Installing DSpace on Windows

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• PostgreSQL 8.x for Windows. This comes with a Windows installer app. Make sure the ODBC + JDBC options are selected, as well as the pgAdmin III tool.

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  [Apache Maven 2.0.8\+|http://maven.apache.org/download.html]. Just unzip it wherever you want it installed, and add `\[path-to-apache-maven\|path-to-apache-maven\]\]\bin` to your system `PATH`.

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  [Apache Ant 1.7.x|http://ant.apache.org/]. Just unzip it wherever you want it installed, and add `\[path-to-apache-ant\|path-to-apache-ant\]\]\bin` to your system `PATH`.

• Jakarta Tomcat 5.x+. This comes with a Windows installer app and is again easy to install.

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• Ensure the PostgreSQL service is running, and then run pgAdmin III (Start -> PostgreSQL 8.x -> pgAdmin III). Connect to the local database as the `postgres` user, and:
  • Create a 'Login Role' (user) called `dspace` with the password `dspace` (feel free to set your own password
  • Create a database called `dspace` owned by the user `dspace`, with UTF-8 encoding

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  Update paths in `\[dspace-source|dspace-source\]\dspace\config\dspace.cfg`.

Note: Use forward slashes `/` for path separators, though you can still use drive letters, e.g.:

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• Create the directory for the DSpace installation (e.g. `C:\DSpace`)

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  Build DSpace in the normal fashion. From `\[dspace-source|dspace-source\]\dspace\` run:

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  Then install DSpace to your specified location. From `\[dspace-source|dspace-source\]\dspace\target\dspace\-\[version\].dir\` run:

• Create an administrator account, e.g. assuming `C:\dspace` is where your DSpace installation is:

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• Start the Tomcat service

• Browse http://localhost:8080/dspace^{Image Removed}. You should see the DSpace home page!

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