Installation

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The Diva distribution is a binary distribution. As such, it is very
simple to install. If you come across web pages with instructions for
installing OpenSim, please keep this in mind — this distribution does
not need anything related to getting and compiling source code
(e.g. git, nant, etc).

Follow these 5 (6 in *ix) steps for installation of this OpenSim distribution.

[If Linux/Unix,
STEP 0
0) Install Mono 2.10.8.1 or higher. See
Mono
for important instructions on how to setup mono for
OpenSim.

STEP 1
1) Install MySQL and, optionally, MySQLAdmin. See
MySql
for important instructions on how to setup MySQL for
this distribution.

STEP 2
2) Set up your network properly and create a domain name for the machine
where this OpenSim world runs. See
DNS
for important instructions on how to set up your network.

STEP 3
3) Create an account in gmail for sending email notifications. See
Wifi
for important instructions related to Wifi, a diva distro addon
for user registrations.

STEP 4
4) Change to bin and run Configure.exe, the application. This will
start a console application that will automatically configure your
OpenSim.
(If in Linux, type
$ mono Configure.exe)
Answer the few questions that it asks.
- If you want to change your answers, run it again.
- After configuring with Configure.exe, you can always change the configurations manually by editing bin/config-include/MyWorld.ini

STEP 5
5) In bin, run OpenSim.exe, the application. This will start a
console application.
In versions prior to 0.7.3 (r18222) for 64-bit machines run
OpenSim.32BitLaunch.exe instead.
(If in Linux, type
$ mono OpenSim.exe)
Answer the few questions that it asks. See
OpenSim Questions
for typical questions and answers.

OpenSim has several console commands, you can learn about them in http://opensimulator.org For flattening the terrain, type:

1. terrain fill 21

For shutting down, type

1. shutdown

That’s it for OpenSim! For connecting the client to your world, see http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Connecting

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UPDATES

To update your world to a newer diva release, simply run the tool
Update.exe

Then, shutdown OpenSim.exe in the old release and start
OpenSim.exe in the new release.

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For advanced configuration options, please see
Advanced

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For troubleshooting running OpenSim, please see
Troubleshooting