This tutorial aims to guide you through the process of installing EPrints on Clear Linux. This tutorial is written in Markdown format for ease of reading.
Open a terminal window and update the package index by running the following commands:
sudo swupd update
Next, you need to install Apache2, Perl and other packages required by EPrints, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add lamp-server perl-dbi perl-dbd-pg
This command installs the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack along with Perl DBI and PostgreSQL.
You can download the latest EPrints package from the official EPrints website by running the following command:
wget https://files.eprints.org/eprints/eprints-3.4.1.tar.gz
Next, you need to extract the archive by running the following command:
tar -zxvf eprints-3.4.1.tar.gz
This command will extract the EPrints package to the current directory.
Now, navigate to the extracted directory by running the following command:
cd eprints-3.4.1
After navigating to the EPrints directory, you need to run the installation script by running the following command:
sudo ./bin/install.sh
This command will start the installation process, and you will be prompted with a series of questions. Answer the questions according to your requirements.
Once the installation is complete, you can start the EPrints server by running the following command:
sudo ./bin/epadmin start
EPrints should now be up and running.
Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://localhost/
You should see the EPrints welcome page.
In this tutorial, we have shown how to install EPrints on Clear Linux Latest. By following the above steps, you should now have a fully functional EPrints installation on your Clear Linux machine.
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