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According to Philip Greenspun:
“The ArsDigita Community System (ACS) is a toolkit of software @@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ et al decided to port ACS from Oracle to PostgreSQL, thus making it a fully open-source solution.
- OpenACS 4.5 is the next generation of the web toolkit. It's based on + OpenACS 4.6 is the next generation of the web toolkit. It's based on ACS 4, but no longer follows ArsDigita development. Unlike both ACS (which required Oracle) and OpenACS 3.x (which required PostgreSQL), - OpenACS 4.5 allows you to use either database. It's also built in such + OpenACS 4.6 allows you to use either database. It's also built in such a way to allow enterprising hackers (in the good sense of the word) to extend it to other databases. Don Baccus leads the development and numerous developers (and non-developers) contribute from around the world.
- This document will describe how to install OpenACS 4.5 from scratch, + This document will describe how to install OpenACS 4.6 from scratch, using the source code. We will assume that you have an OS installed, but we'll discuss this more in the next section. For most of this guide, we will assume that you are using Linux on a PC, but we'll @@ -110,86 +110,84 @@ together.
If you find errors in this document or if you have ideas about - making it better, please post them in our bug tracker - the - SDM. -
- After reading through this tome, you may ask yourself if there is a - better way. And there is! Jonathan Marsden has done all the dirty - work to create RPMs for OpenACS 4.5. These RPMs will install AOLServer, - all the AOLServer modules, PostgreSQL and OpenACS 4.5 simply by typing - one magic command. They're currently at http://www.xc.org, - but will eventually also be available at http://openacs.org/software. They're - quite new and Jonathan invites (and is quite responsive to) - feedback. Leave comments at this thread. -
- This document was created by Vinod Kurup, but it's really - just plagiarism from a number of documents that came before it. If - I've used something that you've written without proper credit, let me - know and I'll fix it right away. -
These are a few of my sources:
- Please also see the Credits section for more acknowledgements. -
- Here are some resources that OpenACS users have found useful. -
+ making it better, please post them in our + BugTracker. +
- Philip - and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing - A very readable - guide to database-backed community websites. + After reading through this tome, you may ask yourself if there is a + better way. Well, not quite. Jonathan Marsden has created RPMs (at + http://www.xc.org) + for OpenACS 4.5 but there are not yet any for version + 4.6. There has been talk about automating the install process, + but that hasn't happened yet. Stay tuned! -
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+ This document was created by Vinod Kurup, but it's really + just plagiarism from a number of documents that came before it. If + I've used something that you've written without proper credit, let me + know and I'll fix it right away. +
These are a few of my sources:
+ Please also see the Credits section for more acknowledgements. +
+ Here are some resources that OpenACS users have found useful. +
- UNIX - Power Tools - An excellent introduction to the - command line tools and basic programs of UNIX + Philip + and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing - A very readable + guide to database-backed community websites. -
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- UNIX - System Administration Handbook (formerly the "red book" - - now the "purple" book) + UNIX + Power Tools - An excellent introduction to the + command line tools and basic programs of UNIX -
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- UNIX - System Administrator's Bible - (LePage and Iarerra 1998; - IDG) + UNIX + System Administration Handbook (formerly the "red book" + - now the "purple" book) -
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+ UNIX + System Administrator's Bible - (LePage and Iarerra 1998; + IDG) - Linux - in a Nutshell +
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- The Linux Documentation - Project + The UNIX + Reference Desk -
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- LPI - certification exam preps - A series of articles from - IBM developerworks on basic and intermediate Linux skills - (requires registration) + The Linux Documentation + Project -
+ + LPI + certification exam preps - A series of articles from + IBM developerworks on basic and intermediate Linux skills + (requires registration) + +