Install D Space

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk postgresql ant maven
Choose OpenJDK-8 as default for that run this command
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Create the database user
sudo -i -u postgres
createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace
Enter the 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 nano /etc/postgresql/10/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
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Create the PostgreSQL 'dspace' database
sudo -u dspace createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace
save and close the file.
Login to the database as a superuser, and enable the pgcrypto
extension on this database
sudo su postgres
psql --username=postgres dspace -c "CREATE EXTENSION pgcrypto;"
exit
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
Create a directory to build, give all permissions and Download DSpace into /build directory
sudo mkdir /build && sudo chmod -R 777 /build && cd /build && sudo wget
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/download/dspace-6.3/dspace-6.3-src-
release.tar.gz
You can find the latest updated of Dspace 6.x version from this page and copy the link to
download the latest version.
Extracting Dspace package
sudo tar -zxf dspace-6.3-src-release.tar.gz
Open the following file and remove a piece of lines.
sudo nano /build/dspace-6.3-src-release/dspace-api/pom.xml
Remove the following group of codes. Carefully check the lines in the file.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
<executions><execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>create</goal>
</goals>
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</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
Save and close the file.
Installation of DSpace
Enter into the Dspace package folder and apply the following commands one by one.
cd /build/dspace-6.3-src-release
sudo mvn -U package
cd dspace/target/dspace-installer && sudo ant fresh_install
Installation of Tomcat
Download the and extract the Tomcat package,
cd /opt && sudo wget http://apachemirror.wuchna.com/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.37/bin/apache-

tomcat-9.0.37.tar.gz
Or you can visit the Tomcat website and download the latest package.
Extract Tomcat package
sudo tar xvzf apache-tomcat-9.0.37.tar.gz
Rename folder "apache-tomcat-9.0.37" to "tomcat" and Delete the Tomcat archive file from
/opt folder
sudo mv apache-tomcat-9.0.37 tomcat && sudo rm apache-tomcat-9.0.37.tar.gz
Open the following file,
sudo nano /etc/profile

Setup environment variables
Environment variables to find JAVA.
Add following lines at the bottom of the file,
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
export CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
Copy Dspace web apps files to Tomcat folder
sudo cp -r /dspace/webapps/* /opt/tomcat/webapps
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Running Tomcat automatically
You can set up to start the Tomcat server start automatically at the time of system turn on.
Open the following file in a Terminal,
sudo nano /etc/init.d/tomcat
Add following lines in the file,
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: tomcat8
# Required-Start: $network
# Required-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/Stop Tomcat server
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
start() {
sh /opt/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
}
stop() {
sh /opt/tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
}
case $1 in
start|stop) $1;;
restart) stop; start;;
*) echo "Run as $0 <start|stop|restart>"; exit 1;;
esac
save and close the file.
Apply the following commands too;
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat && sudo update-rc.d tomcat defaults
Restart Tomcat server and Postgresql database
sudo service tomcat start && sudo service tomcat stop && sudo service tomcat restart && sudo
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/etc/init.d/postgresql restart && sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat restart
Make an initial administrator account (an e-person) in DSpace:
Apply following command in a terminal,
sudo /dspace/bin/dspace create-administrator
It will ask to enter the email address for the user login.
Enter an email address (e.g. dspace@localhost).
Enter First name and surname (e.g. dspace)
Enter a password.
Delete the build folder
sudo rm -rf /build
Open DSpace in your browser

DSpace has two interfaces; xmlui and jspui. You can load either one Dspace interface in a
browser.
http://localhost:8080/xmlui
http://localhost:8080/jspui

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sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk postgresql ant maven

Choose OpenJDK-8 as default for that run this command

sudo update-alternatives --config java

Create the database user

createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace

[Enter n and press enter button]

Allow the database user (dspace) to connect to the database

sudo nano /etc/postgresql/10/main/pg_hba.conf

Add this line to the configuration file at the end:

local all dspace md5

save and close the file

Create Dspace user

sudo useradd -m dspace

sudo -u dspace createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace

save and close the file.

Login to the database as a superuser, and enable the pgcrypto

extension on this database

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql restart

Extracting Dspace package

sudo tar -zxf dspace-6.3-src-release.tar.gz

Open the following file and remove a piece of lines.

sudo nano /build/dspace-6.3-src-release/dspace-api/pom.xml

Save and close the file.

Download the and extract the Tomcat package,

cd /opt && sudo wget http://apachemirror.wuchna.com/tomcat/tomcat-9/v9.0.37/bin/apache-

Extract Tomcat package

sudo tar xvzf apache-tomcat-9.0.37.tar.gz

sudo mv apache-tomcat-9.0.37 tomcat && sudo rm apache-tomcat-9.0.37.tar.gz

Open the following file,

sudo nano /etc/profile

Environment variables to find JAVA.

Add following lines at the bottom of the file,

sudo cp -r /dspace/webapps/* /opt/tomcat/webapps

Open the following file in a Terminal,

sudo nano /etc/init.d/tomcat

Add following lines in the file,

save and close the file.

Apply the following commands too;

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tomcat && sudo update-rc.d tomcat defaults

Restart Tomcat server and Postgresql database

Make an initial administrator account (an e-person) in DSpace:

Apply following command in a terminal,

sudo /dspace/bin/dspace create-administrator

Delete the build folder

sudo rm -rf /build

Open DSpace in your browser

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