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- by Joel Aufrecht
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OpenACS requires, at a minimum, an operating system, database, and webserver. Many additional programs, such as a Mail Transport Agent and source control system, are also needed for a fully effective instance. -
OpenACS 5.0.0b1.�The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and +
OpenACS 5.0.0b2.�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.
Operating System.�OpenACS is designed for a Unix-like system. It is @@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ distributions.
TCL 8.3 development headers and libraries, OPTIONAL.� The site-wide-search service, OpenFTS, requires these to compile. (Debian users: apt-get install tcl8.3-dev). You need this - to install OpenFTS.
tDOM, REQUIRED.�OpenACS 5.0.0b1 stores + to install OpenFTS.
tDOM, REQUIRED.�OpenACS 5.0.0b2 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.) tDOM is available from http://www.tdom.org).
tclwebtest, OPTIONAL.�tclwebtest 0.3 is a tool for testing web interfaces @@ -50,22 +49,17 @@ running Apache with mod_nsd - see this post.
AOLserver 3.3oacs1, REQUIRED.�Mat Kovach's source distribution of AOLserver, including all of the patches listed below.
Mat Kovach is graciously maintaining an AOLserver distribution that - includes all the patches and modules needed to run OpenACS 5.0.0b1. These + includes all the patches and modules needed to run OpenACS 5.0.0b2. 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.
It's also possible to download all the pieces and patches yourself:
AOLserver is available at aolserver.com -
- ArsDigita's AOLserver distribution (including - internationalization patches, nscache, nsrewrite, nssha1 and the - oracle driver) is available at arsdigita.com -
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The OpenACS PostgreSQL driver (nspostgres.so) is available from - SourceForge. If + SourceForge. If you do decide to use nspostgres.so, you have to remember to change the AOLserver config file to point to nspostgres.so instead of postgres.so. This guide uses Mat Kovach's distro @@ -81,9 +75,10 @@ The patch that makes AOLserver respect the -g flag is available at sourceforge.net -
nsopenssl 2.1, OPTIONAL.�Provides SSL capabilities for AOLserver. It requires +
nsopenssl 2.1a, OPTIONAL.�Provides SSL capabilities for AOLserver. It requires OpenSSL. You need this if you want users to make - secure (https) connections to your webserver.
ns_pam + secure (https) connections to your webserver. (home + page)
ns_pam 0.1, OPTIONAL.�Provides PAM capabilities for AOLserver. You need this if you want OpenACS users to authenticate through a PAM module (such as RADIUS). (home