DSpace is an open source digital archive management system, which is designed to manage and preserve scholarly works and other digital artifacts. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing DSpace on Kali Linux.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your Kali Linux system:
Visit the official DSpace website at https://duraspace.org/dspace/ and download the latest version of DSpace. Once the download is complete, extract the tar archive to your desired location.
$ tar -xzf dspace-6.3-src-release.tar.gz
$ cd dspace-6.3-src-release
Change to the dspace-6.3-src-release directory and run the dspace build command to build the DSpace source code.
$ cd dspace-6.3-src-release
$ mvn package
Once the build process is complete, you’ll find a dspace directory in the dspace-6.3-src-release directory. Change to the dspace directory and create a new configuration file named local.cfg.
$ cd dspace
$ cp config/local.cfg.EXAMPLE config/local.cfg
Edit the local.cfg file and modify the following variables according to your system configuration.
# Database settings
dspace.db.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/dspace
dspace.db.username = <your postgresql username>
dspace.db.password = <your postgresql password>
# Admin account
dspace.initial.admin.username = <your dspace administrator username>
dspace.initial.admin.password = <your dspace administrator password>
dspace.initial.admin.email = <your dspace administrator email>
# Mail settings
mail.server = <your smtp server>
Run the dspace install command to install and initialize the DSpace system.
$ mvn package
$ cd dspace/target/dspace-installer
$ sudo ./dspace install
The installation process may take some time, depending on your system configuration.
Once the installation is complete, you can access DSpace in your web browser by visiting http://localhost:8080/xmlui.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed DSpace on Kali Linux. You can now start adding and managing digital content using the DSpace system.
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