Forum OpenACS Q&A: installation instructions on openacs.org

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1: installation instructions on openacs.org
Posted by bob phillips on 10/28/03 08:22 PM
I don't see anything for 5.0 on the front page?

the 4.6.3 pages need updating to reflect, for example,
where to find postgresql.

( a new user would be going through the wringer)

bob

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3: Re: installation instructions on openacs.org (response to 1)
Posted by bill kellerman on 10/28/03 10:03 PM
they've updated the openacs.org front page recently to list the stable version (4.6.3) and development (5.0).

clicking the "unleash openacs now" graphic takes you to the download page for the different versions.

read the documentation by clicking on the...  documentation link.

https://openacs.org/doc/openacs-4-6-3/individual-programs.html

lists the software required to run oacs.  a link to postgresql is given.

you could also go to postgresql.org.

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4: Re: installation instructions on openacs.org (response to 3)
Posted by bob phillips on 10/29/03 08:05 AM
link is lost in past. try using it. you can't find the
required version of postgresql on the site. I found the
file on source forge, as noted. and appended to doc page.

not a worker bee, a wasp ;)

bob

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5: Re: installation instructions on openacs.org (response to 4)
Posted by bob phillips on 10/29/03 08:27 AM
I see the new 5.0 installation link
but I couldn't append comments to the 5.0 document (which still uses a non-functioning postgresql link)to add a comment with a  corrected link, as in the 4.63 installation doc.

trying the
"see comments" page at the bottom gets a file not found error.

bob

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6: Re: installation instructions on openacs.org (response to 5)
Posted by bob phillips on 10/29/03 08:37 AM
on the other hand if I try the "see comments" link from
the bottom of chapter 4, I get to a postgresql 7.1.3
page.
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7: Re: installation instructions on openacs.org (response to 6)
Posted by Joel Aufrecht on 10/29/03 10:04 AM
I think I've fixed the postgres link - please check in the head docs.  As for commenting, we have several problems:
1) The paths for the docs won't really get sorted out until we upgrade the server and the current docs move from /doc/openacs-HEAD to /doc.  I've already modified the standard index.adp to include everything necessary on the current openacs.org/doc/index ETP page, so we're just waiting on the server upgrade.

2) The "click here" link is autogenerated, and will need to be custom autogenerated for the one special instance of pages sitting at the place all the other pages link to.  Not sure if there's any way to automate this.  Currenty, I generate HTML on my laptop or wherever and check it in; the easiest thing might be to have a custom template on openacs.org and regenerate the html locally.

3) I added all of the /doc/openacs-HEAD files to static pages and checked permissions, but the comments links don't show up.  Could be caching?  If someone else could have a look that would be nice.