Ask and ye shall receive. Here's an attempt to create a quick-guide that "leverages" the existing documentation and doesn't create new material that can get out of sync. This is what it looks like - the links won't work until I get HEAD documentation posted somewhere. Also haven't added tDOM to the docs yet.
This page describes a minimal installation of OpenACS with
PostGreSQL (not Oracle). It will produce a working OpenACS
installation in under an hour. It excludes source control,
full text search, ssl, managed services (daemontools),
DocBook, and email.
For Red Hat 9
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Install PostGreSQL 7.3.2 from RPM. Select
Menu > System Settings > Add/Remove
Applications
and select Database
Server.
-
On the PostGreSQL page, do the
Using the Red Hat RPM
bullet point and step
6
-
On the Aolserver page, do steps
1
,
2
, and
3
-
In
the section called “Set up the file system for an OpenACS Service”
on the OpenACS page, do steps
1
,
2
,
3
, and
4
.
-
In
the section called “Prepare PostgreSQL for an OpenACS Service”
, do steps
1
,
2
, and
5
.
-
In
the section called “Configure an AOLserver Service for OpenACS”
, do
1
-
Browse to
http://localhost:8000
. If you see something like
then proceed with
Using the OpenACS Installer
. If not, look at
2
for troubleshooting information.
