Installation of OICS under Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid

  1. Install Ubuntu postgresql contrib und aolserver
    sudo apt-get install postgresql-contrib-8.4 aolserver4
  2. Checkout sources for OpenACS
    cvs -d :pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/cvsroot checkout -r oacs-5-6 acs-core
    sudo mv openacs-4 /opt/oics
    sudo usermod -a -G www-data {username}
    sudo chown -R www-data.www-data /opt/oics
    sudo chmod -R g+w /opt/oics
    cd /opt/oics/packages
    cvs -d :pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/cvsroot checkout -r oacs-5-6 acs-datetime acs-developer-support acs-events general-comments rss-support
    cvs -d :pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/cvsroot checkout categories file-storage oacs-dav organizations
    cvs -d :pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/cvsroot checkout -D 2009-02-18 xowiki xotcl-core
  3. Checkout packages from KM SCM repositories. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for credentials to access KM's subversion repository.
    svn checkout http://kmstage.wu-wien.ac.at/svn/new-lors/trunk new-lors
    svn checkout http://kmstage.wu-wien.ac.at/svn/new-lors-res/trunk new-lors-res
    svn checkout http://kmstage.wu-wien.ac.at/svn/icoper/trunk icoper
  4. Apply patches described in /opt/oics/packages/new-lors/www/.doc/README
    cd /opt/oics/packages/
    patch -d acs-tcl/tcl < new-lors/www/.doc/request-processor.patch
    patch xotcl-core/tcl/generic-procs.tcl new-lors/www/.doc/on_submit.patch
    patch xotcl-core/tcl/policy-procs.tcl new-lors/www/.doc/policy.patch
    patch acs-authentication/tcl/authentication-procs.tcl new-lors/www/.doc/authentication-procs.patch
  5. Create database and install ltree module
    sudo su - postgres
    createdb -O www-data oics -T template1
    createlang plpgsql oics
    psql oics
    oics=# \i /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/ltree.sql
    oics=# ALTER DATABASE oics SET add_missing_from = on;
    oics=# ALTER DATABASE oics SET default_with_oids = on;
    oics=# ALTER DATABASE oics SET regex_flavor = extended;
    oics=# \q
    exit
  6. Copy oics.sh and oics.tcl to /etc/aolserver4/conf.d/
    AOL_ADDRESS should be set to 0.0.0.0 in order to have Aolserver listen on all network interfaces.
    sudo /etc.init.d/aolserver restart
  7. Call OpenACS base installation Web UI
    http://{serverURI}/
  8. Restart
    sudo /etc/init.d/aolserver4 start
  9. Install additional packages
    http://{serverURI}/acs-admin/apm/packages-install
    Check all packages for install
    IMPORTANT on next screen: Uncheck all options "Mount package under the main site at path"
    Click on "Click here" to restart the server now
    sudo /etc/init.d/aolserver4 start
  10. Mount search package
    Go to http://{serverURI}/admin/site-map/ and mount package "Search" with URL search
  11. Setup repositories
    Go to http://{serverURI}/ds/shell and execute
    ::icoper::util::setupRepos
  12. Restart
    Go to http://{serverURI}/acs-admin/server-restart
    sudo /etc/init.d/aolserver4 start