Installation on Debian Linux (Woody and Sarge)

The following procedure should work for all ILIAS 3.4.0 or higher stable releases.

1. Debian Setup

Install Debian, open a shell as root and enter:

> apt-get install apache php4 php4-common php4-domxml php4-gd2 php4-mysql
> apt-get install php4-pear php4-xslt php-auth imagemagick
> apt-get install zip unzip htmldoc mysql-server mysql-client sendmail php4-imagick

For Installation of java (as root):
Download the latest java sdk (eg 1.4.2) to /tmp via eg. wget.
chmod 700 /tmp/j2sdk-x.x.x_xxxx
cd /tmp
./j2sdk-x.x.x_xxxx
type yes
cp -r /tmp/j2sdk-x.x.x_xxxx /usr/local/java

2. Configuring PHP

Edit the file /etc/php4/apache/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.

Restart the apache webserver:

> /etc/init.d/apache restart

3. ILIAS Installation

Download ILIAS 3.6.0 at http://www.ilias.de/ios/source-e.html. Open a shell (as root) and change to your download directory. Copy the downloaded file to the webserver root:

> cp ilias-3.6.0.tar.gz /var/www
> tar xzvf /var/www/ilias-3.6.0.tar.gz
> chown www-data /var/www/ilias3


Open a web browser and load the url http://localhost/ilias3/setup/setup.php. Follow the instruction, disable the tool checks and enter:

- Path convert: /usr/bin/convert
- Path zip: /usr/bin/zip
- Path unzip: /usr/bin/unzip
- Path java: /usr/local/java/bin/java

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