+Build Environment. The Reference Platform
+installation compiles most programs from source code.
-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.
+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.
make
+and there is no gmake, whereas
+on BSD distributions, make and
+gmake are different --use
+gmake.
-
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
+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.
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
+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.
-
-Tcllib, REQUIRED. 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.
-
-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.)
+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, OPTIONAL.
-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
@@ -170,8 +169,8 @@
mod_nsd.
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
@@ -200,36 +199,35 @@
-
-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).
+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).
-
-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.
+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.
-
-ns_ldap 0.r8, OPTIONAL.
-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.
-
-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.
+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.
-Analog 5.32 or newer, OPTIONAL.
-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
+Analog 5.32 or newer, OPTIONAL. 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 3.11 or newer, OPTIONAL.
@@ -239,84 +237,81 @@
production site and do not have an external load balancing
system.
-
-Database. The data on your site
-(for example, user names and passwords, calendar 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.
+Database. The data on your site (for
+example, user names and passwords, calendar 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
-TechNet. You need this if you want to use an Oracle
-database.
+REQUIRED). You can register and download Oracle from
+Oracle TechNet. You need this if you want to use
+an Oracle database.
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.
-
+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.
+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.
+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.
-Netqmail 1.04, OPTIONAL.
-You need this (or a different Mail Transport Agent) if you want
-your webserver to send and receive email.
+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, 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.
-
+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.
+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 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.
-
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