OpenACS/.LRN for Debian
Packages of OpenACS and .LRN are now available for Debian GNU/Linux. We hope to facilitate the adoption by novices and the infrastructure deployment by professional users, both running Debian GNU/Linux and its derivatives. Our packaging activity explicitly targets Debian GNU/Linux stable, testingand unstable. Important dependencies are co-maintained with the Debian Tcl/Tk Maintainers.
See also OpenACS for Ubuntu.
Getting started
Please, review the section on supported distributions first. Currently, the core packages (openacs, dotlrn) and their dependencies are included into the official Debian GNU/Linux repositories.
Install
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Run:
apt-get update
- (optional) Provide for a PostgreSQL environment: If you don't have a PostgreSQL installation at hand, provide one. You do not need to care about setting up a concrete data base. This is automatically done by the OpenACS and dotlrn post-install instructions. For further PostgreSQL-related set-up issue, see ...
apt-get install postgresql
If you run a remote PostgreSQL instance, remember to allow for access of the PostgreSQL Administrator (postgres) and the openacs/dotlrn user from machine hosting your OpenACS/.LRN installation.
- Install the core packages and follow the on-screen instructions:
# OpenACS apt-get install openacs
... or ...
# .LRN apt-get install dotlrn
After Install
- (optional) To change IP address and port of the instance, please edit the file:
# OpenACS /etc/openacs/openacs.sh # dotLRN /etc/dotlrn/dotlrn.sh
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(optional) To control the instance using daemontools, please install the daemontools debian packages and follow the instructions on the file:
# OpenACS /usr/share/doc/openacs/README.daemontools # dotLRN /usr/share/doc/dotlrn/README.daemontools
To-dos
Next Steps, After Basic Installation (above)
People
Active contributors
- Héctor Romojaro
- Stefan Sobernig
- Avni M. Khatri
- Carl R. Blesius
Packages status
Packages maintained by Debian Tcl/Tk Maintainers
Packages co-maintained by OCT & Debian Tcl/Tk Maintainers
Prodding
Please, for getting in contact and reporting issues, consider ...
- ... posting to the OpenACS developer forum, or
- ... filling a bug on the Debian bug tracking system
- ... mailing to debian_at_openacs.org