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OpenACS 4.6.3.�The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and +
OpenACS 4.6.3.�The OpenACS tarball comprises the core packages and many useful additional packages. This includes a full set of documentation. The tarball works with both PostGreSQL and Oracle.
Operating System.�OpenACS is designed for a Unix-like system. It is developed primarily in Linux. It can be run on Mac OS X, - and in Windows within VMWare.
Linux.�Section�, “Install Linux and supporting software”. The installation assumes a linux kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer.
FreeBSD.�FreeBSD + and in Windows within VMWare.
Linux.�the section called “Install Linux and supporting software”. The installation assumes a linux kernel of 2.2.22 or newer, or 2.4.14 or newer.
FreeBSD.�FreeBSD guide. The Reference Platform uses bash, which is the standard Linux shell. If you are using a different shell, you will need to substitute your shell's conventions for setting environment variables when - appropriate.
Mac OS X.�Section�, “OpenACS Installation Guide for Mac OS X”
Windows/VMWare.�OpenACS Installation Guide for Windows 2000 The only + appropriate.
Mac OS X.�the section called “OpenACS Installation Guide for Mac OS X”
Windows/VMWare.�OpenACS Installation Guide for Windows 2000 The only way to run OpenACS on Windows is through the VMWare emulator. (Please let me know if you have OpenACS running directly in Windows.)
Build Environment.�The Reference Platform installation compiles most programs from @@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ operating system distribution.
GNU Make 3.76.1 or newer, REQUIRED.�PostgreSQL and AOLserver require gmake to compile. Note that on most linux distributions, GNU Make is simply named - make and + make and there is no - gmake, + gmake, whereas on BSD distributions, - make and - gmake are + make and + gmake are different.
TCL 8.3.�
TCL 8.3 development headers and libraries, OPTIONAL.� The site-wide-search service, OpenFTS, requires these to - compile. (Debian users: apt-get install + compile. (Debian users: apt-get install tcl8.3-dev). You need this to install OpenFTS.
libxml2 and libxml2-devel, REQUIRED.� OpenACS 4.6.3 stores queries in XML files, so we use an AOLserver module called nsxml to parse these files. libxml2-devel is required to compile nsxml. Libxml2 is available from http://xmlsoft.org). On Debian, - this can be installed by doing apt-get install + this can be installed by doing apt-get install libxml2-dev. Users of other distributions can download rpms from rpmfind.net.
Web Server.�The web server handles incoming HTTP requests, provides a runtime environment for OpenACS's tcl code, connects to the @@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
nsxml is available at http://acs-misc.sourceforge.net.
- The patch that makes exec work + The patch that makes exec work on BSD is available at sourceforge.net
- The patch that makes ns_uuencode + The patch that makes ns_uuencode work for binary files is available at sourceforge.net
The patch that makes AOLserver respect the - -g flag is available at + -g flag is available at sourceforge.net
AolServer startup wrapper Version 1, REQUIRED.�This file automates the startup of AOLserver. You need