[LON-CAPA-dev] Test Email of 2.4.99.0
Guy Albertelli II
lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:31:37 -0400
Hi All,
Pre announce of 2.4.99.0, let me know if there is anything I got wrong
here.
Thanks!
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New Testing Version 2.4.99.0 Released
Notable Changes from 2.4:
- Clicker data input support
- i>clicker
- interwrite PRS
- templates for multiple correct answer mode for numerical/formula response
- ability to link LON-CAPA user search/creation with institutional directory
- ability to search LON-CAPA for any existing users
- bridgetask grading can be set to be limited by role's section
- DOCS updates
- edit external resources
- paste buffer improved (doesn't reset on course re-initialization,
doesn't lose resource, works to move resources
from supplemental to main and back)
- copy & paste on simple pages creates a real new simple page that is a copy
- restoring deleted resources will always get the id right when
multiple of the same resources where deleted
- custom role editor can apply templates from existing roles
- check all, uncheck all in resource browser to speed import of
large numbers of resources
- student viewable class list
- can be set to opt in
- can show available files from student portfolios
- course can set a default TeX to HTML engine
- LON-CAPA style files can be applied to resources CSTR for both print and
web view
- custom rights can also set restrictions at the scope of a specific user
- resources can be set to only have the forward and backward buttons available
when student view the resource
- gnuplot added support of Linear-Log, Log-Linear, Log-Log plots
- more than 80 bugs fixed
To install this update:
1) You will need to be running Fedora Core 5, 6, or 7, RHEL (AS|ES) 4 or 5,
SUSE 9.3 10.1 or 10.2, SLES 9 or 10, CentOS 5, Scientific Linux 5
(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 to remove
and readd the lon-capa repository source and then force the update of
LONCAPA-prerequisites
If running SUSE 10.2, 10.1 or SLES 10, use rug to update your machine.
if running RHEL 4, use up2date to update your machine.
3) After updating check that you have version 1-9 of
LONCAPA-prerequisities installed
rpm -q LONCAPA-prerequisites
4) Download the new LON-CAPA tarball from
wget http://install.lon-capa.org/versions/loncapa-2.4.99.0.tar.gz
and untar it
tar xzvf loncapa-2.4.99.0.tar.gz
5) stop the Lon-CAPA system services
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol stop
6) 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
7) Run the UPDATE script as root
cd loncapa-2.4.99.0
su
./UPDATE
8) restart the Lon-CAPA system services
/etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start
9) 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
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guy@albertelli.com 0-7-0-9-27,137