How to Install EPrints on OpenSUSE Latest

EPrints is an open-source software package designed for managing digital repositories. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of EPrints on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing EPrints, make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

• OpenSUSE Latest distribution is installed.
• Root access to the server.
• Apache, Perl, and MySQL database server are installed.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before installing EPrints, let's first install the required packages:

sudo zypper install apache2 apache2-mod_perl-devel mysql mysql-devel perl perl-devel perl-DBI perl-XML-Simple

Step 2: Download and Extract EPrints

Next, we need to download EPrints from the official website using wget command and extract it to /opt directory.

cd /opt
sudo wget https://github.com/eprints/eprints/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip master.zip
sudo mv eprints-master eprints

Step 3: Setup EPrints

Once the EPrints are extracted, we need to setup EPrints by running the following commands:

cd /opt/eprints
sudo ./bin/epadmin create

This command will start the setup process where you will be asked to provide some details like repository name, admin email, etc.

Once you have provided these details, the setup process will start, and it will take a few minutes to complete.

Step 4: Configure Apache

After installing EPrints, we need to configure the Apache webserver to run EPrints. To do this, create a virtual host file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/eprints.conf

Add the following code block to the file and replace example.com with your domain name:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName example.com
  DocumentRoot /opt/eprints/archives/example.com/
  <Directory /opt/eprints/archives/example.com/>
      Options +ExecCGI
      AllowOverride All
      order allow,deny
      allow from all
      DirectoryIndex index.pl
      AddHandler cgi-script .pl
      SetEnv PERL5LIB /opt/eprints/perl_lib
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

After making changes, save and close the file.

Step 5: Restart Apache Server

Finally, restart the Apache server to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed and configured EPrints on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now store and manage your digital content with EPrints.

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