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You will need a computer running a unix-like system with the following software installed:
tdom
tcl --if you plan to use the OpenACS installation script
gmake and the compile and build environment.
BSD users: in most places in these instructions, gmake will work better than make. (more +
You will need a computer running a unix-like system with the following software installed:
tdom
tcl --if you plan to use the OpenACS installation script
gmake and the compile and build environment.
BSD users: in most places in these instructions, gmake will work better than make. (more information on FreeBSD installation). Also, fetch is a native replacement for wget.
Note: Instructions for installing tDOM and threaded tcl are included with the AOLserver4 installation instructions, - if these are not yet installed.
The following programs may be useful or required for some configurations. They are included in most distributions:
emacs
cvs (and initialize it)
ImageMagick (used by some packages for server side image manipulation)
Aspell (more information on spell-checking)
DocBook and supporting software (and install emacs keybindings for DocBook SGML)
daemontools (install from source)
a Mail Transport Agent, such as exim or sendmail (or install qmail from source)
In order to cut and paste the example code into your shell, you must first do Setting a global shell variable for cut and paste.
To install a machine to the specifications of the Reference Platform, do the - walkthrough of the Red Hat 8.0 Install for OpenACS.
The following programs may be useful or required for some configurations. They are included in most distributions:
emacs
cvs (and initialize it)
ImageMagick (used by some packages for server side image manipulation)
Aspell (more information on spell-checking)
DocBook and supporting software (and install emacs keybindings for DocBook SGML)
daemontools (install from source)
a Mail Transport Agent, such as exim or sendmail (or install qmail from source)
In order to cut and paste the example code into your shell, you must first do Setting a global shell variable for cut and paste.
To install a machine to the specifications of the Reference Platform, do the + walkthrough of the Red Hat 8.0 Install for OpenACS.