How to Install DSpace 5.0 on Ubuntu 14.10

Installing DSpace 5.0 on UBUNTU 14.10

Open Terminal and execute following commands. Text in italics are commands to be executed.

sudo apt-get apdate

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

sudo apt-get install tomcat8

sudo apt-get install ant maven

Database [PostgreSQL 9.3] Installation

wget http://get.enterprisedb.com/postgresql/postgresql-9.3.5-3-linux-x64.run

cd /home/user

chmod +x /postgresql-9.3.5-3-linux-x64.run

execite

./postgresql-9.3.5-3-linux-x64.run



Go to program list and find [pgpadminIII]. the dilog box will appear on screen.

Create login role as a {dspace} password a {dspace}, create database {dspace}

Restart postgres service

/etc/init.d/postgresql-9.3 restart

Dspace Installation

sudo mkdir /dspace

sudo chown dspace /dspace

Downlaod DSpace 5.0 release


sudo mkdir /build
sudo chmod -R 777 /build
cd /build

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/files/DSpace%20Stable/5.0/dspace-5.0-src-release.tar.gz

Extract Dspace 5.0 package

tar -zxf dspace-4.1-src-release.tar.gz
cd /build/dspace-4.1-src-release
mvn -U package

cd /build/dspace-5.0-src-release/dspace/target/dspace-installer

sudo ant fresh_install   

Fix Tomcat permissions, and restart the Tomcat server

sudo chown tomcat8:tomcat8 /dspace -R

Configure Tomcat

sudo gedit /etc/tomcat8/server.xml

(past this below text befor </host> section)

<!-- Define a new context path for all DSpace web apps -->

<Context path="/xmlui" docBase="/dspace/webapps/xmlui" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/sword" docBase="/dspace/webapps/sword" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/oai" docBase="/dspace/webapps/oai" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/jspui" docBase="/dspace/webapps/jspui" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/lni" docBase="/dspace/webapps/lni" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/solr" docBase="/dspace/webapps/solr" allowLinking="true"/>

(Save the file and close)

Restart Tomcat

sudo service tomcat8 restart

Install Dspace

cd /build/dspace-5.0-src-release/dspace/target/dspace-installer

sudo ant fresh_install

Make an initial administrator account (an e-person) in DSpace:

sudo /dspace/bin/dspace create-administrator

It will ask to enter email address for user login. Enter an email address (e.g. dspace@domain).

Enter First name and surename (e.g. dspace)
Enter a password.***

Now open Dspace in your browser

You can load either one Dspace interface in a browser.

http://localhost:8080/xmlui
http://localhost:8080/jspui