ATutor plug-in installation and usage

These instructions cover a full installation of Apache OpenMeetings, ATutor, and the new version of the ATutor Apache OpenMeetings plug-in on a Linux box (Fedora 16). Commands may be slightly different on other distributions. Windows users can find installation instructions for OpenMeetings here.

1.) Install Sun Java JDK 7u4 (or latest version), Linux x86 (32-bit) rpm from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u4-downloads-1591156.html

• Install with rpm -i jdk-7u4-linux-i586.rpm
• Follow bash profile/environment instructions here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-set-java_home-path-variable/
• Change my JAVA_HOME variable to /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_04/bin and added it to the PATH variable
• Ran source ~/.bash_profile to reload environment variables

2.) Install Apache OpenMeetings, using latest stable build at https://builds.apache.org/job/openmeetings/lastStableBuild/

• Using build #124 (Jun 29, 2012 11:00:59 PM)
• wget https://builds.apache.org/job/openmeetings/lastStableBuild/artifact/singlewebapp/dist/apache-openmeetings-incubating-2.0.0.r1355596-29-06-2012_2306.tar.gz
• mkdir OM
• tar -zxvf apache-openmeetings-incubating-2.0.0.r1355596-29-06-2012_2306.tar.gz -C OM
• cd OM
• Run OpenMeetings with sh red5.sh
• In web browser, go to http://localhost:5080/openmeetings/install
• Fill in nothing but Username, Userpass, EMail, and User Time Zone. Leave the rest of settings on default values.
• Skipping the following (for now): SWFTools, ImageMagick, FFMPEG, SoX, OpenOffice/LibreOffice
• Click 'INSTALL' (wait for a while)
• After installation is finished, your screen should look like below at http://localhost:5080/openmeetings/
  

3.) Install latest stable ATutor release from http://atutor.ca/atutor/download.php

• Using version 2.0.3
• In web-root folder, wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/atutor/files/ATutor%202/ATutor-2.0.3.tar.gz
• Go to install page at http://localhost/ATutor/install/index.php
• Make sure all dependencies are resolved (successful, see below)
  
• Click New Installation » Install, click 'I Agree' to Terms of Use
• Enter database settings (user: 'root', pass: '', database name: 'om', table prefix: 'om_')