[LON-CAPA-admin] New Testing Version 2.3.99.1 released
Stuart Peter Raeburn
raeburn at msu.edu
Wed May 30 10:59:27 EDT 2007
Hon-Kie,
New versions of LON-CAPA prerequisites (as well as any required packages
which are unavailable from standard repositories, for the different distros)
will be provided in the near future in the repositories maintained on
http://install.loncapa.org/ for the Linux distributions which will be
supported for the upcoming 2.4 release (both 32 bit and 64 bit):
SuSE 9.3, 10.1, 10.2
SLES 9, 10
Red Hat 4ES/4AS, 5
Fedora FC4*, FC5, FC6, FC7
*FC4 -> 32 bit only. (Note as the Fedora legacy project is no longer active,
continuing to run on FC4 is not recommended as patches are no longer being
provided for this Fedora version; upgrade to a more recent Fedora core is
suggested).
The work required to update the repositories for the twenty one combinations
of distro/architecture identified above is currently ongoing.
Stuart Raeburn
MSU LON-CAPA group
H. K. Ng writes:
> Hi Guy,
>
> This version (specifically, lonmaxima) requires Expect.pm which in turn
> requires IO::Tty. I did a yum update and yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites
> but the two modules were not included. After manually installing the two
> modules, it seems to run ok. Should the two modules be included in the
> LONCAPA-prerequisites?
>
> -hk
>
>
> At 10:11 PM 5/24/2007, you wrote:
>> New Testing Version 2.3.99.1 Released
>>
>> We are currently running this version at MSU.
>>
>> I expect to make this into a 2.4.0 next week.
>>
>>
>> Notable Changes from 2.3:
>>
>> - ability to download a zip file of all student file submissions to a
>> homework problem
>> - <Task>
>> - has some example templates
>> - documentation describing usage
>> - Edit mode works
>> - fully testable in CSTR
>> - students can view previous submissions
>> - interface now defaults to icons instead of the 4-letter buttons
>> (also 4-letter buttons cleaned up to look prettier) and words can
>> be turned off to make a more compact interface
>> - more distibutions supported: SuSE 10.2, RHEL5
>> - hosts.tab/domain/tab now served by networked 'name servers' allowing
>> for faster updates to cluster topology
>> - domain preferences can be changed interactively, and without
>> submitting for next release (images, colors, logos autoenrollment
>> settings)
>> - computer algebra system maxima available to homeowkr problems,
>> - added tags <mathresponse> <mathhint> to use maxima for grading
>> - <formularesponse> without sample points uses maxima to grade formulas
>>
>> - new tag <customhint> for deciding on showing hints
>> - numerical/formula response's multianswermode, available in Edit mode
>> - page annotations work with enc'ed urls
>> - uploading of html file to portfolio prompts the user for embedded
>> resources
>>
>> - messaging
>> - critcal message transferred to Inbox as read
>> - CC and BCC possible in messages, and easily included on replies
>> - Sent mail folder shows who it was sent to (rather than the sender)
>> - users with priveldge can dissable to ability to eeasily reply to
>> a message
>> - specify a reply-to address
>> - email forwarding more configurable
>> - users with privledge can archive any message from or to the student
>> to the student's record
>> - emailed excerpts can optionally allow HTML
>> - SPRS can ask directely about the value of specific parameters
>> - receipts vary for all parts in all multipart problems
>> - use " in titles of resources works correctly
>> - when printing labels for ranodomlabels were showing up in incorrect
>> locations
>> - communication blocks apply to emailed excerpts for non critical
>> messages
>> - if student photos enabled, they show up in discussion, and course
>> messages
>> - fixed bug that prevented display of parameters showing in calendar
>>
>>
>> To install this update:
>>
>> 1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 5 or 6, RHEL (AS|ES) 4 or 5,
>> SUSE 9.3 10.1 or 10.2, SLES 9 or 10
>> (Fedora Core 4 should continue to work but is deprecated.)
>>
>> 2) If running Fedora or RHEL 5, use yum to update your machine and
>> then install the LONCAPA-prerequisites (if not already installed).
>>
>> yum update
>> yum install LONCAPA-prerequisites
>>
>> If running SUSE 9.3 or SLES 9, you will need to use yast remove
>> and readd the lon-capa repository source and then force the update of
>> LONCAPA-prerequisites
>> If running SUSE 10.1 or SLES 10, use rug to update your machine.
>> if running RHEL 4, use up2date to update your machine.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
>> wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.3.99.1.tar.gz
>>
>> and untar it
>>
>> tar xzvf loncapa-2.3.99.1.tar.gz
>>
>> 4) stop the Lon-CAPA system services
>>
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
>>
>> 5) stop the webserver:
>>
>> Fedora/RHEL:
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
>>
>> SUSE 9.X/SLES 9:
>> /etc/init.d/apache stop
>>
>> SUSE 10.1/SLES 10:
>> /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
>>
>>
>>
>> 6) Run the UPDATE script as root
>> cd loncapa-2.3.99.1
>> su
>> ./UPDATE
>>
>>
>>
>> 7) restart the Lon-CAPA system services
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
>>
>>
>> 8) restart the webserver:
>>
>> Fedora/RHEL:
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start
>>
>> SUSE 9.X/SLES 9:
>> /etc/init.d/apache start
>>
>> SUSE 10.1,2/SLES 10:
>> /etc/init.d/apache2 start
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----NOTES
>> 1) Many questions are answered at http://help.lon-capa.org
>> 2) Defects reports, and enhancements requests can be entered at
>> http://bugs.lon-capa.org
>> 3) Mailing lists can be joined and left at http://mail.lon-capa.org
>>
>> --
>> guy at albertelli.com 0-7-0-9-27,137
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