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<?xml version='1.0' ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % myvars SYSTEM "../variables.ent"> %myvars; ]> <sect1 id="unix-installation" xreflabel="Install a Unix-like OS"> <title>Install a Unix-like system and supporting software</title> <authorblurb> <para>by <ulink url="mailto:joel@aufrecht.org">Joel Aufrecht</ulink></para> </authorblurb> <sect2 id="unix-install"> <title>a Unix-like system</title> <para>Most of the documentation in this section is kept as a reference. More up-to-date documentation is in the <ulink url="http://openacs.org/xowiki/openacs-system-install">install sections in the Wiki</ulink>. </para> <para>You will need a computer running a unix-like system with the following software installed:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>tdom</para></listitem> <listitem><para>tcl --if you plan to use the OpenACS installation script</para></listitem> <listitem><para>gmake and the compile and build environment.</para> <note> <title>BSD Note</title> <para>BSD users: in most places in these instructions, gmake will work better than make. (<ulink url="http://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=136910">more information on FreeBSD installation</ulink>). Also, fetch is a native replacement for wget.</para> </note> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Note: Instructions for installing tDOM and threaded Tcl are included with the AOLserver4 installation instructions, if these are not yet installed.</para> <para>The following programs may be useful or required for some configurations. They are included in most distributions:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>emacs</para></listitem> <listitem><para>cvs (and <link linkend="install-cvs">initialize</link> it)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>ImageMagick (used by some packages for server side image manipulation)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Aspell (<ulink url="http://openacs.org/forums/message-view?message_id=130549">more information on spell-checking</ulink>)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>DocBook and supporting software (and <link linkend="psgml-for-emacs">install</link> emacs keybindings for DocBook SGML)</para></listitem> <listitem><para>daemontools (<link linkend="install-daemontools">install from source</link>)</para></listitem> <listitem> <para>a Mail Transport Agent, such as exim or sendmail (or <link linkend="install-qmail">install qmail from source</link>)</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>In order to cut and paste the example code into your shell, you must first do <xref linkend="cut-and-paste-name-var"/>.</para> <para>To install a machine to the specifications of the Reference Platform, do the <link linkend="install-redhat">walkthrough of the Red Hat 8.0 Install for OpenACS</link>.</para> <para><phrase role="cvstag">($Id: os.xml,v 1.16 2017/08/07 23:47:55 gustafn Exp $)</phrase></para> </sect2> </sect1>