ArchivesSpace is an open-source web-based archives information management application. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ArchivesSpace on Arch Linux.
Before getting started, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
ArchivesSpace requires Java 8 or later to run. To install Java on your Arch Linux system, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk-headless
This command will install the OpenJDK Java runtime environment.
ArchivesSpace requires a relational database management system to store its data. MySQL is a popular choice. To install MySQL on Arch Linux, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S mysql
When prompted, set a root password for the MySQL server.
Next, you need to create a new MySQL database for ArchivesSpace. Run the following command to log in to MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted.
In the MySQL shell, run the following commands to create a new database and user for ArchivesSpace:
CREATE DATABASE archivesspace CHARACTER SET utf8;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON archivesspace.* TO 'archivesspace'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace password with a strong and unique password for the user.
Next, download the latest version of ArchivesSpace from the official website:
wget https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/download/v3.0.0/archivesspace-v3.0.0.zip
Extract the archive to the /opt directory:
sudo unzip archivesspace-v3.0.0.zip -d /opt/
Rename the extracted directory to archivesspace:
sudo mv /opt/archivesspace-3.0.0 /opt/archivesspace
Navigate to the ArchivesSpace configuration directory:
cd /opt/archivesspace/config
Copy the config-example.rb file to config.rb:
cp config-example.rb config.rb
Edit the config.rb file:
sudo nano config.rb
Update the following settings in the file:
AppConfig[:db_url] = 'jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/archivesspace?user=archivesspace&password=password&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8'
AppConfig[:solr_url] = 'http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr'
Replace password with the password you set for the archivesspace user in Step 3.
Save and close the file.
To start ArchivesSpace, navigate to the installation directory:
cd /opt/archivesspace
Run the following command:
./scripts/archivesspace.sh start
ArchivesSpace will now start running. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ArchivesSpace on your Arch Linux system. You can now use this powerful and open-source archives information management application to organize and manage your archival collections.
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