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Wed May 1 22:23:38 2002 UTC (22 years ago) by harris41
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updating instructions and a few stylistic improvements

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The LON-CAPA files are released in a single <tt>*.tar.gz</tt> file.
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="#download">Source code of LON-CAPA</a></strong>, it
provides you with</li>
<ul>
<li>network connectivity with other LON-CAPA computers around the world</li>
<li>processing and delivery of course material and problem sets to your
students</li>
<li>classroom and course management</li>
<li>extensive new functionality for your web server</li>
<li>tools for monitoring the state of your system</li>
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After the download, please read the pages describing the
configuration, installation, and upgrading of LON-CAPA.
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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/current/loncapa.tar.gz">
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz</a>.
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To view past releases, please visit
<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/">
http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/</a>.
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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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