yast -i LONCAPA-prerequisites
-This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies. +This may take some minutes due to LON-CAPA's large number of dependencies.
After installing the prerequisites you should start yast, and select Security and Users -> Firewall. At step 2 include the following services: HTTP, HTTP with SSL, and Secure Shell. @@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ This may take a moment due to LON-CAPA's Retrieve the LON-CAPA setup with one of the following commands:
-wget http://install.loncapa.org/versions/suse/sles11/sles11_install.tar +wget http://install.loncapa.org/linux/install.tar
Extract the archive with the following command:
-tar xf sles11_install.tar +tar xf install.tar
This creates a directory named installation. Change to it and @@ -163,8 +163,28 @@ cd installation ./install.pl
-This script will prompt you for the MySQL root password and will download the latest LON-CAPA release. +The script is used to prepare a Linux system to run LON-CAPA, and can also be +used to check the configuration of a system on which LON-CAPA has already been installed. Typically, though, you will run this script only once, when you first install LON-CAPA.
++The script will analyze your system to determine which actions are recommended. The script will then prompt you to choose the actions you would like taken. +Once a choice has been entered for all nine possible actions, required changes will be made. +
+The possible actions are: +
LON-CAPA requires a number of identifying parameters to be set in order @@ -201,7 +221,7 @@ for it to function at all. Below is a l To configure and install LON-CAPA, execute the following commands:
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N.N (N.N.N should correspond to a version number like '2.2.2') +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z (X.Y.Z should correspond to a version number like '2.10.0') ./UPDATE
@@ -213,15 +233,13 @@ in the previous section. You will need at least one user at your site who has the role of 'domain coordinator'. This user creates accounts for other users and grants them additional privileges. The make_domain_coordinator.pl script -invoked below requires that you enter the users password. The password will -show in plaintext as you type it. Feel free to use the "passwd username" -command to change it later. Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an -appropriate user name and your domain. +invoked below requires that you enter the user's password. +Feel free to use the "passwd username" command to change it later. +Replace USERNAME and DOMAIN with an appropriate user name and your domain.
-cd /root/loncapa-N.N/loncom/build +cd /root/loncapa-X.Y.Z/loncom/build perl make_domain_coordinator.pl USERNAME DOMAIN -(WILL PROMPT FOR PASSWORD HERE)