Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.html,v diff -u -r1.29 -r1.29.2.1 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.html 13 Sep 2009 23:54:40 -0000 1.29 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/individual-programs.html 18 Jun 2010 21:29:34 -0000 1.29.2.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Table 2.2. Version Compatibility Matrix
OpenACS Version | 3.2.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | |
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AOLserver | 3 | Yes | No | ||||||||||
3.3+ad13 | Maybe | Yes | No | ||||||||||
3.3oacs1 | Maybe | Yes | No | ||||||||||
3.4.4 | No | ||||||||||||
3.4.4oacs1 | Maybe | Yes | No | ||||||||||
3.5.5 | Maybe | Yes | No | ||||||||||
4.0 | Maybe | Yes | |||||||||||
4.5 | No | Yes | |||||||||||
Tcl | 8.4 | Yes | |||||||||||
8.5.4 - | Maybe | ||||||||||||
PostgreSQL | 7.0 | Yes | No | ||||||||||
7.2 | Maybe | Yes | No | ||||||||||
7.3.2 - 7.3.x | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||
7.4 | No | Yes | No | ||||||||||
8.0 | No | Maybe | Yes | ||||||||||
8.1 | No | Yes | |||||||||||
8.2 | No | CVS version only | Yes | ||||||||||
8.3 | No | Yes | |||||||||||
Oracle | 8.1.6 | Maybe | Yes | Maybe | |||||||||
8.1.7 | Maybe | Yes | Maybe | ||||||||||
9i | No | Yes | |||||||||||
10g | No | Yes | |||||||||||
11g | No | Maybe |
The OpenACS installation instructions assume the operating system and build environment are installed. The instructions explain installation of TCL, Tcllib, tDOM, tclwebtest, a Web Server, a Database, a Process Controller, and Source Control software. The following external links are for reference only. -
OpenACS 5.5.0. The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and +
OpenACS 5.6.0. 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 @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ compile. (Debian users: apt-get install tcl8.4-dev). You need this to install OpenFTS.
Tcllib, REQUIRED. - OpenACS 5.5.0 uses those Tcl extensions to send e-mail out, among others. -
tDOM, REQUIRED. OpenACS 5.5.0 stores + OpenACS 5.6.0 uses those Tcl extensions to send e-mail out, among others. +
tDOM, REQUIRED. OpenACS 5.6.0 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.
Web Server. The web server handles incoming HTTP requests, provides @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ errors. OpenACS uses AOLserver; some people have had success running Apache with mod_nsd.
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 5.5.0. These + includes all the patches and modules needed to run OpenACS 5.6.0. 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.