[LON-CAPA-admin] Typo: FC3 install

[Matthew Brian Hall]

Hi Lars, 

> What is 'minimal install'? -I didn't see that option. My assumption was
> that once I chose the "Server" install the checked off package groups
> (those I listed) *is* the 'minimal server install'.
> Is that wrong?

Yes, that is incorrect.  On the "Package Group Selection" page where you saw 
the  items you listed, as well as "Everything", there is also "Minimal 
Install" option (I don't have a machine I can test on right now, but it's 
there, I assure you :) ).  Selecting it unselects all the other packages and 
just leaves you with a very basic installation.  It makes the installation 
quite fast, at least if you have a fast connection to pull down all 80+ 
LON-CAPA dependencies, and avoids installing things like apache2 (aka the 
httpd package), which have to be removed.  Also, you only need the first ISO 
image for the installation. 

Matthew 

> 
> Lars.
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Matthew Brian Hall wrote: 
> 
>> Hi Lars, 
>>
>> > The instructions for FC3 on install.loncapa.org states under "Package
>> > Group Selection" that we should choole the last item, 'minimal install'.
>> > The last item is actually "Everything". 
>>
>> Okay, thanks.  I'll fix the text right now. 
>>
>> > I chose the ("Server") default
>> > setting instead, which installs the
>> >
>> > Server Configuration Tools,
>> > Web Server
>> > Windows File Server
>> > Administration Tools
>> > Printing Support
>> >
>> > The only thing that puzzled me was that the MySQL server was unchecked.
>> > Should I have included it? 
>>
>> No.  And you only needed to choose "minimal install".  I do recommend the
>> minimal install, but there's no reason for you to worry about restarting the
>> installation process.  Yum takes care of the of the dependencies pretty
>> well.  You'll probably need to remove a few rpms to get the
>> LONCAPA-prerequisites rpm to install (specifically httpd and the packages
>> which depend on it).  It should not be painful. 
>>
>> Let me know if you have any trouble. 
>>
>> Matthew 
>>
>>  ---------------------------------------
>> Matthew Hall           hallmat3 at msu.edu
>> LON-CAPA developer
>> Michigan State University
>>  --------------------------------------- 
>>
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Matthew Hall           hallmat3 at msu.edu
LON-CAPA developer
Michigan State University
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