Step 2: Installation of Java (contd.) Define java home PATH by the commands: #JAVA_HOME=/dspace/jdk1.5.0_02 #export JAVA_HOME To set the environment variable JAVA_HOME permanently (get set at the time of system boot) do the following #vi /etc/profile (open /etc/profile file) Add the two lines bellow at the end of the file. Step 2: Installation of Java Install Java 1.4 or later You need to login as Linux root user to install Use the command bellow to install #cd /dspace #tar –zxvf jdk1.5.0_02.tar.gz #rm /usr/bin/java #cd /usr/bin #ln -s /dspace/jdk1.5.0_02/bin/java java Step1: Linux Installation Strongly advise to Load Linux fully unless you are a Linux Guru Make sure the following are installed Mail server Copy all the files provided on CD-ROM tar.gz files in /dspace directory Or Download the following (or latest) files from Internet jdk1.5.0_02.tar.gz (java compiler) apache-ant-1.7. (ant) postgresql-8.2.7.tar.gz (RDBMS) apache-tomcat-5.5.25.tar.gz (servlet container) (jdbc driver for postgres) dspace-source-1.4.2.tar.gz (dspace software)

Role of RDBMS Database backend (postgres/oracle) of DSpace, stores information on: Communities Collection Members - passwords E-groups etc. Unix: Solaris (Sun system) ‏, HP-UX (Hewlett Packard) ‏, AIX (IBM), Mac OS X Mail server (Sendmail/postfix) RDBMS (postgres/oracle) DSpace Java compiler (jdk) Java Servlet Container Ant Java build tool, similar to make in the world of ‘C’ Complies java programs of dspace source code, generates war files Required Software Operating System: Linux: Redhat/Fedora, Suse,Mandrake, Debian etc.

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