Installing the Islandora Module

Pre-installation software checklist

The Islandora framework relies upon a number of other open source applications. Before beginning the installation of any Islandora modules, ensure:

1. You have Drupal installed and properly configured with:

• Clean URLs enabled (admin/config/search/clean-urls) - requires the Apache mod_rewrite module to be enabled. 
• The Drupal file system set to public (admin/config/media/file-system)

2. You have Fedora installed and properly configured:

• Ensure you can use the admin tools in Fedora to ingest and purge (e.g. http://localhost:8080/fedora/admin).

3. You have installed the Tuque library:

$ cd /public_html/your_drupal_directory/sites/all/libraries
$ wget https://github.com/islandora/tuque/archive/1.3.zip
$ unzip 1.3.zip

Note: rename the "tuque-1.3" folder to "tuque"

4. Other requirements beyond what is needed by Fedora and Drupal include:

• PHP5-curl
• PHP-soap
• PHP5-xsl

You will also need to install any dependencies that are needed for the Solution Packs you are using.

To take full advantage of the module you will need to enable the Fedora Resource Index in the Fedora config file. You should also have Solr and Fedora GSearch installed, although this step does not need to be completed prior to installing the Module. Fedora GSearch includes Lucene and enables full text searching.

At the end of this installation, you will be ready to populate your site with digital assets and be capable of using any installed Solution Packs. Your root Islandora repository can be found at base-site-url/islandora.