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The following sections describe both the standard installation (see Section 2.2, “Standard Installation”) as well as the developer installation (see Section 2.3, “Developer Installation”.) Before proceeding with either installation you should ensure that you have read and understood the prerequisites (see Section 2.1, “Prerequisites”) for installing OLAT.
When you download and unpack the OLAT distribution you will find in the top level directory
the olat.properties file that contains settings required to build and install OLAT.
Most of these settings you will not need to change though you may wish to review them anyway.
In addition there is also a olat.local.properties.sample file that
contains configuration settings you are likely to want to change to suit your environment.
During the installation you will be instructed to make a copy of this file and apply the necessary
changes.
Windows users should note the (Java) practice of using forward slashes in directory paths (e.g., C:/TEMP
instead of C:\TEMP) when setting OLAT properties. In addition users of Mac OS/X should be aware that the the OS/X VM
implementation of Java may be installed on your system and that you will need to install the Sun Microsystems JVM
and set it as your default JVM.