EPrints is an open-source software package that is used for building digital repositories. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install EPrints on Debian Latest.
Before you begin, you must have the following:
Connect to your Debian server and run the following command to update the server's package index:
sudo apt update
Once the update is complete, upgrade your current packages to their latest versions:
sudo apt upgrade
EPrints is written in Perl, so you will need to install Perl on your server. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apt install perl
EPrints requires the Apache web server to run. To install Apache, run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2
EPrints uses MySQL as its database management system. To install MySQL, run the following command:
sudo apt install mysql-server
Follow the prompts to set up a root password for MySQL.
Now it's time to install EPrints. Download the latest stable version of EPrints using the following command:
wget https://files.eprints.org/2398/1/eprints3.4.2.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded package using the following command:
tar -xzvf eprints3.4.2.tar.gz
Move the extracted files to the Apache document root using the following command:
sudo mv eprints3.4.2 /var/www/html/eprints
In the next step, we will configure Apache to serve EPrints.
Create a new Apache configuration file for EPrints using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/eprints.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/eprints
<Directory /var/www/html/eprints/cgi-bin>
Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
SetHandler fastcgi-script
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/eprints_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/eprints_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Enable the new configuration by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite eprints.conf
Reload Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
Before using EPrints, you need to configure some settings. Go to the EPrints directory:
cd /var/www/html/eprints
Run the following command to configure EPrints:
sudo ./bin/epadmin create
Follow the prompts to set up EPrints.
After setting up EPrints, you can access it on a web browser by navigating to:
http://your_server_ip/eprints
Replace your_server_ip with your server's IP address.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed EPrints on Debian Latest. You can now use EPrints to build digital repositories.
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