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1.1     ! bowersj2    1: <p>
        !             2: There are three steps for upgrading the software on your LON-CAPA server.
        !             3: </p>
        !             4: <ul>
        !             5: <li><a href="#upgrade">
        !             6: Upgrading LON-CAPA files</a></li>
        !             7: <li><a href="#checkrpms">
        !             8: Checking your Linux RPMs</a></li>
        !             9: <li><a href="#testing">
        !            10: Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>
        !            11: </ul>
        !            12: 
        !            13: <h3>Upgrading LON-CAPA files</h3>
        !            14: <p>
        !            15: Download the most current
        !            16: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz">
        !            17: loncapa.tar.gz</a>.
        !            18: </p>
        !            19: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
        !            20: <tr><td><tt>wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz
        !            21: </tt>
        !            22: <br />
        !            23: <tt>tar xzvf loncapa.tar.gz</tt>
        !            24: <br />
        !            25: <tt>cd loncapa</tt></td></tr>
        !            26: </table>
        !            27: <p>
        !            28: The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all
        !            29: the latest LON-CAPA software.
        !            30: </p>
        !            31: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
        !            32: <tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>
        !            33: </table>
        !            34: <a name="checkrpms" />
        !            35: <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3>
        !            36: <p>
        !            37: If you are using RedHat, the <strong>CHECKRPMS</strong> command will check the RPMs on your machine
        !            38: against an FTP repository. Otherwise, you may need to update software
        !            39: manually.
        !            40: </p>
        !            41: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
        !            42: <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
        !            43: </table>
        !            44: <a name="testing" />
        !            45: <h3>Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</h3>
        !            46: <p>
        !            47: The <strong>TEST</strong> command will check the installation software,
        !            48: the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and
        !            49: will also automatically test the real-time operation of the 
        !            50: LON-CAPA Apache web server.
        !            51: </p>
        !            52: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
        !            53: <tr><td><tt>./TEST</tt></td></tr>
        !            54: </table>
        !            55: <p>
        !            56: Using the <strong>TEST</strong> command will likely
        !            57: be an iterative process.
        !            58: It is normal to expect that the <strong>TEST</strong> command
        !            59: will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal
        !            60: performance of your LON-CAPA server.
        !            61: </p>