[Web4lib] Greenstone For Dummy (Me)

[Andrew Hankinson]

Hi Michael,

It's a bit unclear which platform you're trying to install Greenstone on: Windows 7, Windows XP, or Ubuntu? From what I understand, it should just be a download-and-run deal. Are you following the Greenstone installation guide?

http://www.greenstone.org/manuals/gsdl2/en/html/Chapter_installation_procedure.htm

If so, what steps are you having trouble with?

I realize you're running it through VirtualBox. Is it Windows 7 -> VirtualBox -> Ubuntu Server? Or Windows XP -> VirtualBox -> Ubuntu?

You may also want to post to the code4lib list, to see if anyone there can help too.

IMHO Greenstone 2 is getting a bit long in the tooth. Have you explored other options?

-Andrew

On 2010-11-19, at 8:28 AM, Michael Schofield wrote:

> 
> Brain,
> 
> Whenever I last developed a Greenstone Digital Library, it was in a class 
> where our professor, with magical /root powers, configured our servers for 
> us. I am currently in the planning stages of a project for the local library 
> cooperative, and I'm evidently incapable of giving myself my own refresher. 
> The online GDL user-submitted manuals aren't step-by-step enough, so I was 
> wondering if someone out there in the web could drum-out a basic walkthrough 
> for setting up a GDL Web Library - in, apparently, dummy terms! 
> 
> I was up late last night with crossed eyes. The info just isn't getting to 
> the right part of my brain.
> 
> Here's what I'm trying to do:
> 
> I am using virtualbox to set up a server on a Windows 7 machine. I have 
> never set up a server before - the server has simply already been there when 
> I got to it. Right now, I've installed Ubuntu Server 10 - for which there is 
> a lot of forum-fuming about how difficult it seems to be to configure it for 
> Greenstone. One of my questions is whether it would be easier to run the 
> Apache HTTP Server in Ubuntu 10. Someone told me that I wouldn't be able to 
> work on Windows XP - only NT (which I don't have) - so I am taking his word 
> for it.
> 
> After I get the server configured, I need to get Greenstone installed and 
> ready for remote collection building. Ultimately, the server will be 
> offsite, and I will have a few others in adjacent counties working on the 
> collections. 
> 
> Is someone out there willing to walk this lowly student through the steps? I 
> sort of jumped into a deep end. I will keep my eye on the listserv, but feel 
> free to contact me off-list: mschofield at neflin.org. I will make sure to make 
> myself available in the future to return the favor.
> 
> Michael Schofield | mschofield at neflin.org
> @ BCPL [Office]: (904) 368-3917
> 
> P.S. //
> 
> I thought about using Greenstone3, but a) it takes a lot to make compatible 
> with Windows 7 [although I could just boot it with XP / Ubuntu], but since a 
> Greenstone 2 collection can be carried over to Greenstone3, I figured I 
> would wait for a stable build.
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