Deprecated. This material represents early efforts and may be of interest to historians. It doe not describe current VIVO efforts.
Deprecated. This material represents early efforts and may be of interest to historians. It doe not describe current VIVO efforts.
This document is a summary of the VIVO installation process. For information about this release, consult the VIVO 1.6 Release Announcement. Links to this and other documentation can be found on the support page at VIVOweb.org.
These instructions assume that you are performing a clean install, including emptying an existing database, emptying the VIVO home directory, and removing a previous installation from the Tomcat webapps directory. VIVO may not work as expected if you install over an an earlier version. If you are upgrading an existing service, please consult the Upgrade Instructions for VIVO release 1.6.
The first section describes a standard, simple installation for those who want to get VIVO up and running. The second section describes several installation options; some options are intended for a full-scale production installation of VIVO, and some are intended for a person who is developing VIVO on their own machine.
This section describes the process of getting VIVO up and running on your computer, for testing or experimentation, or just to gain familiarity with the process.
If you want to install VIVO on a production server, or if you want to develop VIVO code, you should also read the section on installation options.