LON-CAPA Software Developer Instructions

1. Using CVS
   • Logging in and out (cvs login; cvs logout)
   • Getting files (cvs update -d)
   • Updating files (cvs update -d)
   • Saving files (cvs commit)
   • Adding files (cvs add)
   • Adding directories (cvs add/import)
   • What to do when you're not sure about your files (cvs update)
2. Viewing the software (make HTML)
3. Compiling the software (make build)
4. Adding/removing files from the LON-CAPA installation (doc/loncapafiles/loncapafiles.html)
5. Configurable files versus non-configurable files
6. Updating the non-configurable files on your machine (make install)
7. Updating the configurable files on your machine (make configinstall)
8. Building RPMs (make RPM)

1. Using CVS

   • Using CVS: Logging in and out (cvs login; cvs logout)

   • Using CVS: Getting files (cvs update -d)

   • Updating files (cvs update -d)

   • Saving files (cvs commit)

   • Adding files (cvs add)

   • Adding directories (cvs add/import)

   • What to do when you're not sure about your files (cvs update)

   • Viewing the software (make HTML)

   • Compiling the software (make build)

   • Adding/removing files from the LON-CAPA installation (doc/loncapafiles/loncapafiles.html)

   • Configurable files versus non-configurable files

   • Updating the non-configurable files on your machine (make install)

   • Updating the configurable files on your machine (make configinstall)

   • Building RPMs (make RPM)