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 5.1.0d2.�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 | 5.1 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | � | Yes | No | ||||||||||||||
| 7.3.2 - 7.3.x | No | Yes | � | � | � | � | � | � | � | � | |||||||
| 7.4 | No | Maybe | |||||||||||||||
| Oracle | 8.1.6 | Maybe | Yes | � | � | � | � | � | � | � | � | ||||||
| 8.1.7 | Maybe | Yes | � | � | � | � | � | � | � | � | |||||||
| 9i | No | Yes | |||||||||||||||
OpenACS 5.2.0d1.�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 5.1.0d2 stores + to install OpenFTS.
tDOM, REQUIRED.�OpenACS 5.2.0d1 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 5.1.0d2. These + includes all the patches and modules needed to run OpenACS 5.2.0d1. 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. @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ driver for AOLserver. You need this if you want users to be able to search for any text on your site.
Analog 5.32, 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.
Database.�The data on your site (for example, user names and passwords, + want to see how much traffic your site is getting.
Balance 3.11, OPTIONAL.�"Balance is a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms." You need this or something equivalent if you are running a high-availability production site and do not have an external load balancing system.
Database.�The data on your site (for example, user names and passwords, 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