Installation on OpenSuSE 11.1

1. SuSE Setup

You can download Suse 11.1 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, mysql, mysql-client, 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 III. PEAR Packages.

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

Create a data directory for ILIAS:

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

Open a web browser and load the url http://localhost/ilias/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/ilias.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'.