The Khoros Installation Guide is intended for use by UNIX system administrators, software developers, and advanced application users. Readers should be well versed in UNIX concepts and be comfortable using standard UNIX commands for manipulating files and directories.
In particular, you must know how to use the following commands: ls, cd, pwd, mkdir, rmdir, cp, ln, mv, rm, and tar. Additionally you should be fluent in the operation of a text editor like vi or emacs, and in the use of a command-line shell, such as sh (Bourne shell), ksh (Korn shell), or csh (C shell).
Finally, we highly recommend that you have a basic understanding of the X Window System. Specifically, you should know how to start text terminal windows (i.e., be able to run and use one of the following programs: xterm, dtterm, shelltool, winterm, dxterm, etc.), start and operate your system's window manager, use the xhost command, and set your DISPLAY environment variable.
If you don't possess the skills listed, you should request that your system administrator or other UNIXsavvy person install Khoros for you.
This document describes several different installation scenarios such as:
The text is structured so that you only need to read the relevant sections, but you do need to read all of the relevant sections. The remaining sections of this chapter will give you a good idea about which sections you will need to read, according to the type of installation you will be doing.
Because there are so many different installation possibilities, it's not possible to present every different installation scenario in step by step order without being highly repetitive and wasting a lot of paper. So we've decided to lay out only the most common types of installation in sequential order. However, many of you will have to follow directions like:
"IMPORTANT: For those of you who are upgrading from an earlier version of Khoros, please read section 2.3 before continuing with the installation."
or,
"If you wish to install in this way, please read the following chapter for complete instructions before proceeding."
Because you will have to jump back and forth like this occasionally, you will find it very helpful to read all the way through the book, following such jumps (and back again) when they are relevant to the kind of installation you are doing.
These Chapters provide an orientation about Khoros and this Installation Guide. They discuss what general background you should have to use this book and how to make the best use of this book.
Ensure that you have the necessary knowledge, system hardware, and system software to install, run, and display the desired Khoros software. Important: Be certain to back up any earlier versions of Khoros if necessary.
Walks you through basic installation on a single computer. Covers installation on supported platforms using the "ready-to-run" binaries provided with Khoros, as well as installation on other UNIX systems using the Khoros source code. The three install scripts, kinstall, kbuild, and kconfigure are explained step by step.
Provides instructions on registering Khoros, verifying installation, reclaiming disk space by removing unneeded files, getting started, finding information, and communicating with KRI.