The configure, install, and upgrade sections of this document relate to installing and upgrading various software components of a LON-CAPA server.

First, information must be retrieved from the LON-CAPA server. There are two kinds of information you will want:


 

Source code of LON-CAPA

We distribute LON-CAPA with the CVS tool, the open standard for version control.

1. export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@zaphod.lite.msu.edu:/home/cvs cvs login

Specific customizations that must be made to your Linux operating system distribution