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 <p>  <p>
 You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper  You will need to check all the following things to ensure proper
 installation of your LON-CAPA system.  installation of your LON-CAPA system. Be sure to use the <a
   href="rh73.html">RedHat 7.3</a> or <a href="fedora_install.html">Fedora</a> specific instructions if they apply,
   as that will be much easier for you.
 </p>  </p>
 <ul>  <ul>
   <li><a href="#download">Downloading LON-CAPA</a></li>
 <li><a href="#wwwuser">  <li><a href="#wwwuser">
 Creating a user 'www'</a></li>  Creating a user 'www'</a></li>
 <li><a href="#shadow">  <li><a href="#shadow">
 Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</a></li>  Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</a></li>
 <li><a href="#install">  <li><a href="#install">
 Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>  Installing LON-CAPA files</a></li>
   <li><a href="#perl">
   Installing CPAN modules</a></li>
 <li><a href="#checkrpms">  <li><a href="#checkrpms">
 Checking your Linux RPMs</a> (On RedHat)</li>  Checking your Linux RPMs</a> (On RedHat)</li>
 <li><a href="#fixhosts">  <li><a href="#fixhosts">
Line 19  Configuring the MySQL database</a></li> Line 24  Configuring the MySQL database</a></li>
 Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>  Testing to see if the LON-CAPA server is operational</a></li>
 </ul>  </ul>
   
   <a name="download" />
   <h3>Downloading LON-CAPA</h3>
   
   <p>
   <b>Current Release is Version LATESTVERSION.
   This version was released on LATESTDATE.</b>
   </p>
   <p>
   You can download the <b>most current version of LON-CAPA</b> at
   <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz">
   http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz</a>
   (version LATESTVERSION).
   </p>
   <p>
   The <b>development release of LON-CAPA</b> is at:
   <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz">
   http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz</a>.
   </p>
   <p>
   To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the
   <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">CVS</a> tool, the open standard for
   version control.  Please contact the MSU LON-CAPA group 
   (<a href="mailto:helpdesk@lon-capa.org">helpdesk@lon-capa.org</a>) to request a 
   CVS USERNAME.
   </p>
   <p>
   The initial CVS commands would be:
   </p>
   <blockquote>
   <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   <tr><td>
   <pre>
   export CVSROOT=:ext:USERNAME@source.lon-capa.org:/home/cvs 
   cvs login 
   cvs co loncapa
   </pre>
   </td></tr></table>
   </blockquote>
   <p>
   For more information on using CVS, please visit
   <a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">http://www.cvshome.org/</a>
   or read <tt>loncom/build/readme.html</tt> after downloading
   the current version of LON-CAPA as described above.
   </p>
   
 <a name="wwwuser" />  <a name="wwwuser" />
 <h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3>  <h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3>
 <p>  <p>
Line 151  the latest LON-CAPA software. Line 201  the latest LON-CAPA software.
 <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">  <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
 <tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>  <tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>
 </table>  </table>
   <a name="perl" />
   <h3>Installing CPAN modules</h3>
   
   <p> Lon-CAPA uses a large numbe of perl modules that need to be
   installed. Some of these may be available on your machine already,
   some can be gotten from packages in your Linux Distribution. Some will probably need to come from CPAN </p>
   
   <p> You can check which modules you have and which ones you need by
   running the TEST script. It will generate a CPAN_STATUS_REPORT.
   You can install an missing perl modules by doing:
   <table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
   <tr><td><tt>perl -MCPAN -e 'install MODULENAME'</tt></td></tr>
   </table>
   Where MODULENAME is the perl module you need to install.
   </p>
   <p>
   More documentation on how CPAN works is available <a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_install_Perl_modules">here</a>
    </p>
   
 <a name="checkrpms" />  <a name="checkrpms" />
 <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs on RedHat</h3>  <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs on RedHat</h3>
 <p>  <p>
Line 165  against an FTP repository, if you're usi Line 234  against an FTP repository, if you're usi
 <p>If you are not installing on RedHat, you may need to manually  <p>If you are not installing on RedHat, you may need to manually
 install some software. The following pointers may be useful:</p>  install some software. The following pointers may be useful:</p>
   
 <ul><li>LON-CAPA uses a lot of Perl modules. The easiest way to figure  <ul><li>LON-CAPA uses a lot of Perl modules. If you are using RedHat,
   go to <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources">this
   directory</a> and download the latest
   <b>LON-CAPA-systemperl-?.?-rh7.i386.rpm</b>, which will contain all
   the Perl modules you need on RedHat. Use <tt>rpm-Uvh --force</tt> to
   install the RPM; this will overwrite some currently existing files and
   that's OK.
   
   <br /><br />For other Linux distributions, the easiest way to figure
 out what Perl modules are being used by LON-CAPA that you do not have  out what Perl modules are being used by LON-CAPA that you do not have
 installed is to try to start up LON-CAPA and see what Perl complains  installed is to try to start up LON-CAPA and see what Perl complains
 about missing. Start by trying to run <tt>/home/httpd/perl/lonc</tt>  about missing. Start by trying to run <tt>/home/httpd/perl/lonc</tt>
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