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The basic steps for getting OpenACS installed are:
Install an OS and supporting software (see Install a Unix-like OS or Appendix�A, Install Red Hat 8/9 for more details). See the Table�2.2, “Version Compatibility Matrix”.
Install a database (see the section called “Install Oracle 8.1.7” or Install PostgreSQL).
Install AOLserver (Install AOLserver 4) .
Create a unique database and system user. Install the OpenACS tarball, start and AOLserver instance, and use the OpenACS web pages to complete installation (see Install OpenACS 5.1.2).
There are specific instructions available for Mac OS X and Windows2000 available (see the section called “OpenACS Installation Guide for Mac OS X” or - the section called “OpenACS Installation Guide for Windows2000” for those).
The patched version of AOLserver we use is not currently + the section called “OpenACS Installation Guide for Windows2000” for those).
The patched version of AOLserver we use is not currently available in a precompiled binary.
The packaged version of PostgreSQL in Debian and Red Hat and FreeBSD ports works fine.
Once AOLserver and a database are installed, a bash script automates the OpenACS checkout and installation. -
You will need a PC (or equivalent) with at least these minimum requirements:
128MB RAM (much more if you want Oracle)
1GB free space on your hard drive (much more if you want Oracle)
A Unix-like operating system with Tcl, tDOM, and a mail transport agent like sendmail or qmail. (see the section called “Prerequisite Software”)
All of the software mentioned is free and open-source, except for Oracle. You can obtain a free copy of Oracle for development purposes. This is described in the Acquire Oracle section. -
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This is text you will see on screen, such as a or link in a radio button list or menu.
This is text that you will type.
This is text from a program or file which you may need to examine or edit:
if {$database == "oracle"} {
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su - $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
svc -d /service/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
dropdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
-createdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMESetting a global shell variable for cut and paste.�In order to cut and paste the instructions into your shell, you must set the environment variable $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. In order to set it globally so that it works for any new users or special service users you may create, edit the file /etc/profile and add this line:
export OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME=service0Table�2.1.�Default directories for a standard install
| Fully qualified domain name of your server | yourserver.test |
| name of administrative access account | remadmin |
| OpenACS service | $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME (set to service0 in default install) |
| OpenACS service account | $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME |
| OpenACS database name | $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME |
| Root of OpenACS service file tree (SERVERROOT) | /var/lib/aolserver/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME |
| Location of source code tarballs for new software | /tmp |
| The OpenACS tarball contains some files which
+createdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME Setting a global shell variable for cut and paste.�In order to cut and paste the instructions into your shell, you must set the environment variable $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. In order to set it globally so that it works for any new users or special service users you may create, edit the file /etc/profile and add this line: export OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME=service0Table�2.1.�Default directories for a standard install None of these locations are set in stone - they're simply @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ Some of the paths and user accounts have been changed from those recommended in previous versions of this document to improve security and maintainability. See this - thread for discussion. |