This is a collection of cookbook-style examples showing how to
add certain types of modifications to a DSpace installation.
It is based on experience with the DSpace 1.5.0 binary release, the first
to use the new module layout and build system.
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You must be familiar with installing
and configuring DSpace 1.5.
It may help to review Building + DSpace + From + Source.
See also the presentation
Customizing DSpace 1.5 with Basic Overlays
from Open Repositories O8, by
Tim Donohue and
Graham Triggs.
It provides an excellent overview of the build process and how
overlays work. It was the inspiration for this page.
This page concentrates on examples not covered in that presentation,
such as the common case of just adding some plugin implementations.
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