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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>
1.4       albertel    9: <!--
1.1       bowersj2   10: <li><a href="#testing">
                     11: Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>
1.4       albertel   12: -->
1.1       bowersj2   13: </ul>
                     14: 
                     15: <h3>Upgrading LON-CAPA files</h3>
                     16: <p>
                     17: Download the most current
1.2       albertel   18: <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz">
1.3       albertel   19: loncapa-current.tar.gz</a>.
1.1       bowersj2   20: </p>
                     21: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
1.2       albertel   22: <tr><td><tt>wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz
1.1       bowersj2   23: </tt>
                     24: <br />
1.2       albertel   25: <tt>tar xzvf loncapa-current.tar.gz</tt>
1.1       bowersj2   26: <br />
                     27: <tt>cd loncapa</tt></td></tr>
                     28: </table>
                     29: <p>
                     30: The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all
                     31: the latest LON-CAPA software.
                     32: </p>
                     33: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
                     34: <tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>
                     35: </table>
                     36: <a name="checkrpms" />
1.5     ! raeburn    37: <h3>Checking your Linux packages</h3> 
        !            38: <p>Checking RPMs (RedHat, CentOS, Scientific Linux, SLES, openSuSE, Fedora) or debs (Ubuntu LTS, Debian)</p>
1.1       bowersj2   39: <p>
1.5     ! raeburn    40: The <strong>/usr/local/loncapa/bin/CHECKRPMS</strong> command will check that packages (rpms or debs, as appropriate for your distro) are up to date, by checking with the appropriate package repository.
1.1       bowersj2   41: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
1.5     ! raeburn    42: <tr><td><tt>/usr/local/loncapa/bin/CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
1.1       bowersj2   43: </table>
1.4       albertel   44: 
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1.1       bowersj2   46: <a name="testing" />
                     47: <h3>Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</h3>
                     48: <p>
                     49: The <strong>TEST</strong> command will check the installation software,
                     50: the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and
                     51: will also automatically test the real-time operation of the 
                     52: LON-CAPA Apache web server.
                     53: </p>
                     54: <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
                     55: <tr><td><tt>./TEST</tt></td></tr>
                     56: </table>
                     57: <p>
                     58: Using the <strong>TEST</strong> command will likely
                     59: be an iterative process.
                     60: It is normal to expect that the <strong>TEST</strong> command
                     61: will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal
                     62: performance of your LON-CAPA server.
                     63: </p>
1.4       albertel   64: -->