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Installing EPrints 3 via apt (Debian/Ubuntu)

From Eprints Documentation
David Tarrant has built a Debian/Ubuntu package for Eprints.

Contents
1 APT Mirrors 1.1 EPrints Latest 1.1.1 Stable Builds 1.1.2 Testing Builds 1.1.3 Nightly Build 1.2 EPrints 3.X (Specic Version Locking) 1.2.1 Stable Release 1.2.2 Unstable Release 1.2.3 Nightly Build 2 Installing Eprints via apt-get 3 Setting up a Repository 4 Getting and Compiling from Source (not required)

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APT Mirrors
Add one of the following mirrors (2 lines) to your /etc/apt/sources.list le as the root user. Please ensure that there is only one set in the le or you may not experience the correct behaviour.

EPrints Latest
To install the testing build add *one* the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:

Stable Builds
deb http://deb.eprints.org/ stable/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/ source/

Testing Builds
deb http://deb.eprints.org/ unstable/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/ source/

Nightly Build
Rather than the above add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list (note that this code is in developement and will not neccessarily compile):
deb http://deb.eprints.org/ nightly/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/ source/

EPrints 3.X (Specic Version Locking)

Stable Release
Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://deb.eprints.org/3.X/ stable/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/3.X/ source/

Unstable Release
To install the latest unstable release add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:
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deb http://deb.eprints.org/3.X/ unstable/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/3.X/ source/

Nightly Build
To install the nightly build add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://deb.eprints.org/3.X/ nightly/ deb-src http://deb.eprints.org/3.X/ source/

Installing Eprints via apt-get

To install Eprints and all its dependencies execute the following (as root):
apt-get update apt-get install eprints

Setting up a Repository
You should now have a working installation of eprints in /usr/share/eprints3/. Please follow the on-screen instructions to set up an eprints repository. You probably want to start with (as root): For more information about setting up an EPrints repository take a look at Getting Started with EPrints 3 Read First: Known issues with the Debian/Ubuntu package can be found at Debian Known Issues.
su eprints cd ./bin/epadmin create logout a2ensite eprints3 apache2ctl restart

If you have any problems getting set up you can get free help and support from the EP-Tech mailing list. For free support and discussion about EPrints you can sign up to the EP-Tech here: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo /eprints-tech.

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Getting and Compiling from Source (not required)

To install dependencies and retrieve the Eprints source execute the following:
apt-get update apt-get build-dep eprints apt-get source eprints

The source will be saved to a tarball in the current directory. Retrieved from "http://wiki.eprints.org/w/Installing_EPrints_3_via_apt_(Debian /Ubuntu)" Categories: Debian and Ubuntu | Installation This page was last modied on 5 December 2011, at 15:30. Content is available under GNU Free Documentation License 1.2. Copyright 2011 University of Southampton, UK

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