Installing EPrints 3 on Win32: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:13, 2 March 2010

This feature requires EPrints version 3.2 or later

This page contains notes concerning installing version 3.2 on Win32-based platforms. There is still work to go on supporting EPrints on Win32.

Download and install Apache 2.2 + OpenSSL (if needed) from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22.

Install mod_perl from the command prompt:

Install DBD::mysql from the command prompt:

Edit the Apache configuration file C:\Apache\conf\httpd.conf and add below the last LoadModule line:

LoadFile C:/strawberry/perl/bin/perl510.dll
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so

And at the end of the file:

Include C:/eprints/cfg/apache.conf

Support for Win32 in EPrints 3.2 is work-in-progress.

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 ==Supporting Software==
+===Apache===
 Download and install Apache 2.2 + OpenSSL (if needed) from http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22.
 * Change the installation directory to '''C:\Apache'''
+===MySQL===
 Download and install MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
-* Change default character set to "Best support For Multilingualism"
+* Change default character set to '''Best support For Multilingualism'''
+===Perl===
 Download and install ActiveState Perl from http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/
+===ModPerl===
 Install mod_perl from the command prompt:
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 * ppm install http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/10xx/mod_perl.ppd
 * When asked, set the Apache modules directory to '''C:/Apache/modules'''
+===Other Modules===
 Install DBD::mysql from the command prompt: