Oops, I should note I also added this information to the wiki pages for OSProfile, OSSearch, and Offline IMs pages, and when I'm finished I intend to re-visit those pages and try to provide more precise instructions for each step to help those who come after me. <div>
<br></div><div>I'd suggest that in the future, editors of those pages and maintainers of the modules should try to follow the example set by the Groups page located at:  <a href="http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Groups">http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Groups</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Of all the modules I've tried to install, the Groups module is the best documented with detailed and precise step-by-step instructions that can help novices learn how to install the module successfully.  </div>
<div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>- Chris/Fleep</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chris M. Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque)</div><div>Project Manager, UC Second Life </div><div>UCit Instructional & Research Computing</div>
<div>University of Cincinnati </div><div>406E Zimmer Hall</div><div>PO Box 210088</div><div>Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088</div><div>(513)556-3018</div><div><a href="mailto:chris.collins@uc.edu">chris.collins@uc.edu</a></div><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.uc.edu/ucit/learningtools/secondlife.html">http://www.uc.edu/ucit/learningtools/secondlife.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Fleep Tuque <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fleep513@gmail.com">fleep513@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>One of the things I've found very frustrating in my quest to install various Opensim modules is that the instructions on the wiki for each module tend to assume that the user is on a linux system, so it will say things like "use the command below to checkout the code" or something similar.</div>

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This is not helpful for someone not familiar with SVN nor is it self-explanatory for how to "get" the modules for Windows users.  I found the instructions at </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

<a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/04/setting-up-subversion-on-windows.html" target="_blank">http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/04/setting-up-subversion-on-windows.html</a> very helpful for pulling the modules - obviously I didn't install the SVN server part, I just followed the instructions for installing TortoiseSVN.</p>

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Hope this is helpful for other Windows users or those who haven't used SVN before..</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

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Sincerely,</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

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- Chris/Fleep</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

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Chris M. Collins (SL: Fleep Tuque)</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

Project Manager, UC Second Life </p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

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PO Box 210088</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">

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