Islandora is an open-source digital repository system, powered by Fedora Commons, Drupal, and Solr. It allows you to manage and preserve digital content, such as documents, images, videos, and audio files. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Islandora on POP! OS Latest.
Before starting the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Islandora requires some dependencies to run correctly. You can install them by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git vim curl wget unzip zip php7.2-cli php7.2-xml php7.2-gd php7.2-zip php7.2-mbstring php7.2-curl apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 mysql-server mysql-client php7.2-mysql openjdk-8-jdk
The above command will install the required packages for Islandora. After installing the dependencies, you need to create a MySQL database for Islandora.
Islandora uses a MySQL database to store its data. You can create a new database by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This command will open the MySQL shell. Now run the following command to create a new database:
create database islandora_db;
The above command will create a new database named islandora_db. Now you need to create a MySQL user and grant privileges to the new database.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON islandora_db.* TO 'islandora_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'islandora_password';
The above command will create a new user named islandora_user with the password islandora_password and grant all privileges to the islandora_db database.
You can download the latest version of Islandora from their official website. After downloading, extract the zip file to /var/www/html/ directory.
sudo unzip islandora-7.x.zip -d /var/www/html/
After extracting the files, you need to install Islandora. You can do this by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html/islandora-7.x/
sudo ./install.sh
This command will start the installation process of Islandora. You need to answer some questions during the installation process.
After completing the installation process, you can access Islandora by visiting http://localhost/islandora-7.x/ in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Islandora on POP! OS Latest. Islandora is a powerful digital repository system that allows you to manage and preserve digital content with ease. You can now start using Islandora to manage your digital assets.
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