--- doc/install/fedora/single_file_install.html 2004/10/18 20:57:38 1.1 +++ doc/install/fedora/single_file_install.html 2005/02/11 17:42:59 1.3 @@ -1,20 +1,21 @@ New installation instructions - -

Installing LON-CAPA on a Fedora Core 2 Linux System

+ +

Installing LON-CAPA on a Fedora Core 3 Linux System

This document guides you through the process of installing LON-CAPA on a -Fedora Core 2 (FC2) system. Information about Fedora is available from +Fedora Core 3 (FC3) system. Information about Fedora is available from http://fedora.redhat.com/. More information about LON-CAPA is available from http://www.loncapa.org and http://install.loncapa.org.

-These instructions assume you have installed Fedora Core 2 on your system +These instructions assume you have installed Fedora Core 3 on your system and it is running properly. All of the LON-CAPA data is stored in /home/httpd. MySQL is used to store temporary caches of system data, by -default this uses storage space in /var/lib/mysql. +default this uses storage space in /var/lib/mysql. You will want to be sure +you have enough disk space for these two partitions.

Please keep your system up to date. By default, LON-CAPA will add its own repository to your /etc/yum.conf file. Additionally, yum will be run @@ -31,12 +32,22 @@ The installation must be done as root. The installation process takes the following steps:

    +
  1. Install LON-CAPA yum.conf
  2. Install LON-CAPA
  3. Create a Domain Coordinator
  4. Start/Restart services
  5. Log in to LON-CAPA
+

Install LON-CAPA yum.conf

+

+You will need to copy the loncapa_yum.conf file over the default yum.conf +file. +

+mv /etc/yum.conf /etc/yum.conf.backup
+cp loncapa_yum.conf /etc/yum.conf
+
+

Install LON-CAPA

Remove conflicting packages

@@ -78,7 +89,7 @@ You will need to resolve any errors this mv CONFLICTINPACKAGE*.rpm .. And try the installation command again. If there are required packages which -have not been installed, these should be found on your Fedora Core 2 installation CDs. +have not been installed, these should be found on your Fedora Core 3 installation CDs.

Determine LON-CAPA Settings

@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@ cd ~/loncapa_install/ You will need to enter a root password for MySQL. Once this is complete you will need to execute:
-cd /root/loncapa-1.2.1
+cd /root/loncapa-1.3.2
 ./UPDATE
 

@@ -142,7 +153,7 @@ command to change it later. Replace USE appropriate user name and your domain.

-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build
+cd /root/loncapa-1.3.2/loncom/build
 perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN
 (WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)
 mkdir ~USERNAME/public_html