This document provides instructions for installing DSpace 4.x on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It involves installing prerequisite applications like Java and PostgreSQL, creating a database and user, configuring Tomcat, downloading and extracting DSpace, and running commands to install and configure it. Finally, an initial administrator account is created and DSpace can be accessed via URLs.
This document provides instructions for installing DSpace 4.x on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It involves installing prerequisite applications like Java and PostgreSQL, creating a database and user, configuring Tomcat, downloading and extracting DSpace, and running commands to install and configure it. Finally, an initial administrator account is created and DSpace can be accessed via URLs.
This document provides instructions for installing DSpace 4.x on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It involves installing prerequisite applications like Java and PostgreSQL, creating a database and user, configuring Tomcat, downloading and extracting DSpace, and running commands to install and configure it. Finally, an initial administrator account is created and DSpace can be accessed via URLs.
This document provides instructions for installing DSpace 4.x on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It involves installing prerequisite applications like Java and PostgreSQL, creating a database and user, configuring Tomcat, downloading and extracting DSpace, and running commands to install and configure it. Finally, an initial administrator account is created and DSpace can be accessed via URLs.
04 LTS Installation of prerequisite applications Open Applications > Accessories > Terminal and execute following commands. sudo apt-get install leafpad sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk sudo apt-get install postgresql sudo apt-get install tomcat7 sudo apt-get install ant maven Create the database user sudo su postgres createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace Enter password for new role: [Enter a password e.g. dspace] Shall the new role be allowed to create more new roles? (y/n) n [Enter n and press enter button] Type exit Allow the database user (dspace) to connect to the database [If the following command not open, check the postgresql version number and apply in the command] sudo leafpad /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf Add this line to the configuration file at the end: local all dspace md5 save and close the file Restart PostgreSQL : sudo su /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
Create Dspace user
sudo useradd -m dspace sudo passwd dspace [enter a password for the new user dspace] sudo mkdir /dspace sudo chown dspace /dspace Create the PostgreSQL 'dspace' database sudo -u dspace createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace Configure Tomcat [If the following command not open, check the tomcat version number and apply in the command] sudo leafpad /etc/tomcat7/server.xml Insert the following chunk of text just above the closing </Host> <!-- Define a new context path for all DSpace web apps --> <Context path="/xmlui" docBase="/dspace/webapps/xmlui" allowLinking="true"/> <Context path="/sword" docBase="/dspace/webapps/sword" allowLinking="true"/> <Context path="/oai" docBase="/dspace/webapps/oai" allowLinking="true"/> <Context path="/jspui" docBase="/dspace/webapps/jspui" allowLinking="true"/> <Context path="/lni" docBase="/dspace/webapps/lni" allowLinking="true"/> <Context path="/solr" docBase="/dspace/webapps/solr" allowLinking="true"/> save and close the file. Create Dspace directory sudo mkdir /build sudo chmod -R 777 /build cd /build Download Dsapce to /build directory You can check latest version of Dspace from here. wget
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/files/DSpace%20Stable/4.1/dsp ace-4.1-src-release.tar.gz (a single command in one line) Extracting Dspace package tar -zxf dspace-4.1-src-release.tar.gz cd /build/dspace-4.1-src-release mvn -U package (takes long!!!!) cd dspace/target/dspace-4.1-build sudo ant fresh_install Fix Tomcat permissions, and restart the Tomcat server sudo chown tomcat7:tomcat7 /dspace -R Restart Tomcat /etc/init.d/tomcat7 restart Make an initial administrator account (an e-person) in DSpace: /dspace/bin/dspace create-administrator It will ask to enter email address for user login. Enter an email address (e.g. dspace@localhost). Enter First name and surename (e.g. dspace) Enter a password. Open Dspace in your browser You can load either one Dspace interface in a browser. http://localhost:8080/xmlui http://localhost:8080/jspui
