EPrints is a popular content management system for open access repositories. In this tutorial, we will outline how to install EPrints on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, we need to ensure that we have the following prerequisites:
Firstly, we need to update the system to ensure that the current packages are up-to-date:
sudo pacman -Syu
Next, we need to install packages necessary to run EPrints. Enter the following command to install packages:
sudo pacman -S perl libxml2 libxslt mariadb
Now we need to install the Apache web server:
sudo pacman -S apache
You can test if Apache is correctly installed by visiting your server's IP address in your preferred web browser. If you see an Apache test page, everything is setup correctly.
Next, install the MariaDB database server:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Download the latest version of EPrints from their official website:
wget https://files.eprints.org/114/6/eprints-3.4.2.tar.gz
To install EPrints, enter the following command:
sudo tar -xzvf eprints-3.4.2.tar.gz -C /opt/
sudo chown -R http:http /opt/eprints3/
Before we can use EPrints, we need to configure the system. EPrints comes with a configuration file located in /opt/eprints3/cfg/. Enter the following command to copy this file and create our own configuration file:
sudo cp /opt/eprints3/cfg/cfg.d/default.pl /opt/eprints3/cfg/cfg.d/myrepository.pl
Next, open the new configuration file using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /opt/eprints3/cfg/cfg.d/myrepository.pl
Make any necessary changes to the configuration file, then save and exit.
Finally, start the Apache web server and EPrints:
sudo systemctl start httpd.service
sudo /opt/eprints3/bin/epadmin reload
You should now be able to access EPrints in your web browser by visiting http://<ip-address>/eprints/.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed EPrints on Arch Linux!
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