Basic Steps
- The basic steps for getting OpenACS installed are:
+ The basic steps for installing OpenACS are:
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- There are specific instructions available for Mac OS X and
- Windows2000 available (see or
- for those).
+ Specific instructions are available for Mac OS X and
+ Windows2000 (see or
+ ).Binaries and other shortcuts
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The packaged version of
- PostgreSQL in Debian and Red Hat and FreeBSD ports works fine.
+ PostgreSQL in Debian, Red Hat, and FreeBSD ports works fine.
Once AOLserver and a database are installed, a bash script System Requirements
You will need a PC (or equivalent) with at least these minimum
- requirements:
+ specifications:
128MB RAM (much more if you want Oracle)
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linkend="individual-programs"/>)
- All of the software mentioned is free and open-source,
+ All of the software mentioned is open-source and available without direct costs,
except for Oracle. You can obtain a free copy of Oracle for
development purposes. This is described in the section.
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createdb $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAMESetting a global shell variable for cut and paste
- In order to cut and paste the instructions into your shell, you must set the environment variable $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. In order to set it globally so that it works for any new users or special service users you may create, edit the file /etc/profile and add this line:
+ In order to cut and paste the instructions into your shell, you must set the environment variable $OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME. In order to set it globally so that it works for any new users or special service users you may create, edit the file /etc/profile ( /etc/share/skel/dot.profile for FreeBSD) and add this line:export OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME=service0