EPrints is a popular open-source software for building digital repositories. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing EPrints on FreeBSD Latest.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your FreeBSD system:
We recommend updating the FreeBSD packages to their latest versions before installing any new software. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
This command will update all the installed packages on your FreeBSD system.
EPrints requires some dependencies to be installed before it can be installed. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo pkg install wget apache24 mariadb101-client mariadb101-server perl5 mod_perl2
This command will install all the required dependencies for EPrints on your FreeBSD system.
You can download the latest version of EPrints from the official website. Run the following command in your terminal to download EPrints:
wget https://github.com/eprints/eprints/releases/download/v3.4.3/eprints_v3.4.3.tar.gz
This command will download the EPrints archive to your current working directory.
Once you have downloaded the EPrints archive, extract it with the following command:
tar -xzf eprints_v3.4.3.tar.gz
This command will extract the EPrints archive into a new directory called "eprints_v3.4.3".
Next, change your working directory to the extracted EPrints directory by running the following command:
cd eprints_v3.4.3
Now, run the following command to initiate the EPrints installation process:
sudo ./configure
Follow the instructions to complete the installation process.
After the installation, you need to configure EPrints to work with your Apache web server. To do this, run the following command:
sudo cp cfg/apache.conf /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/eprints.conf
This command copies the Apache configuration file of EPrints to your Apache web server's configuration directory.
Next, restart Apache web server by running the following command:
sudo service apache24 restart
EPrints requires a database to store the data. We recommend using MariaDB for this purpose. To configure MariaDB, follow the below steps.
First, start the MariaDB service by running the following command:
sudo service mysql-server start
Next, create a new user and password for EPrints to use by running the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt you to create a new root user password and answer a few questions to secure your database installation.
Finally, you can create a new EPrints repository by running the following command:
sudo /opt/eprints3/bin/epadmin create
This command will prompt you to enter some information about your new repository, such as its name, URL, and administrator email address.
That's it! Now you have EPrints installed and ready to use on your FreeBSD system.
EPrints is an essential tool for building digital repositories, and FreeBSD is a reliable and stable operating system to run EPrints on. By following this tutorial, you can install EPrints on your FreeBSD system with ease.
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