[Deploying Sakai] Installing Sakai on Ubuntu

[Steve Swinsburg]

As it turns out, I had to build a 10.04 Ubuntu machine today so here's  
a howto for getting Java 1.5 on it.

http://steve-on-sakai.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-install-sun-java-15-on-ubuntu.html

Hope this helps.

~ steve
(sent from my ipod)

On 22/05/2010, at 1:16 PM, "Mark Smith" <mpsmith at UDel.Edu> wrote:

> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
>
>
> I had a lot of problems trying to do a manual install Java 1.5 on  
> the latest version of Ubuntu, 10.4. I installed the jdk  .bin file,  
> but had significant problems afterward; there appeared to be  
> something wrong with the update-alternatives-java file.  I figured  
> it would be easier to go back to an older version of Ubuntu with the  
> Java 1.5 in the repository so I could just install it using a .deb.   
> I thought I’d just go with the latest 8 or one of the version 9 dist 
> ributions (anyone know if version 9 includes 1.5 in the repos?)
>
>
>
> Thanks, David, for the warning about tomcat. I will definitely  
> download from Apache.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> From: production-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:production- 
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Jones
> Sent: Friday, 21 May 2010 13:28
> To: Mike De Simone
> Cc: production at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Deploying Sakai] Installing Sakai on Ubuntu
>
>
>
> Agreed, using java (as long as you pick 1.5 for older versions of  
> Sakai), apache and other packages are good ideas. Even on older  
> versions of ubuntu (that are LTS) it should have the java security  
> updates. The package looks like sun-java5-jdk on hardy, not the java  
> that's installed by default. You can install them both and "update- 
> alternatives --config java".
>
>
>
> However since Sakai installs so much stuff into tomcat, and has some  
> peculiarities depending on the version, it's better just to use one  
> downloaded from the apache website. Many from various forums [1] and  
> this list in the past have recommended against using the tomcat  
> provided.There's nothing to install for tomcat, just uncompress it  
> and it's done. And there are a lot of scripts around the net for  
> auto starting it from init.d if desired.
>
>
>
> [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1262645
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>
>
> -Matthew
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Mike De Simone <michael.desimone at rsmart.com 
> > wrote:
>
> That's a good point David.  Also, since Sakai 2.6.x requires java  
> 1.5, the repo installed version in Ubuntu may not be 1.5 by default,  
> so that would also be a candidate for manual installation (not what  
> you are looking for, but on the upside, it's quick & easy to install  
> jdk .bin file in linux).
>
>
>
> On the other hand, I just double checked my ubuntu repo and it has  
> java 1.5 and 1.6 as options.  However, I'm running 8.10 which is a  
> little older, not sure what newer ones will have available.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -------------------------------
> Mike DeSimone
> Sr. Technical Consultant
> rSmart
> tel: 602-490-0473
> icq: 161896611
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 01:58, David Horwitz  
> <david.horwitz at uct.ac.za> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> I can't advise on the version of ubuntu (we use Sles) - however I  
> would
> strongly advise you not to use the version of tomcat installed through
> the repo - there a reason the docs recommend downloading the binaries
> from Apache and using those.
>
> D
>
> On 05/21/2010 03:36 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am wondering: what version of Ubuntu is best for installing  
> Sakai 2.6? I want to be easily able to install all of the necessary  
> prerequisites (Java, Tomcat, etc.) through the repositories.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark Smith
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