LearnLoop doc: installation LL2

How to install learnloop 2.x

Fast and easy install
Requirements
The hard way
The license
Install from CVS

Fast and easy...

The easy way to install LearnLoop is to use the command line tool. (If you have php-cli. Cli is enabled by default in PHP 4.3.0 and higher). Use a terminal program and go to learnloop root-folder and run:

./configure

For more details, read the rest of this document first

Requirements

Webserver with PHP
Tested with APACHE and PHP 4.3.8
MySQL database server
Tested with 4.0.21

You will nead to have:

a MySQL-account (a login name and password)
a database (Learnloop is not able to share database right now so if there is tables already, they will be erased) or rights to create a database
a directory to put users files in (not secure in a public directory like public_html/ were all files are viewable) eg.
```
/var/lib/learnloop_files/databasename
```
If you run the install-script as the user root or if you intend to create the directory in your home folder, it can be done in the installation, othervise you have to create the directory first.

The hard way

If you prefer not to use the command line tool, do something like this:

create a empty database
import tables from db.dump
create a directory for users files
edit include/global.php and enter the right configuration variables for you and your server:
$sDBHost="localhost";   // host name usually "localhost"
$sDBLogin="root";   // change to your login for MySQL
$sDBPassword="xxx";   // change to your password for MySQL
$sDB="learnloop";   // change to your database name
$sDataPath="/var/lib/learnloop_files/learnloop/"; //your path to user files
Point your browser to the learnloop root folder and login
login: admin
password: admin
Change your admin password at "preferences" at the "My resources"-tab
Please give us respons and bugreports at: http://www.learnloop.org

Install from CVS

CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is a tool used by our developers to manage changes within the source code tree. If you want to use the latest changes in the source code you can install LearnLoop from CVS. In the code from CVS there may be more functionality AND bugs...
You will nead a CVS-client to do this.
1. Use a command line tool and go to your public html folder.
2. First time you may have to do this:

export CVS_RSH=ssh

3. Login to our cvs:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/learnloop login

(no password, just hit Enter button)
4. Get or update all files and folders:

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/learnloop co -P learnloop2

License

LearnLoop -a groupware for educational purpose
Project home: http://www.learnloop.org
Copyright (C) 2002 Daniel Önnerby

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.