DSpace Installation on Ubuntu 12.04

This installation steps will let you have the working DSpace on your system, but it has not discussion about the full details of configuration and customization of DSpace , if you want to have more information, you can go to the DSpace Documentation
Here we will be discussing Simple Installation only:
Prerequisite Packages Installation:

For Java packages installation on Ubuntu 12.04, See installation sun-java6-jdk 

Afterwards make it available system wide:

update-java-alternatives -v -s java-6-sun

The screen output should be something like the following.

resetting java alternatives
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gij-4.4 to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gkeytool-4.4 to provide /usr/bin/keytool (keytool) 
in auto mode.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for mozilla-javaplugin.so.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gorbd-4.4 to provide /usr/bin/orbd (orbd) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/grmid-4.4 to provide /usr/bin/rmid (rmid) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/grmiregistry-4.4 to provide /usr/bin/rmiregistry (rmiregistry) 
in auto mode.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) 
in manual mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/keytool to provide /usr/bin/keytool 
(keytool) in manual mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/orbd to provide /usr/bin/orbd (orbd) 
in manual mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmid to provide /usr/bin/rmid (rmid) 
in manual mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmiregistry to provide /usr/bin/rmiregistry 
(rmiregistry) in manual mode.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for mozilla-javaplugin.so.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so.

Note. Do not worry about error messages as long as the main "java" link is ok.

Check the alternative by typing as follows:

update-java-alternatives -l

You should get the following

java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun

Other Required Packages:

Type follow:

Install Java Ant Compiler & Maven Java Installer

sudo apt-get install ant ant-optional maven2 

Setup Tomcat Java Webapp Server

sudo apt-get install tomcat6

Installing PostgreSQL

Dspace uses the PostgreSQL database server for  catalog database.

sudo apt-get install postgresql libpg-java

Start Configuring....

Edit /etc/default/tomcat6 and add below line at top

TOMCAT6_SECURITY=no

Edit /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/pg_hba.conf

change the METHOD "peer"  to be "trust"

Create PostgreSQL 'dspace' user  & database 

sudo -u postgres psql "-c CREATE USER dspace WITH PASSWORD 'dspace' CREATEDB;"

Create PostgreSQL 'dspace' database

createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace

exit

Configure Tomcat for DSpace Webapp

sudo vi /etc/tomcat6/server.xml

#Insert the following lines just above the closing </Host>:

<!-- Define a new context path for all DSpace web apps -->

<Context path="/xmlui" docBase="/usr/local/dspace/webapps/xmlui" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/sword" docBase="/usr/local/dspace/webapps/sword" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/oai"   docBase="/usr/local/dspace/webapps/oai"   allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/jspui" docBase="/usr/local/dspace/webapps/jspui" allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/lni"   docBase="/usr/local/dspace/webapps/lni"   allowLinking="true"/>

<Context path="/solr"  docBase="/usrl/local/dspace/webapps/solr"  allowLinking="true"/>

Download and Install DSpace

Create a Directory & Download DSpace package

sudo mkdir /usr/local/dspace

cd /usr/local/dspace

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/files/DSpace%20Stable/1.8.2/dspace-1.8.2-src-release.tar.gz/download

Unpack the package

sudo tar -xvzf  dspace-1.8.2-src-release.tar.gz

sudo chown tomcat6.dspace -R /usr/local/dspace

sudo chmod 0775 /usr/local/dspace

Edit the DSpace Configuration

sudo gedit dspace-1.8.2-src-release/dspace/config/dspace.cfgi

Change the value according to your settings:

eg

dspace.dir = /usr/local/dspace

dspace.name = Demo DSpace 

db.driver = org.postgresql.Driver

db.username = dspace

db.password = dspace

Maven Package Installation

cd /usr/local/dspace/dspace-1.8.2-src-release

sudo mvn -U package

[INFO].....................................

[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Comple DSpace Java Webapp

cd /usr/local/dspace/dspace-1.8.2-src-release/dspace/target/dspace-1.8.2-build

sudo ant fresh_install 

[echo]  The DSpace code has been installed, and the database initialized.      [echo]       [echo]  To complete installation, you should do the following:      [echo]       [echo]  * Setup your Web servlet container (e.g. Tomcat) to look for your      [echo]    DSpace web applications in: /usr/local/dspace/webapps/      [echo]       [echo]    OR, copy any web applications from /usr/local/dspace/webapps/ to      [echo]    the appropriate place for your servlet container.      [echo]    (e.g. '$CATALINA_HOME/webapps' for Tomcat)      [echo]       [echo]  * Make an initial administrator account (an e-person) in DSpace:      [echo]       [echo]    /usr/local/dspace/bin/dspace create-administrator      [echo]       [echo]  * Start up your servlet container (Tomcat etc.)      [echo]       [echo]  You should then be able to access your DSpace's 'home page':      [echo]       [echo]    http://localhost:8080/xmlui      [echo]       [echo]  You should also be able to access the administrator UI:      [echo]       [echo]    http://localhost:8080/xmlui/dspace-admin      [echo] ====================================================================      [echo]          BUILD SUCCESSFUL Total time: 1 minute 7 seconds

Create  DSpace Admin User

sudo /usr/local/dspace/bin/create-administrator -e dspace -f DSpace -l User -c en -p dspace

Now Login through Browser:

Admin Page:http://localhost:8080/jspui/dspace-admin {email : dspace & password : dspace}

User page: http://localhost:8080/jspui 

OR

Instead of going for all steps, run this script