There are three steps for upgrading the software on your LON-CAPA server.
Download the most current loncapa.tar.gz.
| wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz
tar xzvf loncapa-current.tar.gz cd loncapa |
The UPDATE command will refresh your filesystem with all the latest LON-CAPA software.
| ./UPDATE |
If you are using RedHat, the CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine against an FTP repository. Otherwise, you may need to update software manually.
| ./CHECKRPMS |
The TEST command will check the installation software, the perl libraries on your system, the MySQL database, and will also automatically test the real-time operation of the LON-CAPA Apache web server.
| ./TEST |
Using the TEST command will likely be an iterative process. It is normal to expect that the TEST command will recommend you perform various steps to ensure optimal performance of your LON-CAPA server.