Installation on Ubuntu 14.04

Last update: October 29, 2014, by Anton Arsenij

1. Ubuntu Setup

You can download Ubuntu ISO images at http://www.ubuntu.com/.
 
Use "apt-get install" command to install the following packages:  apache2, php5, php5-gd, php5-mysql, php5-xsl, htmldoc, imagemagick, mysql-client, mysql-server, sendmail, openjdk-7-jdk.

2. Configuring PHP

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

For ILIAS versions < 4.0.0: 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.

Restart the apache webserver:

> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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-4.x.x.tar.gz /var/www/html
> tar xzvf /var/www/html/ilias-4.x.x.tar.gz
> chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/ilias
 
If you downloaded the zip file, the steps are:
 
> cp ilias-4.x.x.zip /var/www/html
> unzip /var/www/html/ilias-4.x.x.zip
> chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/ilias
 
Create a data directory for ILIAS:
 
> mkdir /opt/iliasdata
> chown www-data:www-data /opt/iliasdata
 
Open a web browser and load the url http://localhost/ilias/setup/setup.php. Follow the instructions, enter the following paths and disable the checks for convert, htmldoc and LaTeX:
 
- 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
- Path htmldoc: /usr/bin/htmldoc
 
Finish the installation and enter ILIAS with user 'root' and password 'homer'.