Installing EPrints 3 on Win32: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:27, 12 January 2011

Download an appropriate EPrints Release

This feature requires EPrints version 3.2.1 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.

Requirements

Microsoft Windows XP or later
Apache 2.0 or later
MySQL 5 or later
ModPerl 2.0 or later

Download EPrints Windows Installation Package (MSI)

Download the latest Win32 build from the link at the top of this page - do not install this until ALL supporting software is in place and in the places outlined!

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
After install manually add C:\Apache\bin to the windows path enviroment variable.

MySQL

Download and install MySQL from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/

During the MySQL configuration Wizard:

Change default character set to Best support For Multilingualism

Perl

Download and install ActiveState Perl 5.10 from http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/

You should use the 32 bit version, as there are only 32 bit builds of Apache available.

Perl Modules

Add the uwinnipeg repository to PPM:

Start the "Perl Package Manager" (ActiveState Perl start menu)
Edit → Preferences
Under the Repositories tab add the University of Winnipeg repository from the suggested list.
Click Ok then close PPM

Run a command-prompt. On Vista+ you must run the command-prompt as administrator (right-click command prompt icon and select 'Run as administrator).

Install mod_perl:

> ppm install mod_perl
When asked, set the Apache modules directory to C:/Apache/modules

Install DBD::mysql:

> ppm install DBD-mysql

Install XML::LibXML:

> ppm install XML-LibXML

Install XML::LibXSLT:

> ppm install XML-LibXSLT
When asked, allow fetching of the required libraries.

Install Win32::Daemon:

> ppm install Win32::Daemon

Configuration

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

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

And at the end of the file:

Include C:/eprints/cfg/apache.conf

Getting Started

Before starting Apache configure a new repository, see Getting Started with EPrints 3.

@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 ===Perl Modules===
-Check you can write to the Perl library from the command prompt:
- ppm area list
-you should see something like:
- ┌────────────┬──────┬──────────────────────┐
- │ name       │ pkgs │ lib                  │
- ├────────────┼──────┼──────────────────────┤
- │ (perl_lib) │  n/a │ C:/eprints//perl_lib │
- │ (site)     │    2 │ C:/Perl/site/lib     │
- │ (perl)     │  206 │ C:/Perl/lib          │
- └────────────┴──────┴──────────────────────┘
-If the "site" name is in brackets (as shown) you need to fix the folder permissions on C:/Perl/site so that your user can write to it. (TODO: Windows expert can explain why this breaks?)
 Add the uwinnipeg repository to PPM:
@@ Line 62: / Line 47: @@
 * Click Ok then close PPM
-Install mod_perl from the command prompt:
+Run a command-prompt. On Vista+ you must run the command-prompt as administrator (right-click command prompt icon and select 'Run as administrator).
-* ppm install mod_perl
+Install mod_perl:
+* > ppm install mod_perl
 * When asked, set the Apache modules directory to '''C:/Apache/modules'''
-Install DBD::mysql from the command prompt:
+Install DBD::mysql:
+* > ppm install DBD-mysql
+Install XML::LibXML:
+* > ppm install XML-LibXML
+Install XML::LibXSLT:
-* ppm install DBD-mysql
+* > ppm install XML-LibXSLT
+* When asked, allow fetching of the required libraries.
-Install XML::LibXML from the command prompt:
+Install Win32::Daemon:
-* ppm install XML-LibXML
+* > ppm install Win32::Daemon
 ==Configuration==