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This documentation relates to DSpace 1.8.x, an old, unsupported version. Looking for another version? See all documentation.
As of January 2015, DSpace 1.8.x is no longer supported. We recommend upgrading to a more recent version of DSpace. See DSpace Software Support Policy.
In the notes below [dspace]
refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source]
to the source directory for DSpace 1.7.2. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system. Additionally, be sure to backup your configs, source code modifications, and database before doing a step that could destroy your instance.
JSPUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/
XMLUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/
Config modifications: [dspace]/config
cd [dspace-source]/dspace/ mvn -U clean package
You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir
. Inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace. Before rebuilding DSpace ('package'), the above command will clean out any previously compiled code ('clean') and ensure that your local DSpace JAR files are updated from the remote maven repository.
$CATALINA/shutdown.sh
script. (Many Unix-based installations will have a startup/shutdown script in the /etc/init.d
or /etc/rc.d
directories.)The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore
by default, and any other assetstores configured in the [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg
"assetstore.dir" and "assetstore.dir.#" settings)
cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
[dspace]/bin/dspace index-init
Deploy Web Applications. Copy the web applications files from your [dspace]/webapps
directory to the subdirectory of your servlet container (e.g. tomcat):
cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps/