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Reference documentation: http://www.dspace.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=152#checker
This is a revision of Installing DSpace 1.4 on Ubuntu 7.04.
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<li>Ensure all repositories are enabled (free, non-free, universe) (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager -> Settings -> Repositories, ensure all are checked except Source code) and Reload (button is on main GUI window).</li> Hint: For the next steps, you can use the Search button and look for prefixes of the package names below, like 'tomcat','sun-java', etc. You may select all of the packages and then Apply as one operation.
<li>Install <tt>tomcat5.5</tt> package and all associated dependencies</li>
<li>Install <tt>sun-java5-jdk</tt> or <tt>sun-java6-jdk</tt> package and all associated dependencies</li>
<li>Install <tt>postgresql-8.2</tt> or <tt>postgresql-8.3</tt> package and all associated dependencies</li>
<li>Install <tt>libpg-java</tt> package for the Postgres JDBC driver</li>
<li>Install <tt>ant-optional</tt> package for regular expression support in build.xml</li>
<li>Install <tt>maven2</tt> package for the maven build utility</li>
<li>Make Ubuntu use the Sun JDK (DSpace will not work with the default gcj java), either:
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Using the release package:
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<li>Download DSpace release (or src-release) from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace in any directory (e.g. <tt>/home/dspace</tt>) and unpack it. The new DSpace directory is referred to as dspace-src. (example: <tt>/home/dspace/dspace-1.5.0-release</tt>)</li>
<li>Configure <tt>dspace-src/dspace/config/dspace.cfg</tt> – check to see if email configuration is required for Ubuntu, currently set to local-only</li>
<li>cd into the <tt>dspace-src/dspace</tt> directory. </li>
<li>Package the install:
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<li>Open the new URL in your Web browser: http://hostname:8180/jspui or http://hostname:8180/xmlui (adjust for your hostname and port number, accordingly)
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Other Guides
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