EPrints is a free software developed by the University of Southampton for managing open access repositories. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install EPrints on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we start installing EPrints, it's important to update the system to ensure that all necessary dependencies are up to date. To do this, run the following command:
apk update && apk upgrade
EPrints requires a web server to function properly. We will install Apache2, an open-source web server. Run the following command to install Apache2:
apk add apache2
Once installation is complete, start the server using the following command:
rc-service apache2 start
To ensure that Apache2 will start at boot, run the following command:
rc-update add apache2 default
Now that the web server is installed and started, we can proceed to install EPrints. Run the following command:
apk add eprints
EPrints uses a configuration file called archives.cfg. You can find this file in the /usr/share/eprints3/archives/ directory.
Open the archives.cfg file with a text editor and modify the following settings:
host: Set this to the name or IP address of your server.port: Set this to the port number you want to run the EPrints application on (usually, port 80).admin_email: Set this to the email address of the administrator of the repository.Save the changes and exit the file.
After modifying the archives.cfg file, start the EPrints application using the following command:
eprints start
You should now be able to access EPrints by navigating to http://yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/eprints3/ in a web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install EPrints on Alpine Linux Latest. Now that you have a working EPrints installation, you can start building your repository and serving your content to the world.
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