We make release tarballs for a reason - we expect people to use them.
Visit the "download" link at the top of this page and download OpenACS 4.6.2 beta1. Visit the "projects" link at the top of this page, visit the dotLRN project and then the "download" link for it and download dotLRN 1.0 beta1.
Many of us have installed these without problem. None of us are likely to help you through your CVS woes when a simple solution lies at hand - download the beta1 tarballs and install them, as Peter has suggested.
If you download these and still have problems - then we'll listen. That's the point of releasing tarballs.
