Islandora is an open-source digital repository system built on Drupal. It is designed to manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content. In this tutorial, we'll explain how to install Islandora on Debian Latest.
Before you begin, ensure you have root access or sudo privileges on your server.
The first step is to ensure that your server is up-to-date by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Islandora requires some dependencies that should be installed before proceeding to the installation. Run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git wget ant openssh-server unzip zip libreoffice imagemagick ghostscript clamav lynx poppler-utils ffmpeg imagemagick libtiff-tools ufraw-batch libimage-exiftool-perl
Islandora requires Java 8. Install JDK 8 by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
Islandora requires Apache Tomcat web server. Install Apache Tomcat 8 by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install tomcat8 tomcat8-admin tomcat8-common tomcat8-user
Islandora is based on Drupal. Install Drupal by running:
sudo apt-get install drupal7
Clone the Islandora repository using git:
sudo git clone https://github.com/Islandora/islandora.git /opt/islandora
Compile the Islandora using ant:
sudo ant -f /opt/islandora/build.xml
Run the Islandora installer:
cd /opt/islandora/islandora_installer
sudo ant installer -Dinstaller.record.file=/opt/install-recording.txt
Edit the Tomcat server.xml file:
sudo nano /etc/tomcat8/server.xml
Add the following line inside the <Context> tag:
<Context path="/fedora" docBase="/usr/local/fedora/tomcat/webapps/fedora">
Save and exit the file.
Restart Tomcat:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat8
You can now access Islandora at http://localhost:8080/fedora on your web-browser.
In this tutorial, we've explained how to install Islandora on Debian Latest. You should now have Islandora up and running in your server.
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