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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 5.0.0b4.�The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and +
Table�2.2.�Version Compatibility Matrix
| OpenACS Version | 3.2.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 5.0.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOLserver | 3 | Yes | No | |||||
| 3.3+ad13 | Maybe | Yes | ||||||
| 3.3oacs1 | Maybe | Yes | ||||||
| 3.4.2 | No | |||||||
| 3.4.2oacs1 | Maybe | Yes | Maybe | |||||
| 3.5.5 | Maybe | Yes | No | |||||
| 4.0 | Maybe | Yes | ||||||
| PostgreSQL | 7.0 | Yes | No | |||||
| 7.2.x | � | Yes | No | |||||
| 7.3.2 - 7.3.4 | No | Yes | ||||||
| 7.4 | No | Maybe | ||||||
| Oracle | 8.1.6 | Maybe | Yes | |||||
| 8.1.7 | Maybe | Yes | ||||||
| 9i | No | Yes | ||||||
OpenACS .�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 @@ -38,7 +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 5.0.0b4 stores + to install OpenFTS.
tDOM, REQUIRED.�OpenACS 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 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ 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 5.0.0b4. These + includes all the patches and modules needed to run OpenACS . 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. @@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ calender entries, and notes) is stored in the database. OpenACS seperates the database with an abstraction layer, which means that several different databases all function - identically. Currently OpenACS supports PostgreSQL 7.2 and - Oracle 8.1.7. While you can run the core OpenACS on any + identically. 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).�You can register and download Oracle from Oracle TechNet. You need this if you want to use an