[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: doc /build install.html

Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:41:23 -0000

harris41		Tue Apr 23 08:41:23 2002 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /doc/build	install.html 
  Log:
  filling in... some level of completion now
  
  
Index: doc/build/install.html
diff -u doc/build/install.html:1.13 doc/build/install.html:1.14

--- doc/build/install.html:1.13	Tue Apr 23 08:33:40 2002
+++ doc/build/install.html	Tue Apr 23 08:41:23 2002
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- The LearningOnline Network with CAPA -->
-<!-- $Id: install.html,v 1.13 2002/04/23 12:33:40 harris41 Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: install.html,v 1.14 2002/04/23 12:41:23 harris41 Exp $ -->
 <html>
 <head>
 <title>LON-CAPA Installation</title>
@@ -30,15 +30,19 @@
 <a name="wwwuser" />
 <h3>Creating a user 'www'</h3>
 <p>
-
+Execute the following command to create a user named 'www' on your
+LON-CAPA server:
 </p>
+<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
+<tt>/usr/sbin/useradd www</tt>
+</td></tr></table>
 <a name="shadow" />
 <h3>Make a LON-CAPA system work with shadow passwords</h3>
 <p>
-<table border='1'>
+<table border="1">
 <tr><th>Step #</th><th>Description</th></tr>
 <tr><td>
-<font size='+1'>1</font>
+<font size="+1">1</font>
 </td><td>
 <p>Is your system using shadow passwords? (Note: LON-CAPA will
 work with either MD5/non-MD5 configured systems).  If your
@@ -85,13 +89,20 @@
 <a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/current/loncapa.tar.gz">
 loncapa.tar.gz</a>.
 </p>
+<p>
+The <strong>UPDATE</strong> command will refresh your filesystem with all
+the latest LON-CAPA software.
+</p>
+<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
+<tr><td><tt>./UPDATE</tt></td></tr>
+</table>
 <a name="checkrpms" />
 <h3>Checking your Linux RPMs</h3>
 <p>
-The CHECKRPMS command will check the RPMs on your machine against
-an FTP repository.
+The <strong>CHECKRPMS</strong> command will check the RPMs on your machine
+against an FTP repository.
 </p>
-<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa">
+<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1">
 <tr><td><tt>./CHECKRPMS</tt></td></tr>
 </table>
 <a name="mysql" />
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@
 The following commands describe how to configure the MySQL database
 on your LON-CAPA server.
 </p>
-<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa"><tr><td>
+<table bgcolor="#aaaaaa" border="1"><tr><td>
 <pre>
 Enter the mysql shell---
 mysql -u root -p mysql
@@ -120,47 +131,5 @@
 </pre>
 </td></tr></table>
 <!-- maintext end -->
-<h1>LON-CAPA Installation</h1>
-<h3>Current Installation Procedure</h3>
-<p>
-Scott Harrison
-</p>
-<p>$Date: 2002/04/23 12:33:40 $; $Revision: 1.13 $</p>
-<p>
-This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation.  These
-steps have been tested.</p>
-<ol>
-<li>Get LON-CAPA on a CD by
-<ul>
-<li>Requesting a LON-CAPA installation CD (c/o Helen Keefe, 
-helen@lon-capa.org).</li>
-<li>Or, downloading a LON-CAPA installation
-<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and
-burning a CD.</li>
-<li>(Depending on whether your computer has a bootable CD-ROM, you may
-need to also make a boot floppy.  Download this floppy disk image file: 
-<a href=
-"http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/boot-20000407.img">
-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>).</li>
-</ul></li>
-<li>Install with CD-ROM
-<ul>
-<li>Follow the <A HREF="instructions_with_cd.html">
-CD-ROM installation instructions</a></li>
-</ul></li>
-<li>After installation, restart the computer.  Login as root.  Enter this
-command (you only need to do this after your first reboot):
-<ol>
-<li><tt>sh /usr/sbin/loncapa_configure</tt></li>
-</ol></li>
-</ol>
-<hr />
-<p>
-You can also try to install LON-CAPA on an existing installation of
-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>.
-</p>
 </body>
 </html>



