutils package
@@ -139,10 +143,16 @@ This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA's
Retrieve and execute LON-CAPA setup program
-Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with the following command:
+Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with one of the following commands:
+32 bit architecture
+
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/9.2/i386/suse_install.tar
+
+
+64 bit architecture
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/9.2/suse_install.tar
+wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/9.2/x86_64/suse_install.tar
Extract the archive with the following command:
@@ -218,6 +228,7 @@ appropriate user name and your domain.
cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
+mkdir ~USERNAME
mkdir ~USERNAME/public_html
chown USERNAME:www ~USERNAME/public_html
chmod 0775 ~USERNAME/public_html
@@ -236,7 +247,7 @@ will be appearant at this step.
If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules,
please make sure you followed the instructions in
Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies. If you still have errors, please
-contact the LON-CAPA development team.
+contact the LON-CAPA support team.
Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine