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In order to install WACS using the packages, you need to download a number of separate packages from sourceforge and have them available for your choosen package manager to find. Make sure you pick the right one for your Linux distribution. The list below details what these packages are:
Table 5.1. List of Packages
| Name | Req'd | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wacs | Either/Or | The "Master" package which includes the others, MySQL version |
| wacs-for-psql | The "Master" package which includes the others, PostgreSQL version | |
| wacs-core | Yes | The core files and user interface apps |
| wacs-tools | Yes | The collection management tools |
| wacs-download | Opt | The tools used for automatic download from subscription sites - optional |
| wacs-hostauth | Yes | Tool used to authenticate users using the operating system of the server. This is not needed if you are using database authentication. |
| wacs-samples | Yes | Some sample data files in XML format and perl API programming examples |
| wacs-php | Opt | Implementation of the WACS API in the PHP5 language favoured by web developers - also includes Web 2.0 demo program. |
| wacs-php-skins-simple | Opt | A sample simple adult web site implemented using the WACS API for PHP5. Ready-to-use, customisable and a good source of example code. |
| wacs-doc-pdf | No | Documentation in PDF format |
| wacs-doc-html | No | Documentation in HTML format (both single and multi page) |
As you can see from the above list, you might wish to download
the core packages, plus the download tools, plus whichever format of
documentation you prefer to use. Unless you're already familiar with
WACS, we'd strongly recommend using the master wrapper package
(wacs or wacs-for-psql) for the
installation as it does a number of configuration steps for you. For
the PostgreSQL version things are likely to go very wrong if you don't!
[1]
For the examples ahead, we'll assume PDF is the prefered format - your
mileage may vary.
[1] This is due to the postinstall script for this package creating a password based DBA account needed by wacssetup.