Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml,v diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml 2 Aug 2004 17:44:12 -0000 1.16 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/install-guide/software.xml 4 Aug 2004 16:09:32 -0000 1.17 @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ - Linux + GNU/Linux The installation assumes a linux kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer. @@ -185,16 +185,16 @@ - glibc 2.1 or newer, REQUIRED + <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html">glibc</ulink> 2.2 or newer, REQUIRED You need recent versions of these libraries for - Oracle to work properly. If you want Unicode support, - you'll need glibc 2.2. This should be included in your + Oracle to work properly. For Unicode support, + you need glibc 2.2 or newer. This should be included in your operating system distribution. - GNU Make 3.76.1 or newer, REQUIRED + <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/">GNU Make</ulink> 3.76.1 or newer, REQUIRED PostgreSQL and AOLserver require gmake to compile. Note that on most linux distributions, GNU Make is simply named @@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ - TCL 8.3 + <ulink url="http://www.tcl.tk/">TCL</ulink> 8.4.x - TCL 8.3, REQUIRED + <ulink url="http://www.tcl.tk/">TCL</ulink> 8.4.x, REQUIRED OpenACS is written in TCL, an interpreted language. The TCL interpreter must be installed for OpenACS to function. TCL is included in most standard @@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ - TCL 8.3 development headers and libraries, OPTIONAL + <ulink url="http://www.tcl.tk/">TCL</ulink> 8.4.x development headers and libraries, OPTIONAL The site-wide-search service, OpenFTS, requires these to compile. (Debian users: apt-get install - tcl8.3-dev). You need this + tcl8.4-dev). You need this to install OpenFTS. @@ -238,21 +238,18 @@ - tDOM, REQUIRED + <ulink url="http://www.tdom.org/">tDOM</ulink>, REQUIRED OpenACS &version; stores queries in XML files, so we use an AOLserver module called tDOM to parse these files. (This replaces libxml2, which - was used prior to 4.6.4.) tDOM is available from http://www.tdom.org). + was used prior to 4.6.4.) - tclwebtest, OPTIONAL - tclwebtest 0.3 is a tool for testing web interfaces - via tcl scripts. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31075. + <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31075">tclwebtest</ulink>, OPTIONAL + tclwebtest is a tool for testing web interfaces via tcl scripts. @@ -262,18 +259,16 @@ The web server handles incoming HTTP requests, provides a runtime environment for OpenACS's tcl code, connects to the database, sends out HTTP responses, and logs requests and - errors. OpenACS uses AOLserver; some people have had success - running Apache with mod_nsd - see this - post. + errors. OpenACS uses AOLserver; + some people have had success running Apache with mod_nsd. - <ulink url="http://aolserver.com">AOLserver 4.x</ulink>, REQUIRED - AOLserver 4.x + <ulink url="http://aolserver.com/">AOLserver</ulink> 4.x, REQUIRED + Provides the base HTTP server @@ -286,26 +281,19 @@ - <ulink - url="http://www.scottg.net/download/nsopenssl-2.1a.tar.gz">nsopenssl 2.1a</ulink>, OPTIONAL + <ulink url="http://www.scottg.net/webtools/aolserver/modules/nsopenssl/">nsopenssl</ulink> 3.0beta17 or newer, OPTIONAL Provides SSL capabilities for AOLserver. It requires OpenSSL. You need this if you want users to make - secure (https) connections to your webserver. (home - page) + secure (https) connections to your webserver. - <ulink - url="http://braindamage.alal.com/software/ns_pam-0.1.tar.gz">ns_pam - 0.1</ulink>, OPTIONAL + <ulink url="http://braindamage.alal.com/software/nspam.html">ns_pam</ulink> 0.1 or newer, OPTIONAL Provides PAM capabilities for AOLserver. You need this if you want OpenACS users to authenticate - through a PAM module (such as RADIUS). (home - page) + through a PAM module (such as RADIUS). @@ -322,8 +310,7 @@ <ulink - url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3152">ns_ldap 0.r8 - </ulink>, OPTIONAL + url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3152">ns_ldap 0.r8, OPTIONAL Provides LDAP capabilities for AOLserver. You need this if you want to use LDAP authentication in OpenACS. @@ -345,7 +332,7 @@ <ulink - url="http://www.analog.cx/analog-5.32.tar.gz">Analog 5.32</ulink>, OPTIONAL + url="http://www.analog.cx/">Analog 5.32 or newer, OPTIONAL This program examines web server request logs, looks up DNS values, and produces a report. You need this if you want to see how much traffic your site is getting. @@ -355,7 +342,7 @@ <ulink - url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/balance/">Balance 3.11</ulink>, OPTIONAL + url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/balance/">Balance 3.11 or newer, OPTIONAL "Balance is a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin load balancing and failover mechanisms." You need this or something equivalent if you are running a high-availability production site and do not have an external load balancing system. @@ -386,7 +373,7 @@ - <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql/">PostgreSQL 7.3.4</ulink> (Either this or Oracle is REQUIRED) + <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql/">PostgreSQL</ulink> 7.4.x (Either this or Oracle is REQUIRED) You need this if you want to use a PostgreSQL database. @@ -443,7 +430,7 @@ - DocBook, OPTIONAL + <ulink url="http://www.docbook.org/">DocBook</ulink>, OPTIONAL (docbook-xml v4.2, docbook-xsl v1.56, libxslt 1.0.21, xsltproc 1.0.21). You need this to write or edit documentation. @@ -463,7 +450,7 @@ - cvs 1.11.2, OPTIONAL + <ulink url="https://www.cvshome.org/">cvs</ulink> 1.11.2, OPTIONAL cvs is included in most unix distributions. You need this if you want to track old versions of your files, do controlled deployment of code from development