DSpace is an open source repository software package for digital assets that is used by academic, research, and cultural heritage communities worldwide. Clear Linux is an open source operating system that is optimized for best performance on Intel platforms. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install DSpace on Clear Linux Latest.
The first step is to install Java 8 or higher. Clear Linux comes with native support for OpenJDK, so we can install it using the swupd command:
sudo swupd bundle-add java-runtime
To verify that Java is installed, run:
java -version
DSpace uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. To install PostgreSQL on Clear Linux, run:
sudo swupd bundle-add postgresql
To verify that PostgreSQL is installed, run:
psql --version
DSpace is built using Apache Maven, so we need to install it:
sudo swupd bundle-add maven
To verify that Apache Maven is installed, run:
mvn --version
Download the latest version of DSpace from the official website:
wget https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/download/dspace-6.3/dspace-6.3-src-release.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded file:
tar zxvf dspace-6.3-src-release.tar.gz
Change to the DSpace directory:
cd dspace-6.3-src-release
Run the following command to build DSpace:
mvn package
This command will download all the required dependencies and build DSpace. It may take a while to complete.
After the build is complete, we need to install DSpace to the desired location. In this example, we will install it to /opt/dspace:
sudo mkdir /opt/dspace
sudo chown <username> /opt/dspace
cd dspace-6.3-src-release/dspace/target/dspace-installer
sudo ./install -dir /opt/dspace
Replace <username> with your username.
After the installation is complete, we need to configure DSpace. Change to the DSpace installation directory:
cd /opt/dspace/bin
Copy the default configuration files:
cp dspace.cfg.example dspace.cfg
cp log4j.properties.example log4j.properties
Edit the dspace.cfg file and set the database connection properties:
dspace.db.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/dspace
dspace.db.username = <postgres_user>
dspace.db.password = <postgres_password>
Replace <postgres_user> and <postgres_password> with your PostgreSQL credentials.
To start DSpace, run the following command:
./dspace start
To stop DSpace, run:
./dspace stop
In this tutorial, we learned how to install DSpace on Clear Linux Latest. DSpace is a powerful repository software package that can be used for managing digital assets. With this tutorial, you can easily set up your own DSpace instance on Clear Linux.
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