Installation on OpenSuSE 10.2

1. SuSE Setup

You can download Suse 10.2 ISO files at http://www.opensuse.org/.

After installation start the YaST tool (Computer -> Administrator Settings (YaST))

Click on "Software Management" and install the following packages:

apache2, apache2-prefork, apache2-mod_php5, bind, php5, php5-gd, php5-dom, php5-xsl, php5-mysql, php5-pear, ImageMagick, mysql, mysql-client, unzip, zip, java-1_5_0-sun

Accept all packages that are additionally suggested by the package manager.

2. Configuring PHP, Apache and MySQL

Edit the file /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini. Change the settings according to the Configuring PHP (php.ini) instructions.

Open a shell (as root) and use the pear command in your shell to install the additional PEAR components that are required by ILIAS, see PEAR Packages.

Please note that in OpenSuSE 10.2 you need to use the command "pear5 install ..." instead of "pear install ...".

To start apache enter:

> rcapache2 start

To configure apache to automatically start at boot time enter (if not done via YaST):

> chkconfig -a apache2

Now start MySQL:

> rcmysql start

To configure mysql to automatically start at boot time enter:

> chkconfig –a mysql

Do not forget to set a new password for the MySQL root user:

> /usr/bin/mysqladmin –u root password 'new-password'

3. ILIAS installation

Download the latest ILIAS version at http://www.ilias.de/docu/. Open a shell (as root) and change to your download directory. Copy the downloaded file to the webserver root:

> cp ilias-3.x.x.tar.gz /srv/www/htdocs/
> tar xzvf /srv/www/htdocs/ilias-3.x.x.tar.gz
> chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/ilias3

Create a data directory for ILIAS:

> mkdir /opt/iliasdata
> chown wwwrun:www /opt/iliasdata

Open a web browser and load the url http://localhost/ilias3/setup/setup.php. Follow the instruction, disable the checks for convert, htmldoc, Java, convert and LaTeX and enter:

- Path to data directory: /opt/iliasdata
- Path to log file: /opt/iliasdata/ilias3.log
- Path convert: /usr/bin/convert
- Path zip: /usr/bin/zip
- Path unzip: /usr/bin/unzip
- Path java: /usr/bin/java

Finish the installation and enter ILIAS with user 'root' and password 'homer'.