I Librarian is a powerful open-source tool that can help you organize, manage, and share your research material effectively. It offers a wide range of features to manage and organize your research libraries, including PDF management, metadata extraction, and reference management. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing I Librarian on your POP! OS Latest.
Before starting with the installation process, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
If you have met the above prerequisites, you can proceed with the installation process.
The first step is to install some required dependencies. These dependencies will help run I Librarian smoothly on your system. You can install them using the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2 php php-gd php-mysql php-curl php-mbstring ghostscript poppler-utils antiword unrtf catdoc libimage-exiftool-perl libav-tools libimage-info-perl libextutils-cbuilder-perl libextutils-depends-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl libfile-copy-recursive-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libtemplate-perl libjson-perl libjson-xs-perl libdatetime-perl libdatetime-format-builder-perl libdatetime-format-strptime-perl libmojolicious-perl build-essential libssl-dev libexpat1-dev libxml2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev
This command will install all the necessary packages on your system.
Once all the dependencies are installed, you need to download the latest version of I Librarian from the official website at https://i-librarian.net/download.
You can use the wget command to download the package directly from the command line in the terminal:
sudo wget https://i-librarian.net/downloads/i-librarian_5.0.10.zip
After downloading the package, extract it into the /var/www/html/ directory by running the following command.
sudo unzip i-librarian_5.0.10.zip -d /var/www/html/
This command will extract the I Librarian package into the /var/www/html/i-librarian folder.
After extracting the package, you need to set the proper permissions and ownership to the /var/www/html/i-librarian folder. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/i-librarian
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/i-librarian
These commands will set the proper permissions and ownership to the i-librarian folder.
The next step is to configure Apache to serve I Librarian. You can do this by creating an Apache configuration file for i-librarian:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/i-librarian.conf
Once the file is open in the editor, copy and paste the following code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/i-librarian/
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the configuration file and exit the editor.
The final step is to enable the site and restart Apache to implement the changes. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo a2ensite i-librarian.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
This command will enable the i-librarian site and restart Apache.
The installation process is now complete. You can access I Librarian by opening a web browser and entering the URL http://localhost/i-librarian/
You will be asked to provide MySQL server details of username, password, and database. Fill in the appropriate details to create the database.
That's it! You have successfully installed I Librarian on your POP! OS Latest.
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