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The LON-CAPA files are released in a single <tt>*.tar.gz</tt> file.
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<ul>
<li><strong><a href="#download">Source code of LON-CAPA</a></strong>, it
provides you with
<br />+ network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world
<br />+ processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your
students
<br />+ classroom and course management
<br />+ extensive new functionality for your web server
<br />+ tools for monitoring the state of your system
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<p>
After the download, please read the pages describing the
configuration, installation, and upgrading of LON-CAPA.
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<p>
<strong>NOTE:</strong>
If you want to quickly install both RedHat 7.3 and LON-CAPA
(to ensure 100% reliability), download <a href="rh73.html">these
instructions</a>.
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<font size='+2'>Source code of LON-CAPA</font>
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You can download the most current version of LON-CAPA at
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz">
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-current.tar.gz</a>.
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<p>
The development release of LON-CAPA is at:
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz">
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-unstable.tar.gz</a>.
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<p>
To view the code development history of LON-CAPA, you will need to use the
<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">CVS</a> tool, the open standard for
version control.  Please contact Helen (<a href="mailto:helen@lon-capa.org">
helen@lon-capa.org</a>) to request a CVS USERNAME.
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The initial CVS commands would be:
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export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs 
cvs login 
cvs co loncapa
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For more information on using CVS, please visit
<a href="http://www.cvshome.org/">http://www.cvshome.org/</a>
or read <tt>loncom/build/readme.html</tt> after downloading
the current version of LON-CAPA as described above.
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