Frequently Asked Questions: Revision history

25 February 2025

• curprev 10:0410:04, 25 February 2025 Th.lauke@arcor.de talk contribs m 7,454 bytes +95 typos removed

21 January 2022

• curprev 12:3612:36, 21 January 2022 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs 7,359 bytes −24 No longer obsolete but certainly out of date
• curprev 12:3512:35, 21 January 2022 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs 7,383 bytes +83 Remove Metadata FAQ as only one question on that page, so moved here.

25 May 2021

• curprev 09:2409:24, 25 May 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs m 7,300 bytes 0 →What computer do we need?
• curprev 09:2109:21, 25 May 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs m 7,300 bytes +2 →Example usage requirements

21 May 2021

• curprev 11:1911:19, 21 May 2021 Libjlrs talk contribs m 7,298 bytes +172 Source formatting

29 April 2021

• curprev 15:4715:47, 29 April 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs 7,126 bytes +48 →How do I get the body HTML of a page without the template around it?
• curprev 15:3615:36, 29 April 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs 7,078 bytes +1,205 Added a bit more details of space required plus example usage.
• curprev 14:3614:36, 29 April 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs 5,873 bytes +101 →What computer do we need?
• curprev 08:5908:59, 29 April 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs m 5,772 bytes +25 →What operating systems can we use?
• curprev 08:5708:57, 29 April 2021 Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk talk contribs 5,747 bytes +637 Added suggestions of using VirtualBox or Docker rather than directly install onto Windows.

12 September 2018

• curprev 00:4700:47, 12 September 2018 Kgoetz talk contribs m 5,110 bytes +50 add out of date and obsolete

27 February 2012

• curprev 16:3416:34, 27 February 2012 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,060 bytes +7 →I've edited the template (or other config file) but nothing seems to have changed - why?
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9 December 2011

• curprev 16:1016:10, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 4,963 bytes +30 →How do I get a value for a field of an eprint (without using any SQL)?
• curprev 16:0816:08, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 4,933 bytes −50 →How do I get a value for a field of an eprint (without using any SQL)?
• curprev 16:0716:07, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 4,983 bytes −184 →What platforms will GNU EPrints run on?
• curprev 16:0716:07, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,167 bytes −30 No edit summary
• curprev 15:5015:50, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,197 bytes −234 →Using mod_perl2, pages with redirects (e.g. /perl/search) are blank. How do I fix this?
• curprev 15:4915:49, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,431 bytes −1 →How do I get a value for a field of an eprint (without using any SQL)?
• curprev 15:4815:48, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,432 bytes +31 No edit summary
• curprev 15:4815:48, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,401 bytes +12 →How can I get a utf8 string of the name of a subject, given its subjectid?
• curprev 15:4715:47, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,389 bytes −562 →I don't want to give configure_archive my mysql root password. What is the alternative?
• curprev 15:4415:44, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 5,951 bytes −341 →title and fulltext search returns no results, but date search does (EPrints 2.3)
• curprev 15:4315:43, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 6,292 bytes −459 →Errors with import_subjects when installing Eprints 2.3.3 with MySQL 4
• curprev 15:4215:42, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 6,751 bytes +160 →I've edited the template (or other config file) but nothing seems to have changed - why?
• curprev 15:3915:39, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 6,591 bytes −280 →Is it possible when depositing a document, to just point to an "alternative location" rather than have the full text copied and held in the eprint archive?
• curprev 15:3715:37, 9 December 2011 Tdb01r talk contribs 6,871 bytes −91 →What operating systems can we use?

8 February 2010

• curprev 14:1114:11, 8 February 2010 Pm705 talk contribs 6,962 bytes +41 No edit summary

13 February 2007

• curprev 23:4323:43, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,921 bytes −25 even more style...
• curprev 23:3323:33, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,946 bytes +105 →When running a script I get the error; "Insecure dependency in mkdir while running with -T switch": style
• curprev 23:2823:28, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,841 bytes +3 →I\'ve edited the template (or other config file) but nothing seems to have changed - why?: style
• curprev 23:2723:27, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,838 bytes +4 →How do I get statistics on number of deposits per month?: style
• curprev 23:2523:25, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,834 bytes −18 →I need to run apache as a user other than "eprints", what do I do to make EPrints work in this situation?: style
• curprev 23:2523:25, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,852 bytes −1 →Is it possible when depositing a document, to just point to an "alternative location" rather than have the full text copied and held in the eprint archive?
• curprev 23:2523:25, 13 February 2007 Sp talk contribs m 6,853 bytes −2 →Is it possible when depositing a document, to just point to an "alternative location" rather than have the full text copied and held in the eprint archive?

17 August 2006

• curprev 18:4118:41, 17 August 2006 Ckeene talk contribs m 6,609 bytes +30 →Is it possible when depositing a document, to just point to an "alternative location" rather than have the full text copied and held in the eprint archive?
• curprev 18:4018:40, 17 August 2006 Ckeene talk contribs 6,579 bytes 0 →How much diskspace will we need?
• curprev 18:3918:39, 17 August 2006 Ckeene talk contribs m 6,579 bytes +8 →How much diskspace will we need?: made a heading an actual heading

15 August 2006

• curprev 11:2111:21, 15 August 2006 WikiSysop talk contribs 6,571 bytes +6 No edit summary

21 July 2006

• curprev 19:5719:57, 21 July 2006 Ckeene talk contribs 6,565 bytes +56 →Installation Related Questions: made questions a level 2 heading

12 July 2006

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30 June 2006

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27 June 2006

• curprev 04:2404:24, 27 June 2006 68.190.48.20 talk 6,508 bytes +72 →What operating systems can we use?

1 May 2006

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2 March 2006

• curprev 15:0415:04, 2 March 2006 WikiSysop talk contribs 6,405 bytes +10 →Installation Relates
• curprev 15:0115:01, 2 March 2006 WikiSysop talk contribs 6,395 bytes +674 No edit summary
• curprev 14:5514:55, 2 March 2006 WikiSysop talk contribs 5,721 bytes +2,308 No edit summary
• curprev 14:4914:49, 2 March 2006 WikiSysop talk contribs 3,413 bytes +2,151 No edit summary