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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. -<<<<<<< individual-programs.html -
OpenACS 5.6.0. The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and -=======
OpenACS 5.6.0. The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and ->>>>>>> 1.31 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 @@ -43,21 +39,12 @@ different --use gmake.
TCL 8.4.x.
TCL 8.4.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 -<<<<<<< individual-programs.html - distributions may not be thread safe.
TCL 8.4.x development headers and libraries, OPTIONAL. The site-wide-search service, OpenFTS, requires these to - compile. (Debian users: apt-get install - tcl8.4-dev). You need this - to install OpenFTS.
Tcllib, REQUIRED. - OpenACS 5.6.0 uses those Tcl extensions to send e-mail out, among others. -
tDOM, REQUIRED. OpenACS 5.6.0 stores -======= distributions may not be thread safe.
TCL 8.4.x development headers and libraries, OPTIONAL. The site-wide-search service, OpenFTS, requires these to
compile. (Debian users: apt-get install
tcl8.4-dev). You need this
to install OpenFTS.
Tcllib, REQUIRED. OpenACS 5.6.0 uses those Tcl extensions to send e-mail out, among others.
tDOM, REQUIRED. OpenACS 5.6.0 stores ->>>>>>> 1.31 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 @@ -141,8 +128,4 @@ 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 -<<<<<<< individual-programs.html to production, or get or contribute development code from openacs.org.