Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml,v diff -u -r1.1.2.3 -r1.1.2.4 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml 19 Apr 2003 20:42:59 -0000 1.1.2.3 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml 4 May 2003 06:30:46 -0000 1.1.2.4 @@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ programs, such as a Mail Transport Agent and source control system, are also needed for a fully effective instance. - Individual Programs - <ulink url="http://openacs.org/projects/openacs/download/one-revision?revision_id=92178">OpenACS &version;</ulink> + <ulink + url="http://openacs.org/projects/openacs/download/one-revision?revision_id=92178">OpenACS &version;</ulink> 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 @@ -49,25 +50,24 @@ - - Operating System - OpenACS is designed for a Unix-like system. It is + + 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. - - - - - - Linux - . The installation assumes a linux kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer. - - - - + + + + + + Linux + . The installation assumes a linux kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer. + + + + FreeBSD - FreeBSD + FreeBSD guide. The Reference Platform uses bash, which is the standard Linux shell. If you are using a different shell, you will need to substitute your shell's @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ Mac OS X - + Windows/VMWare - The only + The only way to run OpenACS on Windows is through the VMWare emulator. (Please let me know if you have OpenACS running directly in Windows.) @@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ queries in XML files, so we use an AOLserver module called nsxml to parse these files. libxml2-devel is required to compile nsxml. Libxml2 is available from http://xmlsoft.org). On Debian, + url="http://xmlsoft.org">http://xmlsoft.org). On Debian, this can be installed by doing apt-get install libxml2-dev. Users of other distributions can download rpms from rpmfind.net. + url="http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libxml2">rpmfind.net. @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ database, sends out HTTP responses, and logs requests and errors. OpenACS uses AOLserver; some people have had success running Apache with mod_nsd - see this + url="http://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=21461">this post. @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ <ulink - url="http://uptime.openacs.org/aolserver-openacs/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz">AOLserver 3.3oacs1</ulink>, REQUIRED + url="http://uptime.openacs.org/aolserver-openacs/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz">AOLserver 3.3oacs1, REQUIRED Mat Kovach's source distribution of AOLserver, including all of the patches listed below. @@ -193,8 +193,7 @@ - AOLserver is available at aolserver.com + AOLserver is available at aolserver.com @@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ nsxml is available at http://acs-misc.sourceforge.net. + url="http://acs-misc.sourceforge.net/dl/nsxml.tgz">http://acs-misc.sourceforge.net. @@ -235,7 +234,8 @@ The patch that makes AOLserver respect the - -g flag is available at -g flag is available at + sourceforge.net @@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ - <ulink url="http://www.scottg.net/download/nsopenssl-2.1.tar.gz">nsopenssl 2.1</ulink>, OPTIONAL + <ulink + url="http://www.scottg.net/download/nsopenssl-2.1.tar.gz">nsopenssl 2.1</ulink>, OPTIONAL Provides SSL capabilities for AOLserver. It requires OpenSSL. You need this if you want users to make secure (https) connections to your webserver. @@ -270,23 +271,16 @@ - <ulink url="http://www.analog.cx/analog-5.31.tar.gz">Analog 5.31</ulink>, OPTIONAL + <ulink + url="http://www.analog.cx/analog-5.31.tar.gz">Analog 5.31</ulink>, 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. - - - <ulink url="files/analog-dev.cfg.txt">Analog configuration file</ulink>, OPTIONAL - This file is an Analog configuration file set up for a standard - OpenACS installation. You need this file if you are using - Analog. - - - + Database The data on your site (for example, user names and passwords, @@ -297,9 +291,9 @@ Oracle 8.1.7. 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) @@ -311,17 +305,18 @@ - <ulink url="http://www.ca.postgresql.org/ftpsite/source/v7.2.3/postgresql-7.2.3.tar.gz">PostGreSQL 7.2.3</ulink> (Either this or Oracle is REQUIRED) + <ulink + url="http://www.ca.postgresql.org/ftpsite/source/v7.2.3/postgresql-7.2.3.tar.gz">PostGreSQL 7.2.3</ulink> (Either this or Oracle is REQUIRED) You need this if you want to use a PostGreSQL database. PostGreSQL 7.3 is not backwards-compatible, and OpenACS does not yet support it. If you are not in the United - States, select a closer mirror + States, select a closer mirror - <ulink - url="files/postgresql.txt">PostgreSQL Init script Version 1</ulink>, OPTIONAL + <ulink url="files/postgresql.txt">PostgreSQL Init script Version 1</ulink>, OPTIONAL A script for automating the starting and stopping of postgresql, for Unix-like environments that support System V-style scripts. (Most Linux flavors, including @@ -350,17 +345,6 @@ - - - <ulink - url="files/svgroup.txt">AolServer - restart permissions script version 1</ulink>, OPTIONAL - If you are running daemontools, you need this file to - set the permissions of the control files for new OpenACS instances. - - - - Mail Transport Agent @@ -372,34 +356,17 @@ - + <ulink url="http://cr.yp.to/software/qmail-1.03.tar.gz">Qmail 1.03</ulink>, OPTIONAL - You need this if you want your webserver to send or + You need this (or a different Mail Transport + Agent) if you want your webserver to send and receive email. - + <ulink - url="files/qmail.rc.txt">qmail startup script version 1</ulink>, OPTIONAL - This file is used to start qmail. You need this if - you are running qmail. - - - - - <ulink - url="files/tcp.smtp.txt">Qmail relay filter version 1</ulink>, OPTIONAL - This file is used to tell ucspi that SMTP connections from - programs on the same computer (such as AOLserver) are - allowed to relay mail to other computers. You need this - file if you are running qmail. - - - - - <ulink url="http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp/ucspi-tcp-0.88.tar.gz">ucspi-tcp 0.88</ulink>, OPTIONAL This program listens for incoming TCP connections and hands them to a program. We use it instead of inetd, @@ -426,27 +393,29 @@ 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 1.11.2, OPTIONAL - cvs is included in most unix distributions. You + + + + + cvs 1.11.2, 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. - + + + - + ($Id$) + Local Variables: + sgml-parent-document: ("../index.xml" "book" "part") + End: + -->