Hi Sharad,
I am assuming you are ultimately headed to install dotLRN and following this documentation - https://openacs.org/projects/dotlrn/dotlrn-doc/dotlrn-installation ( which in turn will point you to OpenACS installation doc. at https://openacs.org/doc/openacs-4/unix-install.html upto you come to 'Download OpenACS' point on Install OpenACS 4.6 page ).
Do not downlload OpenACS tarball when you come to Install OpenACS 4.6 step. Basically, replace the first two bullets under 'Downloading OpenACS' heading with the following instructions
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Create a directory called web inside your home directory. Checkout source code from OpenACS cvs. as per commands below.
joeuser:~$ mkdir -p web
joeuser:~$ chown joeuser.web web
joeuser:~$ cd web
joeuser:~/web$ cvs -d :pserver:mailto:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot login
(just hit return for the password)
joeuser:~/web$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mailto:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot checkout -r oacs-4-6 acs-core
joeuser:~/web$ cd ./openacs-4/packages
joeuser:~/web/openacs-4/packages$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mailto:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot co -r oacs-4-6 \
acs-datetime acs-developer-support acs-events acs-mail-lite \
attachments bulk-mail calendar faq file-storage forums general-comments \
news notifications ref-timezones user-preferences
joeuser:~/web/openacs-4/packages$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:mailto:anonymous@dotlrn.openforce.net:/dotlrn-cvsroot co -r dotlrn-1-0 dotlrn-core
joeuser:~/web/openacs-4/packages$ cd /web
joeuser:~/web$ chown -R joeuser.web openacs-4
joeuser:~/web$ chmod -R g+w openacs-4
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and continue following instructions from the third bullet under 'Downloading OpenACS'" ( i.e. starting from 'You should now have openacs-4 directory tree...." ) upto you get the to the ' Congratulations, OpenACS 4.6 is now up and running! ' line, just above 'Keep AOLserver alive' section. Then jump to the lines below "Install dotLRN on your system" on the ttp://openacs.org/projects/dotlrn/dotlrn-doc/dotlrn-installation link.
Hope this works well for you. Within a couple of months, we should have much easier installation process.
