EPrints is a free, open-source software designed to allow for easy creation of digital archives. This tutorial will guide you through how to install EPrints on Void Linux.
Before you begin, you must have the following:
Open a terminal and run the following command to install the necessary dependencies:
sudo xbps-install -S perl perl-DBI perl-DBD-MySQL perl-Config-IniFiles perl-CGI-Ajax lighttpd
This command will install Perl, MySQL, and web server Lighttpd, which are required for running EPrints.
Download the latest version of EPrints from the official website: https://www.eprints.org/download/. Once downloaded, extract the archive to your preferred location.
Change to the extracted EPrints directory using the following command:
cd <eprints-directory>
Then, run the following command to install EPrints:
sudo ./configure
If any missing dependencies are detected, the configure script will print a message indicating which packages are required to be installed.
After the configuration process completes, run the following command to install EPrints:
sudo make install
Create a new user for EPrints:
sudo useradd -d /opt/eprints3 -s /bin/bash eprints
Change ownership of the EPrints installation directory to the new user:
sudo chown -R eprints:eprints /opt/eprints3
Copy a sample configuration file to /opt/eprints3/archives/first:
sudo cp /opt/eprints3/cfg/cfg.d/archive/default.pl /opt/eprints3/archives/first/cfg/cfg.d/
Change the ownership of this directory to the EPrints user:
sudo chown -R eprints:eprints /opt/eprints3/archives/first
Configure Lighttpd to serve EPrints, edit the lighttpd.conf file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Add the following lines to this file:
server.modules += ("mod_cgi")
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/cgi-bin/" {
cgi.assign = (".cgi" => "/opt/eprints3/bin/epcgi")
}
alias.url = (
"/eprints/" => "/opt/eprints3/archives/first/cfg/static/",
"/lib/" => "/opt/eprints3/lib/",
"/archives/" => "/opt/eprints3/archives/first/"
)
Save and exit the file, then restart the Lighttpd server:
sudo service lighttpd restart
EPrints should now be accessible via your web browser by visiting http://localhost/eprints/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed EPrints on Void Linux. EPrints is now ready to be used for creating digital archives.
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