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by Vinod Kurup
+Unpack the Aolserver tarball.�Download the aolserver tarball and unpack it.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src +
We recommend the use of AOLserver 4.0.1 or later. These instructions are retained as a resource.
+ Debian users: we do not recommend installing Debian packages for + Aolserver or Postgres. Several people have + reported problems while trying to install using apt-get + instead of from source. If you have the time to debug these + and submit what you did, that's great, but if not, you + should stick to installing from source. +
Unpack the Aolserver tarball.�Download the aolserver tarball and unpack it.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src
[root src]# wget --passive http://uptime.openacs.org/aolserver-openacs/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz
--15:38:08-- http://uptime.openacs.org/aolserver-openacs/aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz
=> `aolserver3.3oacs1.tar.gz'
@@ -42,8 +49,9 @@
Makefile needs to compile correctly and run
conf, which compiles
AOLserver, the default modules, and the database driver, and
- installs them.(Debian Users working with AOLserver 3.3+ad13 and
- postgresql from apt-get may need to
+ installs them.
Debian users, see
+ warning above, but if you do use apt-get for AOLserver
+ 3.3+ad13 and postgresql from apt-get may need to
make these symlinks: ln -s
/usr/include/postgresql/ /usr/include/pgsql
and ln -s /usr/lib/postgresql /usr/local/pgsql)
[root aolserver]# export POSTGRES=/usr/local/pgsql; ./conf
@@ -74,17 +82,17 @@
communicate with the database. There is one script each for
Oracle and PostgreSQL. They don't conflict, so if you plan
to use both databases, install both.Oracle
[root aolserver]# cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-[root bin]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
+[root bin]# cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
[root bin]# chmod 750 nsd-oracle
[root bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-cp /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
+cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-oracle.txt ./nsd-oracle
chmod 750 nsd-oraclePostgreSQL
[root aolserver]# cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-[root bin]# cp /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
+[root bin]# cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
[root bin]# chmod 755 nsd-postgres
[root bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver/bin
-cp /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
+cp /tmp//packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
chmod 755 nsd-postgres
Install tDOM.�Download the tDOM tarball, unpack it, adjust the configuration file to match our patched distribution of aolserver, and compile it.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src @@ -230,4 +238,4 @@ set hostname [ns_info hostname] #set address [ns_info address] set address 0.0.0.0
Install - Analog web file analyzer. (OPTIONAL)
Retrieve TCL 8.4 (or higher).�Download and install TCL 8.4
If you have not installed TCL already, download the latest TCL version from Sourceforge
Remember that you have to be root if you want to follow these instructions. On Mac OS X type sudo su - to become root.
Alternatively use curl -L -O instead of wget (especially on Mac OS X.
[root root]# cd /usr/local/src
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@
[root bin]#
cd /usr/local/aolserver40r2/bin
cp /tmp/openacs-5.1.0d1/packages/acs-core-docs/www/files/nsd-postgres.txt ./nsd-postgres
-chmod 755 nsd-postgresChange startup script (optional).�If you want to run AOLserver on a port below 1024 (normally, for a webserver you will use 80), you will have to change the /var/lib/aolserver/service0/etc/daemontools/run script according to the documentation found there (namely: Add the -b yourip:yourport switch)
Change startup script (optional).�If you want to run AOLserver on a port below 1024 (normally, for a webserver you will use 80), you will have to change the /var/lib/aolserver/service0/etc/daemontools/run script according to the documentation found there (namely: Add the -b yourip:yourport switch)
There are three basic things which need to be backed up, the database data, the server - source tree, and the acs-content-repository (which is in the server source tree).
