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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
1.2       albertel   16: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz">
1.3     ! albertel   17: loncapa-current.tar.gz</a>.
1.1       bowersj2   18: </p>
                     19: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
1.2       albertel   20: <tr><td><tt>wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz
1.1       bowersj2   21: </tt>
                     22: <br />
1.2       albertel   23: <tt>tar xzvf loncapa-current.tar.gz</tt>
1.1       bowersj2   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>