Thanks for downloading Mahara!

SUPPORT: The best ways of obtaining support are:

• http://manual.mahara.org/ - the Mahara online manual
• http://www.mahara.org/forums - the Mahara project forums
• #mahara on freenode (IRC) - live chat with other users and developers

INSTALLATION:

To install, please follow the instructions here:

https://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Installing_Mahara

UPGRADING:

Mahara 15.10 supports direct upgrades from previous Mahara versions 1.1.0 and later. To upgrade an existing Mahara installation, follow the instructions here:

https://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Upgrading_Mahara

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

The system requirements for the most recent version of Mahara are here:

https://wiki.mahara.org/index.php/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Requirements

Mahara 15.10 requires:

• Database: ** Postgres 8.3 or later ** or MySQL 5.1 or later

• Web Server: Mahara is only officially supported on Apache 2 or later, although it will probably run in any web server with the proper PHP extensions.

• PHP 5.3 or later, with the following extensions: ** curl ** gd (including Freetype support) ** json ** ldap ** libxml ** mbstring ** mcrypt ** mime_magic; or fileinfo ** pgsql; or mysqli; or mysql ** session ** SimpleXML ** bz2 (optional) ** imagick (optional) ** openssl and xmlrpc (optional; for networking support) ** zlib (optional) ** adodb (optional; improves performance) ** enchant or pspell (optional; for TinyMCE spellcheck button) ** ... and ensure that the magic_quotes and register_globals settings are off.

• OS: Mahara is only officially supported on Debian (5.0/"Lenny" or later) and Ubuntu (10.04/"Lucid Lynx" or later), however it will probably run in any OS with a suitable web server

• Web Browser: Mahara should be accessible in any modern web browser with Javascript support. However, it is only actively tested in the most recent versions of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera; and the last three versions of IE. For Mahara 1.9.0, these versions are: ** Firefox - 24.0 ** Chrome - 34.0 ** Safari - 6.0 ** Opera - 17.0 ** IE - 9, 10, 11

TRANSLATIONS: You can get language packs from:

https://wiki.mahara.org/Download_Mahara

MOODLE: Documentation on integrating Mahara with Moodle can be found in the 3.1MB PDF here:

https://wiki.mahara.org/images/d/d5/Mahoodle.pdf

-- the Mahara Development Team

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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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