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-<a href="mailto:sharrison@users.sourceforge.net">
-sharrison@users.sourceforge.net</a>
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<br /><i>Installation related questions and feedback</i>
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-<p><font size="+2">FAQ</font></p>
-<blockquote>
-<br />1. <a href="#q1">What is TtH and how do I know I have it?</a>
-<br />2. <a href="#q2">So I think I'm done with the LON-CAPA installation.
-Now what do I do? How do I begin?</a>
-<br />3. <a href="#q3">Why do I have to worry about choosing a "role"?</a>
-<br />4. <a href="#q4">What kind of computer and operating will this work
-on?</a>
-<br />4a. <a href="#q4a">Will this work on BSD Unix?</a>
-<br />4b. <a href="#q4b">Will this work on Mac OS X?</a>
-<br />4c. <a href="#q4c">Will this work on an old SPARC, Solaris, SGI, NeXT, or
-DEC machine that is collecting cobwebs in my university's technology center?</a>
-<br />5. <a href="#q5">What does LON-CAPA stand for?</a>
-<br />6. <a href="#q6">Who wrote this code?</a>
-<br />7. <a href="#q7">Where is this software being used?</a>
-<br />8. <a href="#q8">What are current plans for the installation?</a>
-<br />9. <a href="#q9">How do I upgrade?</a>
-<br />10. <a href="#q10">What are RPMs?</a>
-<br />11. <a href="#q11">How do I know this will be a secure solution for
-my users?</a>
-<br />12. <a href="#q12">How do I contribute code?</a>
-<br />13. <a href="#q13">Is LON-CAPA owned by any umbrella company?</a>
-<br />14. <a href="#q14">What are the costs?</a>
-<br />15. <a href="#q15">What kind of computer do I need?</a>
-<br />16. <a href="#q16">Where can I learn more about the technical
-ideas surrounding the LON-CAPA project?</a>
-<br />17. <a href="#q17">How are you similar or different to
-WebCT, Blackboard, etc?</a>
-</blockquote>
-<hr />1. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q1" />What is TtH and how
-do I know I have it?</font></font>
-<p>
-TtH = TeX-to-HTML.
-You should have a file called <tt>tth.so</tt> on your system. If you do not
-have it (should be located somewhere underneath /usr/lib/perl5), then you
-should download and install the binary
-<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/tth.so">
-http://install.lon-capa.org/resources/tth.so</a>
-into your /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.???/ directory (5.??? corresponds
-to the version number of your perl distribution).
-</p>
-<hr />2. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q2" />So I think I'm done
-with the LON-CAPA installation.
-Now what do I do? How do I begin?</font></font>
-<p>
-You will first need to set up a domain coordinator on your machine.
-See loncapa/doc/how_to_domain_coordinator.txt in your CVS repository checkout.
-After this, it is time to play with the interface. We do not
-yet have a user manual, but
-<a href="mailto:felicia@lon-capa.org">Felicia</a> is helping answer
-questions related to the LON-CAPA web interface.
-</p>
-<hr />3. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q3" />Why do I have to
-worry about choosing a "role"?</font></font>
-<p>
-A critical feature of the LON-CAPA interface is the idea that a user
-must select a role before doing anything further inside the educational
-system.
-</p>
-<hr />4. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q4" />What kind of
-computer and operating will this work on?</font></font>
-<p>
-The operating system LON-CAPA runs on is the Linux operating
-system (RedHat 7.3 is the supported linux distribution).
-LON-CAPA relies on an Intel-based architecture. In order to
-move beyond this state of affairs, we are beginning to develop
-a BSD-based solution, as well as a set of diagnostic scripts
-which should verify LON-CAPA's performance on any computer platform.
-</p>
-<p>
-For full-time, classroom usage, an adequate LON-CAPA server
-should be/have:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>a multiprocessor machine,</li>
-<li>a CPU speed of 1 gigahertz,</li>
-<li>a gigabyte of memory,</li>
-<li>and at least 40 to 80 gigabytes of hard disk space.</li>
-</ul>
-<p>
-A lesser machine can be used for toying around with LON-CAPA
-(LON-CAPA will run for a single user on most any machine).
-</p>
-<p>
-LON-CAPA servers experience significant peaks of activity
-before a homework submission deadline. To support these critical
-peaks of activity, it is strongly advised that LON-CAPA machines
-fit the above recommendation.
-</p>
-<p>
-If thousands of students start accessing the box as a web server...
-you may want to consider more options. The design of the LON-CAPA
-system is to naturally and transparently load-balance on multiple
-computer clusters. So, a simple solution for running an entire
-college campus is to just have an adequate plurality of LON-CAPA
-servers rather than a single, particularly monstrous server.
-</p>
-<p>
-We like to think of high web server usage as "a good problem" though.. :)
-</p>
-<hr />4a. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q4a" />Will this work on
-BSD?</font></font>
-<p>
-Active development has begun for supporting LON-CAPA on FreeBSD version 4.7.
-</p>
-<hr />4b. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q4b" />Will this work on
-Mac OS X?</font></font>
-<p>
-No. Plans for Mac OS X involve waiting for completion of a FreeBSD version 4.7
-solution, as well as allowing Mac OS X more time to mature within the freeware
-community.
-</p>
-<hr />4c. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q4c">Will this work on
-an old SPARC, Solaris, SGI, NeXT, or DEC machine that is collecting cobwebs in
-my university's technology center?</font></font>
-<p>
-No. The needs for predictable performance of a LON-CAPA system cause us
-to emphasize support on a restricted set of platforms. We welcome developers
-who would like to create porting solutions, however based on our timeline,
-you are even more strongly encouraged to help develop the actual educational
-software technology seen by students and instructors.
-</p>
-<hr />5. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q5" />What does LON-CAPA
-stand for?</font></font>
-<p>
-The Learning Online Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach.
-</p>
-<p>
-An eclectic variant is: Look! Our New Car Answers Pizza Appetites.
-</p>
-<p>
-Or something.
-</p>
-<hr />6. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q6" />Who wrote this
-code?</font></font>
-<p>
-The ultimate goal of LON-CAPA is to be a software initiative with a
-sense of ownership spanning the entire academic and freeware community.
-As such, LON-CAPA is progressing toward a piece of code that is not
-characterized by a set of individual authors or any measure of territoriality.
-</p>
-<p>
-To date, LON-CAPA has received code contributions from a growing
-number of academic institutions and freeware contributors. LON-CAPA first
-originated at Michigan State University in 2000 based on a grant funded
-initiative, <i>Kortemeyer, et. al.</i>.
-</p>
-<hr />7. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q7" />Where is this
-software being used?</font></font>
-<p>
-The existing user sites are:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>4 high schools in Michigan</li>
-<li>Westshore Community College and Truckee Meadows Community College</li>
-<li>Universities in Senegal, Hungary, Germany, Canada (Simon Frasier
-University) and Zimbabwe</li>
-<li>Florida State University</li>
-<li>George Washington University</li>
-<li>Michigan State University</li>
-<li>Ohio University</li>
-<li>SUNY Stony Brook</li>
-<li>Florida State University</li>
-<li>University of Massachusetts at Amherst</li>
-<li>University of Michigan</li>
-<li>University of South Carolina</li>
-<li>University of North Carolina, Greensboro</li>
-</ul>
-<hr />8. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q8" />What are current
-plans for the installation?</font></font>
-<p>
-We have been able to run LON-CAPA on RedHat 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, Debian, and
-Mandrake.
-</p>
-<hr />9. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q9" />How do I
-upgrade?</font></font>
-<p>
-You must use CVS over the network.
-Please click on the upgrade button at the top of this web page.
-</p>
-<hr />10. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q10" />What are
-RPMs?</font></font>
-<p>
-Software packages that are (usually) very easy to install. RPM stands
-for RedHat Packaging Manager software package.
-</p>
-<hr />11. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q11" />How do I know
-this will be a secure solution for my users?</font></font>
-<p>
-LON-CAPA is distributed without warranty as described in the
-<a href="http://install.lon-capa.org/docs/license/index.html">license</a>.
-</p>
-<p>
-We do think our security strategy is fairly robust. Important communications
-are encrypted and the server-client validation is instantiated in such
-a way as to prevent any remotely conceivable kind of spoofing.
-</p>
-<hr />12. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q12" />How do I
-contribute code?</font></font>
-<p>
-Send a diff to <a href="mailto:lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org">
-lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org</a>. It helps if you give it context
-with the -C option. For example,
-</p>
-<pre>
-diff -u -C3 doc/build/faq.html doc/build/faq.html~ | mail lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
-</pre>
-<hr />13. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q13" />
-Is LON-CAPA owned by any umbrella company?</font></font>
-<p>
-No and hopefully never. That is not what we are about. We are about a
-freeware-community oriented approach where the software features are directly
-specified by the involved academic institutions and instructors.
-</p>
-<hr />14. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q14" />
-What are the costs?</font></font>
-<p>
-Time & Money. You and/or somebody else needs the time to learn how to use
-the LON-CAPA system. You and/or somebody else needs the money to set up and
-maintain a working computer server(s) for your institution.
-</p>
-<p>
-More importantly, if your institution wants a sound future and a
-increased ability to configure the LON-CAPA software, we recommend
-that you assume some responsibility for contributing code to the
-freeware project.
-</p>
-<hr />15. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q15" />
-What kind of computer do I need?</font></font>
-<p>
-You need a RedHat 7.3 Intel-compatible computer.
-For more information on RedHat compatible hardware, visit
-<a href="http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/">http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/</a>.
-We do not currently support the SPARC, SGI, Macintosh, or other hardware
-architectures.
-</p>
-<hr />16. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q16" />
-Where can I learn more about the technical
-ideas surrounding the LON-CAPA project?</font></font>
-<p>
-You will find the technical manual to be very handy; please visit
-<a href="http://www.lon-capa.org/technical.html">
-http://www.lon-capa.org/technical.html</a>.
-</p>
-<hr />17. <font color="blue"><font size="+1"><a name="q17" />
-How are you similar or different to
-WebCT, Blackboard, etc?</font></font>
-<p>
-I would suggest two major differences:
-</p>
-<ol>
-<li>In LON-CAPA, the <strong>user</strong> is the fundamental data object.
-Other educational software systems seem to focus on the <strong>virtual
-classroom</strong> as the fundamental data object.</li>
-<li>I look at it like this. Many strictly profit-based enterprises aim to
-significantly please 80% of their users. LON-CAPA started out, in the
-beginning, aiming for a much higher percentage since the whole project
-was about doing what no one had done before.
-</li>
-</ol>
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-<title>All Good Things Must Work</title>
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<p>
-In a software project that experiences continual improvement
-and where security and stability are important, we give
-great attention to the ease and maintenance of LON-CAPA
-on a Linux operating system.
+On these pages you will learn about the LON-CAPA software system.
</p>
<p>
-On these pages you will learn how the LON-CAPA software system is
-</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<ul>
-<li>definable</li>
-<li>configurable</li>
-<li>& testable</li>
-</ul>
-</td>
-<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center">
-<blockquote>
-<p>
-which improves the
-</p>
-</blockquote>
-</td>
-<td>
-<ul>
-<li>installation</li>
-<li>upgrading</li>
-<li>& code development</li>
-</ul>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p>
To learn general information about
the LON-CAPA project, please visit
<a href="http://www.lon-capa.org">http://www.lon-capa.org/</a>.
</p>
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-<!-- aspseek search page; modified by Scott Harrison, 2/10/2002 -->
-<form method="get" action="http://mail.lon-capa.org/cgi-bin/s.cgi">
-<table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%" border="0">
-<tr>
-<td valign="bottom">
-<font size="+2">Search</font>
-</td>
-<td valign="bottom" align="center">
- Search for <input type="text" name="q" size="30" value="" />
- <input type="submit" value="Search the LON-CAPA pages" />
-</td>
-<td>
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-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<p>
-Results per page:
-<select name="ps">
-<option value="10">10</option>
-<option value="20" selected="selected">20</option>
-<option value="50">50</option>
-</select>
-<input type="hidden" name="o" value="0" />
-</p>
-</td></tr>
-<tr><td>
-<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
-<caption>
-Limit results to pages published within a specified period of time.<br />
-<font size="-1"><i>(Please select only one option)</i></font>
-</caption>
-<tr>
-<td valign="middle">
-<input type="radio" name="dt" value="back" checked="checked" /></td>
-<td>
-<select name="dp">
-<option value="0">anytime</option>
-<option value="1d">in the last day</option>
-<option value="7d">in the last week</option>
-<option value="14d">in the last 2 weeks</option>
-<option value="1m">in the last month</option>
-<option value="3m">in the last 3 months</option>
-<option value="6m">in the last 6 months</option>
-<option value="1y">in the last year</option>
-<option value="2y">in the last 2 years</option>
-</select>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-</td>
-<td>
-
-<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
-<tr><td bgcolor="yellow"><font color="red"><font face="helvetica">
-Ask questions on the
-<a href="mailto:lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org">lon-capa-dev
-mailing list</a>, or<br />
-on IRC at <b><tt>irc.openprojects.net</tt></b>, channel
-<b><tt>#loncapa</tt></b>.<br />
-(You will need software like <a href="http://www.xchat.org/">xchat</a>.)
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-</table>
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-<img src="/loncapa_doc_icons/gnu-head-sm.jpg" alt="image of gnu head" /></td>
-<td><img src="/loncapa_doc_icons/install_logo.gif"
-alt="image of LON-CAPA installation logo" /></td>
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