Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.adp =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.adp,v diff -u -N -r1.1.2.6 -r1.1.2.7 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.adp 9 Jun 2016 13:03:11 -0000 1.1.2.6 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.adp 23 Jun 2016 08:32:45 -0000 1.1.2.7 @@ -79,25 +79,28 @@ Server, a Database, a Process Controller, and Source Control software. The following external links are for reference only.
+ +OpenACS 5.9.0. The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and many useful additional packages. This includes a full set of documentation. The tarball works with both PostgreSQL and Oracle. Some scripts require bash shell.
-Operating System. OpenACS is designed for a -Unix-like system. It is developed primarily in Linux. It can be run -on Mac OS X, and in Windows within VMWare.
-GNU/Linux. The installation assumes a linux -kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer.
+GNU/Linux. The installation assumes +a linux kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer.
FreeBSD. FreeBSD
guide. The OpenACS Reference Platform uses shell scripts
written for bash, which is the standard Linux shell. If you are
-using a different shell, you will need to substitute your shell's
-conventions for setting environment variables when appropriate, and
-install bash to work with the scripts. Substitute fetch
when the instructions
-suggest you use wget
to download software.
+using a different shell, you will need to substitute your
+shell's conventions for setting environment variables when
+appropriate, and install bash to work with the scripts. Substitute
+fetch
when the
+instructions suggest you use wget
to download software.
Mac OS X. the section called “OpenACS Installation Guide for Mac OS X” @@ -110,61 +113,80 @@
-Build Environment. The Reference Platform -installation compiles most programs from source code.
You need -recent versions of these libraries for Oracle to work properly. For -Unicode support, you need glibc 2.2 or newer. This should be -included in your operating system distribution.
PostgreSQL and AOLserver require gmake to
-compile. Note that on most linux distributions, GNU Make is simply
-named make
and there is no
-gmake
, whereas on BSD
-distributions, make
and
-gmake
are different --use
-gmake.
+ +glibc 2.2 or newer, REQUIRED. You +need recent versions of these libraries for Oracle to work +properly. For Unicode support, you need glibc 2.2 or newer. This +should be included in your operating system distribution.
+
+GNU Make
+3.76.1 or newer, REQUIRED. PostgreSQL and
+AOLserver require gmake to compile. Note that on most linux
+distributions, GNU Make is simply named make
and there is no gmake
, whereas on BSD distributions,
+make
and gmake
are different --use gmake.
OpenACS is written -in Tcl, an interpreted language. A threaded version of the Tcl -interpreter must be installed for OpenACS to work. The Tcl +
+Tcl 8.5.x.
+ +Tcl 8.5.x, REQUIRED. OpenACS is +written in Tcl, an interpreted language. A threaded version of the +Tcl interpreter must be installed for OpenACS to work. The Tcl interpreter that is included in most standard distributions may not -be thread safe.
The site-wide-search service, OpenFTS,
-requires these to compile. (Debian users: apt-get install tcl8.5-dev
). You need this
+be thread safe.
+
+Tcl 8.5.x development headers and libraries,
+OPTIONAL. The site-wide-search service,
+OpenFTS, requires these to compile. (Debian users: apt-get install tcl8.5-dev
). You need this
to install OpenFTS.
OpenACS 5.9.0 -uses those Tcl extensions to send e-mail out, among others.
++ +Tcllib, REQUIRED. OpenACS +5.9.0 uses those Tcl extensions to send e-mail out, among +others.
OpenACS 5.9.0 stores -queries in XML files, so we use an AOLserver module called tDOM to -parse these files. (This replaces libxml2, which was used prior to -4.6.4.)
++ +tDOM, REQUIRED. OpenACS 5.9.0 +stores queries in XML files, so we use an AOLserver module called +tDOM to parse these files. (This replaces libxml2, which was used +prior to 4.6.4.)
tclwebtest -is a tool for testing web interfaces via Tcl scripts.
++ +tclwebtest, +OPTIONAL. tclwebtest is a tool for testing web +interfaces via Tcl scripts.
-Web Server. The web server handles incoming -HTTP requests, provides a runtime environment for OpenACS's Tcl -code, connects to the database, sends out HTTP responses, and logs -requests and errors. OpenACS uses AOLserver; some people have had success running Apache with +Web Server. The web server handles +incoming HTTP requests, provides a runtime environment for +OpenACS's Tcl code, connects to the database, sends out HTTP +responses, and logs requests and errors. OpenACS uses AOLserver; +some people have had success running Apache with mod_nsd.
Provides the -base HTTP server
++ +AOLserver 4.x, REQUIRED. Provides +the base HTTP server
Mat Kovach is graciously maintaining an AOLserver distribution that includes all the patches and modules needed to run OpenACS 5.9.0. These instructions will describe how to install using his source distribution. He also has binaries for SuSE 7.3 and OpenBSD -2.8 (and perhaps more to come), currently located at uptime.openacs.org.
It's also possible to download all the pieces and patches +2.8 (and perhaps more to come), currently located at uptime.openacs.org.
It's also possible to download all the pieces and patches yourself:
AOLserver is available at aolserver.com
The OpenACS PostgreSQL driver (nspostgres.so) is available from SourceForge. If you do decide to use nspostgres.so, you have to remember to change the AOLserver config file to point to nspostgres.so instead of postgres.so. This guide -uses Mat Kovach's distro (i.e. postgres.so)
The patch that makes exec
+uses Mat Kovach's distro (i.e. postgres.so)
The patch that makes exec
work on BSD is available at sourceforge.net
The patch for aolserver 3.x that makes ns_uuencode
work for binary files is
available at sourceforge.net
@@ -179,94 +201,123 @@
webserver. aolserver3.x requires nsopenssl 2.1a. aolserver4.x requires nsopenssl3; see
aolserver.com for latest release. (home page)
Provides -PAM capabilities for AOLserver. You need this if you want OpenACS -users to authenticate through a PAM module (such as RADIUS).
++ +ns_pam 0.1 or newer, +OPTIONAL. Provides PAM capabilities for +AOLserver. You need this if you want OpenACS users to authenticate +through a PAM module (such as RADIUS).
Provides -RADIUS capabilities for PAM. You need this if you want to use -RADIUS authentication via PAM in OpenACS.
++ +pam_radius 1.3.16, +OPTIONAL. Provides RADIUS capabilities for +PAM. You need this if you want to use RADIUS authentication via PAM +in OpenACS.
Provides -LDAP capabilities for AOLserver. You need this if you want to use -LDAP authentication in OpenACS.
++ +ns_ldap 0.r8, +OPTIONAL. Provides LDAP capabilities for +AOLserver. You need this if you want to use LDAP authentication in +OpenACS.
Adds -full-text-search to PostgreSQL and includes a driver for AOLserver. -You need this if you want users to be able to search for any text -on your site. For postgres 7.4.x and higher, full text search is -also available via tsearch2.
++ +OpenFTS Tcl 0.3.2, +OPTIONAL. Adds full-text-search to PostgreSQL +and includes a driver for AOLserver. You need this if you want +users to be able to search for any text on your site. For postgres +7.4.x and higher, full text search is also available via +tsearch2.
-This program examines web -server request logs, looks up DNS values, and produces a report. -You need this if you want to see how much traffic your site is -getting.
-"Balance is a simple but powerful generic -tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms." -You need this or something equivalent if you are running a -high-availability production site and do not have an external load -balancing system.
+ +Balance 3.11 or newer, +OPTIONAL. "Balance is a simple but +powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and +failover mechanisms." You need this or something equivalent if +you are running a high-availability production site and do not have +an external load balancing system.
-Database. The data on your site (for example, -user names and passwords, calender entries, and notes) is stored in -the database. OpenACS separates the database with an abstraction -layer, which means that several different databases all function -identically. While you can run the core OpenACS on any supported -database, not all contributed packages support all databases.
Oracle 8.1.7 (Either this or PostgreSQL is -REQUIRED). You can register and download Oracle -from Oracle +REQUIRED). You can register and download +Oracle from Oracle TechNet. You need this if you want to use an Oracle database.
-You need this if you want to use a + +PostgreSQL 7.4.x (Either this or Oracle is +REQUIRED). You need this if you want to use a PostgreSQL database.
-Process Controller. This is software that -initiates other software, and restarts that software if it fails. -On Linux, we recommend using Daemontools to control AOLserver and -qmail.
You need -this if you want AOLserver and qmail to run "supervised," meaning -that they are monitored and automatically restarted if they fail. -An alternative would be to run the services from inittab.
+Process Controller. This is +software that initiates other software, and restarts that software +if it fails. On Linux, we recommend using Daemontools to control +AOLserver and qmail.+ +Daemontools 0.76, OPTIONAL. You +need this if you want AOLserver and qmail to run +"supervised," meaning that they are monitored and +automatically restarted if they fail. An alternative would be to +run the services from inittab.
-Mail Transport Agent. A Mail Transport Agent -is a program that handles all incoming and outgoing mail. The -Reference Platform uses Qmail; any MTA that provides a sendmail -wrapper (that is, that can be invoked by calling the sendmail -program with the same variables that sendmail expects) can be -used.
-You need this -(or a different Mail Transport Agent) if you want your webserver to -send and receive email.
-This + +Netqmail 1.04, +OPTIONAL. You need this (or a different Mail +Transport Agent) if you want your webserver to send and receive +email.
+ +ucspi-tcp 0.88, OPTIONAL. This program listens for incoming TCP connections and hands them to a program. We use it instead of inetd, which is insecure. You need this if you are running qmail.
(docbook-xml v4.4, -docbook-xsl v1.56, libxslt 1.0.21, xsltproc 1.0.21). You need this -to write or edit documentation.
+ +DocBook, OPTIONAL. (docbook-xml +v4.4, docbook-xsl v1.56, libxslt 1.0.21, xsltproc 1.0.21). You need +this to write or edit documentation.
-Source Control. A Source Control system keeps -track of all of the old versions of your files. It lets you recover -old files, compare versions of file, and identify specific versions -of files. You can use any source control system; the Reference -Platform and the OpenACS.org repository (where you can get patched -and development code in between releases) use cvs.
cvs is included -in most unix distributions. You need this if you want to track old -versions of your files, do controlled deployment of code from -development to production, or get or contribute development code -from openacs.org.
+ +cvs 1.11.18, OPTIONAL. cvs is +included in most unix distributions. You need this if you want to +track old versions of your files, do controlled deployment of code +from development to production, or get or contribute development +code from openacs.org.