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1. Download the Sakai Source
   • http://cvs.sakaiproject.org/release/1.5.0/src/sakai-src.zip
   • Unzip to directory of choice (assume c:\sakai-dev)
2. Download and install Java J2SE SDK version 1.4.2 or later
   • http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
   • Right Click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables
   • Add the system variable JAVA_HOME and set it to c:\j2sdk1.4.2_06 (the default install dir for the SDK)
3. Download and install Tomcat version 5.0.28 or greater (Stay within the 5.0 series, as 5.5 requires a different version of the Java SDK)
   • http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi
   • Assume c:\Tomcat
   • Rename the c:\Tomcat\webapps\ROOT directory to \ROOT2
4. Download and install Maven
   • http://maven.apache.org/
   • Create a file named build.properties in the Windows Home directory (c:\Documents and Settings\userid) and include the following: (NOTE that the slashes in the tomcat directory are forward slashes and that the entry requires a trailing slash)

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     maven.repo.remote = http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/,http://cvs.sakaiproject.org/maven/ maven.tomcat.home = c:/Tomcat/

   • Add the maven /bin directory to the system variables path
     • Right Click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables
     • Select the System variable Path and add C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Maven 1.0.1\bin to the end. Separate entries with a semi-colon.
     • Log off of the computer and log back on to reset system and environment variables.
5. If updating from an older version, clean out the environment
   • From the command line, navigate to the Sakai source directory

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     maven clean_env

6. Build Sakai

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   maven maven reg maven conf_db maven tomcat_context_windows

7. Copy all files and folders from c:\sakai-dev\reference\src\usr_local_sakai\ to c:\usr\local\sakai

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1. Download and install MySQL ver 4.1 or better
   • http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.1.html
2. If a firewall is installed, allow port 3306 access (MySQL uses port 3306 to connect).
3. Create sakai database (from within mysql) Replace 'sakaiuser' and 'sakaipassword' with your desired username/password

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   mysql> create database sakai default character set utf8; mysql> grant all on sakai.* to sakaiuser@'localhost' identified by 'sakaipassword'; mysql> grant all on sakai.* to sakaiuser@'127.0.0.1' identified by 'sakaipassword';

   • Add the MySQL /bin directory to the system variables path
     • Right Click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Environment Variables
     • Select the System variable Path and add C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin to the end. Separate entries with a semi-colon.
     • Log off of the computer and log back on to reset system and environment variables.
4. Import the default table information into the Sakai database (from the command line)
   • Navigate to the sakai-dev\reference\src\sql\legacy\mysql directory

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     mysql -user=u sakaiuser -p sakai < all.sql

5. Download and install the JDBC connector
   • http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/3.0.html
   • download Download the zip file
   • in From the zip file, copy only the mysql-connector-java-3.0.16-ga-bin.jar (mysql-connector JAR) file to the tomcat/common/lib directory
6. Comment out the HSQLDB lines in sakai.properties file in usr\local\sakai
7. Uncomment the MySQL lines in sakai.properties in usr\local\sakai
8. Start (or Restart) Tomcat
   • Navigate to http://localhost:8080/portal
   • Default username/password is 'admin/admin'

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