[LON-CAPA-announce] New Version 0.6

[Guy Albertelli II]

New Version 0.6 Released


-255 Defects and enhancement requests done
http://bugs.loncapa.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=FIXED&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=Aug.+21&chfieldto=Dec.+12&cmdtype=doit


Notable Changes and Enhacements:
- Spreadsheet twice as fast
- Improved page design
- New version of tth, looks better, supports Mozilla and Netscape 6+
- Printing significantly better
- New 'DOCS' button supports uploading resources without being an
author
  and allows multiple toplevel maps
- System makes generating Syllabus, Bulletin Board, 'About Me'
  and other course pages simple
- New navmpas screen
- 'quickgrade' view makes it easier for student to see how much
  they have completed
- Prettier/more functional problem editor
- Randomlabel better/faster display
- More functions available to problem writers
- Better <optionreponse> control display of dropdown box and order
  randomization
- Excel spreadsheet download of internal spreadsheets, and classlists



To install this update:


1) Redhat 6.2 machines will need to delete these files and diretory if
they exist
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/File/Spec   (directory - needs to go or be
renamed)
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/File/Spec.pm





2) You will need to install the 3.5 version of the LON-CAPA sytemperl
   rpm.

If you are running RedHat 6.2 get
http://install.loncapa.org/resources/LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-1.i386.rpm

If you are running RedHat 7.[0,1,2,3] get
http://install.loncapa.org/resources/LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm


Install it by doing:
rpm -Uvh --force LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-1.i386.rpm
or
rpm -Uvh --force LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-rh7.i386.rpm



Verify it is installed by doing:

$ rpm -q LON-CAPA-systemperl
LON-CAPA-systemperl-3.5-1






3) You will need to have the Kerberos 5 rpms installed

For Redhat 6.2:
Get and install these RPMS:
wget
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/6.2/en/os/i386/krb5-libs-1.1.1-30.i386.rpm
wget
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/6.2/en/os/i386/krb5-devel-1.1.1-30.i386.rpm


For Redhat 7.2:
Get and install these RPMS:
wget
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/krb5-libs-1.2.2-15.i386.rpm
wget
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.2/en/os/i386/krb5-devel-1.2.2-15.i386.rpm

For Redhat 7.3:
Get and install these RPMS:
wget
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.3/en/os/i386/krb5-libs-1.2.4-3.i386.rpm
wget
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.3/en/os/i386/krb5-devel-1.2.4-3.i386.rpm

otherwise contact Guy at guy@albertelli.com to get the proper rpms.







4) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-0.6.tar.gz

and untar it

tar xzvf loncapa-0.6.tar.gz






5) Run the UPDATE script as root
cd loncapa-0.6
su
./UPDATE






6) restart the system services
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd 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
4) We will be withdrawing support for RedHat 6.2 in the next release
   please update your systems to RedHat 7.3
-- 
guy@albertelli.com
Guy Albertelli
LON-CAPA Developer