EPrints is a popular open-source software program designed for creating digital repositories on the web. With EPrints, you can manage and share your digital content, including research papers, scientific data, multimedia files, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install EPrints on Manjaro, a Linux-based operating system.
Before installing EPrints, make sure that your Manjaro system is up to date. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will update your system and ensure that all the necessary packages are up to date for the installation.
EPrints requires an Apache web server and MySQL database to operate. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache mysql
You will be prompted to enter your root password to complete the installation.
Next, we will install EPrints. You can download the latest version of EPrints from the official EPrints website: https://www.eprints.org/software/download/.
First, make sure that you have Perl installed on your system. You can do this by typing the following command:
sudo pacman -S perl
Once Perl is installed, download the EPrints package using the following command:
wget https://files.eprints.org/2283/eprints3.4.4.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded package using the following command:
tar -xvf eprints3.4.4.tar.gz
Copy the extracted EPrints files to the Apache directory using the following command:
sudo cp -R eprints3.4.4 /srv/http/
After copying the EPrints files to the Apache directory, we need to configure EPrints to suit our environment. Change directory to the EPrints directory using the following command:
cd /srv/http/eprints3.4.4/
Next, run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo perl ./bin/install_deps.sh --sudo
This command will install all the necessary dependencies required for EPrints to function.
Now, we need to set up MySQL for EPrints. Run the following command to log in to MySQL as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root
Create a database for EPrints using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE eprints;
Create a user and grant permissions to the EPrints database using the following command:
CREATE USER 'eprints'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON eprints.* TO 'eprints'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Finally, we can install EPrints using the following command:
sudo perl ./bin/epadmin install
This command will prompt you for various configuration options. You can choose the default options for most of the prompts. However, make sure to enter the MySQL login credentials that you created in the previous step when prompted.
Once the installation is complete, you can access your EPrints repository by navigating to http://localhost/eprints.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed EPrints on Manjaro.
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