<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Install a Unix-like system and supporting software</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.64.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="OpenACS Core Documentation"><link rel="up" href="complete-install.html" title="Chapter�3.�Complete Installation"><link rel="previous" href="complete-install.html" title="Chapter�3.�Complete Installation"><link rel="next" href="oracle.html" title="Install Oracle 8.1.7"><link rel="stylesheet" href="openacs.css" type="text/css"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><a href="http://openacs.org"><img src="/doc/images/alex.jpg" border="0" alt="Alex logo"></a><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header" border="0"><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="complete-install.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter�3.�Complete Installation</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="oracle.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="unix-installation"></a>Install a Unix-like system and supporting software</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="authorblurb"><p>by <a href="mailto:joel@aufrecht.org" target="_top">Joel Aufrecht</a></p>
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</div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="unix-install"></a>a Unix-like system</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>You will need a computer running a unix-like system with the following software installed:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>tdom</p></li><li><p>tcl</p></li><li><p>gmake and the compile and build
environment.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">BSD Note</h3><p>BSD users: in most places in these instructions, gmake
will work better than make. (<a href="http://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=136910" target="_top">more
information on FreeBSD installation</a>)</p></div></li></ul></div><p>and optionally these programs, which are included in most distributions:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>emacs</p></li><li><p>cvs (and <a href="install-cvs.html" title="Initialize CVS (OPTIONAL)">initialize</a> it)</p></li><li><p>ImageMagick</p></li><li><p>DocBook and supporting software (and <a href="psgml-for-emacs.html" title="Add PSGML commands to emacs init file (OPTIONAL)">install</a> emacs keybindings for
DocBook SGML)</p></li><li><p>daemontools (<a href="install-daemontools.html" title="Install Daemontools (OPTIONAL)">install from
source</a>)</p></li><li><p>a Mail Transport Agent, such as exim or sendmail (or <a href="install-qmail.html" title="Install qmail (OPTIONAL)">install qmail from source</a>)</p></li></ul></div><p>To install a machine to the specifications of the Reference
Platform, do the <a href="install-redhat.html" title="Appendix�A.�Install Red Hat 8/9">walkthrough of the
Red Hat 8.0 Install for OpenACS</a>.</p><div class="cvstag">($Id: unix-installation.html,v 1.11 2004/02/12 13:51:40 joela Exp $)</div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="complete-install.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="oracle.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left">Chapter�3.�Complete Installation </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="complete-install.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> Install Oracle 8.1.7</td></tr></table><hr><address><a href="mailto:docs@openacs.org">docs@openacs.org</a></address></div><a name="comments"></a><center><a href="http://openacs.org/doc/unix-installation.html#comments">View comments on this page at openacs.org</a></center></body></html>