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 Last updated: 10/26/2000  Last updated: 02/22/2001
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 This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation.  These steps have  This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation.  These steps have
 been tested.  been tested.
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 <LI>Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by  <LI>Get LON-CAPA on a CD by
 <UL>  <UL>
 <LI>Using a RedHat 6.2 CD  <LI>Requesting a LON-CAPA installation CD (c/o Dr. Kortemeyer, 
 <LI>Downloading a RedHat 6.2 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and burning a CD  korte@lon-capa.org).
 <LI>Or, alternatively do a network install from a <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource">  <LI>Or, downloading a LON-CAPA installation <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and burning a CD.
 RedHat 6.2 CD source tree</A>.  You need to burn a boot floppy disk with a network boot image;  <LI>(Depending on whether your computer has a bootable CD-ROM, you may
 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/bootnet-20000407.img">  need to also make a boot floppy.  Download this floppy disk image file: 
 bootnet-20000407.img</A>.  (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a  <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/boot-20000407.img">
 command similar to: <TT>dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>).  For installation, you  boot-20000407.img</A>.  (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type this command: <TT>dd if=boot-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>).
 need to specify <TT>http://www.lon-capa.org</TT> as your download URL, and <TT>/install/3.1/currentcdsource</TT>  
 as the source location.  
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 <LI>Install RedHat 6.2  <LI>Install with CD-ROM
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 <LI><B>Important: Do a "GNOME Workstation Install" and go with their default list of packages</B>  <LI>Follow the <A HREF="instructions_with_cd.html">
 <LI><B>Important: Make sure you add a user "www"</B>  CD-ROM installation instructions</A>
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 <LI>After installation, install extra RPMs/upgrades by downloading all files from  
 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/SupplementalRPMS/">  
 http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/SupplementalRPMS</A>.  
 <UL>  
 <LI>Use this command to install the RPMs you download: <TT>rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm</TT>.  
 </UL>  
 <LI>Remove extra RPMs by downloading and running the script   
 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh">  
 http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/remove_extra.sh</A> as root.  
 <LI>After installing the supplemental RPMS, install a final RPM set by downloading all files from  
 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/FinalRPMS/">  
 http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/FinalRPMS</A>.  
 <UL>  
 <LI>Use this command to install the RPMs you download: <TT>rpm -Uvh --force *.rpm</TT>.  
 </UL>  
 <LI>Configure needed files.  
 <UL>  
 <LI>Currently, reconfiguration must be handled manually and involves an administrator  
 altering configuration files present throughout the system.  For a list of these  
 files and their descriptions, visit <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/loncapafiles/loncapafiles.html">  
 http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/loncapafiles/loncapafiles.html</A>.  
 <LI>Important files are /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf, /etc/ntp.conf, /etc/krb.conf,    
 /home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab, /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab (if setting up a cluster different  
 than MSU's).  
 <LI>Run, as root, <TT>/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start</TT>.  
 <LI>After 10 minutes, you should be able to check the file <TT>/home/httpd/html/lon-status/index.html</TT>  
 to see if your machine has been successfully set up.  
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   <LI>After installation, restart the computer.  Login as root.  Enter this command (you only need to do this after your first reboot):
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   <LI><TT>sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure</TT>
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 <H3>Future Installation Procedure (not yet implemented)</H3>  <hr />
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 In the future, LON-CAPA Installation will be distributed on a CD complete with a  You can also try to install LON-CAPA on an existing installation of
 customized interface.  Many elements for doing this have been coded, and are in place, but  RedHat 6.2.  Please see <a href='how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt'>how_to_install_loncapa_on_a_preinstalled_system.txt</a>.
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