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 <Drive:>\opt\pgsql\bin\start.bat 3. Run tomcat <Drive:>\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 <Drive:>\opt\apache-tomcat-5.5.33\bin\shutdown.bat 6. Stop database by running <Drive:>\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 in Firefox 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 in Firefox

 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 and for 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 = aamir.rasul@gmail.com enter your email address) 5) mail.server.password = abc (enter your password address) 6) 7) mail.from.address = aamir.rasul@gmail.com (enter your email address) 8) alert.recipient = aamir.rasul@gmail.com (enter your email address)

9) registration.notify = aamir.rasul@gmail.com (enter your email address) a. Do the above changes in dspace.cfg file and save.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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

 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 click My DSpace

Click here to register New user? Click here to register

Enter your E-mail address and press on register

Registration has completed and sends email to your email account.

Open your E-mail where you receive an email from dspace team. Click on link or copy this link 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

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

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

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

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

 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.

 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

 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

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 click Next

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

 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

 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

 Press Next

Step 7
Following window will show you the overview of your entry. Review and press Next

Step 8 Press I Certified the License

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 and collection

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

In following window you can see your accepted submissions

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 aamir.rasul@gmail.com

Rana Fahad Umair Intern Librarian National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

Lahore Fahad.librarian@gmail.com

Muhammad Ajmal Khan Librarian National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Lahore ajmal.khan@nu.edu.pk

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