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To compile it from scratch, do as follows:
Check the requirements - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/install-requirements.html
and install missing packages, if any. (Normally only 'readline-devel' is missing)
If you are upgrading, you'll definitely need to read http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/install-upgrading.html
Create a user to run the database server as - typically named postgres with home directory /usr/local/pgsql. Add the following to this users .bashrc file if you are going to install in the default location:
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You'll need to set kernel parameters to tune the installation. The following are minimum on Linux. See the documentation (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/kernel-resources.html)
There are several ways of doing this, one option is to add the parameters to /etc/sysctl.conf (a reboot is needed):
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Our DSpace installation is set up to run on Apache and Tomcat with the mod_jk connector.
To do this, read http://wiki.dspace.org/ModJk
We recommend not to compile and install the required stuff from the source. Use the rpm's from SuSE.
The config files are located a bit differently in SLES:
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Also download the PostgreSQL JDBC driver for the version of PostgreSQL you are running and for JDBC2
(http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html)
Copy the driver into the lib directory of the dspace source you just checked out and add it to CVS.
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Dspace should be running happy on (depending on your configuration):
http://servername.domain:8080/dspace
http://servername.domain/dspace
or
You can access the admin GUI by adding /dspace-admin to one of the above URL's
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<h2>Statistics Add-on</h2>
The statistics add-on is developed by the University of Minho in Portugal. It can be downloaded from http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/StatisticsAddOn. The install instructions are included in the tar-ball. Remember to add new files/check changes into CVS.
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<h2>RequestCopy Add-On</h2>
This add-on makes it possible for repository administrators to restrict access to a certain bitstream(an embargoed paper) - but a user that really wants a copy of it can request it from the author via e-mail. It's developed by the University of Minho, and can be downloaded from http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/RequestCopy
The install instructions are included in the tar-ball. Remember to add new files/check changes into CVS
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