DSpace Help File for Linux and Window

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DSpace Help File for Linux and Window

Start DSpace in Window

1. Extract/unzip dspace-1.7.1.zip on root drive to C:\ or D:\ or to any other drive it will create opt

folder

START DSpace

2. Run database \opt\pgsql\bin\start.bat

3. Run tomcat \opt\apache-tomcat-5.5.33\bin\startup.bat

4. Open http://localhost:8080 in a web browser

Shutdown DSpace

5. Stop tomcat by running \opt\apache-tomcat-5.5.33\bin\shutdown.bat

6. Stop database by running \opt\pgsql\bin\stop.bat

Start DSpace in Linux

Open New Terminal

Enter Command: ./dspace-start.sh

It will ask for password: enter password paklagkoha3

Open http:\\localhost:9080 inFirefox

Shutdown DSpace in Linux

./dspace-stop.sh

Exit

Update Index in Linux DSpace using Crontab

Open New Terminal

Enter commend : su and press enter

Enter password: enter password paklagkoha3

Enter: cat dspace-crontab.txt and press enter

Enter command: /opt/dspace/bin/dspace filter-media

Open http:\\localhost:9080 inFirefox


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DSpace will open

How to Make Editable file in Linux

Open New Terminal in Linux

Login: su

It will ask password:paklagkoha3

[root@localhost mysql]# cd \opt\dspace\config

[root@localhost config]# chmod 777 dspace.cfg

Now you can edit the file dspace.cfg

Changes required in DSpace.cfg (Linux/Window)

Open dspace.cfg file in notepad: E:\opt\dspace\config\dspace.cfg

Make following changes in dspace.cfg:

1) dspace.baseUrl = http://localhost:8080 (for Window 8080 port andfor Linux 9080 port)

2) mail.server=smtp.gmail.com (enter smtp server like: smtp.gmail.com or smtp.yahoo.com)

3) mail.server.port = 587 (port should be 587)

4) mail.server.username = [email protected] enter your emailaddress)

5) mail.server.password = abc (enter your password address)

6)

7) mail.from.address = [email protected] (enter your emailaddress)

8) alert.recipient = [email protected] (enter your emailaddress)
http://localhost:8080/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://localhost:8080/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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9) registration.notify = [email protected] (enter your emailaddress)

a. Do the above changes in dspace.cfg file and save.

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Create New Administrator Account for Window DSpace

Open command prompt

Go to you drive: e: or d or any other drive

Enter cd opt/dspace/bin

Then enter

DSpace create-administrator

If will prompt creating and initial administrator account

E-mail address: enter your email address

First Name: Enter your first name

Last Name: Enter your Last name

Password: enter your password

Again to confirm: again enter your password
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Is the above data correct? (y or n): enter y

It will create your account as administrator

Open "My DSpace" and enter Username: your email addresses and password: "your password" and

press "Log In"

Please enter your email address and password and press Log In

Following window show the administrator page where administrator user can create communities, can

create list of E-people, and Group of E-people.


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New User Account

To create new DSpace account open DSpace window and then clickMy DSpace


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Click here to registerNew user? Click here to register

Enter your E-mail address and press on register

Registration has completed and sends email to your email account.


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Open your E-mail where you receive an email from dspace team. Click on link or copy thislink and paste on browser to create your user account.

Enter your first & last name and set your password then press complete registration

You can see that your registration has been completed


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Create New Community in DSpace

Click on my DSpace

Enter your E-mail and passward to login as administrator

Click on Create Top-Level Community


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Enter Community Name (Other fields are optional) and then press Create. It will createnew community in your dspace.

After creating a top level community open that community and then press Create

Collection


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Fill up the following information and then press Create to create collection in top level

community.

Under the Top level community you can see new collection heading


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In DSpace you can create Sub-Community under main Community Heading

To create sub-community first select main community were you want to create a

sub-community and press create sub-community

It will open a new window where you will enter new sub-community name and

press create .

You can see new sub-community under main community heading.

Create new collection Create Collection in a community and set administrator rights

to different users.


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After clicking on Create Collection following window will open and you will set

right for that specific community collection.

If you to make this collection publicly then check the first check box

If you dont want to make an open collection then you can give the rights to

specific users and can make it password protect collection and press Next

Select E-peoples those can submit collection in the community

Select Group those can submit collection and press Next


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Select E-peoples those can Accept/Reject the collection

Select the Group those can Accept/Reject the collection and press Next

After sating the rights you will see following window where you will click on UPDATE


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Create a New Collection in DSpace

Open My DSpace and click on Start New Submission

Choose the collection where you want to make the record and clickNext


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Second option: Open community where you want to create new record

You will see the link submit to this collection press enter

Step 1 creating new record in a collection


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Here you can select that item has more than one title or item has more than one file for full

text and press Next

Step 2

Enter the required fields like Author, Title, Date, Publisher, ISBN, Type, and language and

press Next

Step 3


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Please enter subject keywords, abstract, sponsors, Item Description and press Next

Step 4

Browse full text file from your hard disk and give the description then press Next

Step 6

You can upload more than one file for one record. You can change file format, description

and also can remove


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Press Next

Step 7

Following window will show you the overview of your entry. Review and press Next


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Following window will show that your record is submitted and all step complete

You can make another entry in the same collection to press on Submit another item to the

same collection. From here you can go to My DSpace or any other community andcollection

Open My DSpace here you can start new record submission and also can see youraccepted submissions

In following window you can see your accepted submissions


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DSpace Errors

1. Index Crontab in DSpace

In Window Index crontab is not working

2. View Statistics

Currently community statistics are not working and required to configure.

Prepared By

Aamir Rasul

Librarian

Bahria University

Islamabad

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Rana Fahad Umair

Intern Librarian

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
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Lahore

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Muhammad Ajmal Khan

Librarian

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Lahore

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