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| 2 | Greenstone installation instructions
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| 3 |
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| 4 | Greenstone software:
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| 5 |
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| 6 | * Unix
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| 7 | + Source distribution
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| 8 | + Building collections
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| 9 | * Windows
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| 10 | + Source distribution
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| 11 | + Binary distributions
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| 12 | + Building collections
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| 13 |
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| 14 | Greenstone Collections
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| 15 |
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| 16 | Other software:
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| 17 | * Perl for Windows
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| 18 | * Apache web server
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| 19 |
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| 20 | For more information about how to use the software, consult The
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| 21 | Greenstone Digital Library Software manual.
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| 22 |
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| 23 | Unix source distribution
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| 24 |
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| 25 | * Download the latest version of the source distribution
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| 26 | * Extract the gzipped tar archive (tar xvzf gsdl-xx.x.tgz); this
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| 27 | will create a directory gsdl into which all software is installed
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| 28 | * In the gsdl directory, type ./configure
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| 29 | * When the configure script has finished running, type make
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| 30 | * Type make install, which copies the compiled library file into the
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| 31 | gsdl/cgi-bin directory, and also installs several executables that
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| 32 | are used to build collections into gsdl/bin/$GSDLOS
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| 33 | * Move both library and the gsdlsite.cfg configuration file to your
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| 34 | system's cgi-bin directory, so that the library runs as a cgi
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| 35 | script
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| 36 | * Edit the gsdlsite.cfg configuration file to suit your site. Set
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| 37 | the gsdlhome field to point to your gsdl directory. Other fields
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| 38 | that may need changing are httpprefix (the web path to the gsdl
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| 39 | directory) and httpimg (the path to gsdl/images)
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| 40 | * Build the Demo Collection that comes with the distribution
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| 41 | * Access the Greenstone Digital Library home page at
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| 42 | http://localhost/cgi-bin/library (replace "localhost" by the
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| 43 | server's URL if your Internet browser is not running on the server
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| 44 | computer)
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| 45 | * If the Demo Collection does not appear on the home page, run
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| 46 | library from the Unix command line to generate debugging
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| 47 | information to help you locate the problem
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| 48 | * Access the administration page at
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| 49 | http://localhost/cgi-bin/library?a=status
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| 50 |
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| 51 | Windows source distribution
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| 52 |
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| 53 | * Download the latest version of the source distribution--the same
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| 54 | source code as for Unix (though for Windows you may want to select
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| 55 | a zipped version)
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| 56 | * Extract the distribution using WinZip or a similar utility
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| 57 | * The default is to extract Greenstone directly into C:\ (i.e. a
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| 58 | directory C:\gsdl will be created into which all software is
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| 59 | installed)
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| 60 | * In the resulting gsdl directory type nmake win32.mak
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| 61 | * Type nmake /f win32.mak install, which copies the Web Library
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| 62 | version of library.exe into the gsdl\cgi-bin directory and the
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| 63 | Local Library version into the gsdl directory; it also installs
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| 64 | several executables that are used to build collections into
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| 65 | gsdl\bin\windows
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| 66 |
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| 67 | Windows binary distributions
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| 68 |
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| 69 | Three separate binary distributions are available for Windows: the
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| 70 | Local Library, the Web Library, and the Collection Builder. First
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| 71 | decide which distribution you want; then:
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| 72 |
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| 73 | * Download the latest version of the desired binary distribution
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| 74 | * Extract the distribution using WinZip or a similar utility
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| 75 | * The default is to extract Greenstone directly into C:\ (i.e. a
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| 76 | directory C:\gsdl will be created into which all software is
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| 77 | installed). If installing the Collection Builder as well as one of
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| 78 | the Libraries, be sure to extract both distributions to the same
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| 79 | directory
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| 80 | * If Greenstone is not installed to C:\gsdl, edit the gsdlsite.cfg
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| 81 | configuration file (in the cgi-bin directory) by setting the
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| 82 | gsdlhome field to point to your gsdl directory
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| 83 | * Follow the instructions below for the version you have downloaded:
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| 84 | Local Library
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| 85 | + Run the library.exe executable. This will automatically start
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| 86 | your Internet browser and load the Greenstone Digital Library
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| 87 | home page. The Demo collection should be accessible from this
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| 88 | page.
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| 89 | + Access the administration page at
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| 90 | http://localhost/cgi-bin/library?a=status
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| 91 | Web Library
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| 92 | + If you do not already have a webserver, install Apache as
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| 93 | described below
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| 94 | + If using an existing webserver, check the gsdlsite.cfg
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| 95 | configuration file to ensure that httpprefix contains the web
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| 96 | path to the gsdl directory and httpimg contains the path to
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| 97 | gsdl\images
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| 98 | + The Greenstone Digital Library home page will appear as
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| 99 | http://localhost/cgi-bin/library (replace "localhost" by the
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| 100 | server's URL if your Internet browser is not running on the
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| 101 | server computer)
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| 102 | + If the Demo Collection does not appear on the home page, run
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| 103 | library.exe from the DOS prompt to generate debugging
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| 104 | information to help you locate the problem
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| 105 | + Access the administration page at
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| 106 | http://localhost/cgi-bin/library?a=status
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| 107 | Collection Builder
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| 108 | + If you do not already have Perl, you will need to install it
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| 109 | (see below)
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| 110 | + Download a test collection (e.g. the Demo Collection) and
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| 111 | build it
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| 112 | + Reload the Greenstone home page at
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| 113 | http://localhost/cgi-bin/library
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| 114 | + If the Demo Collection does not appear on the home page, run
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| 115 | library.exe from the DOS prompt to generate debugging
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| 116 | information to help you locate the problem
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| 117 |
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| 118 | Greenstone Collections
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| 119 |
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| 120 | * Install Greenstone as described above
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| 121 | * Download the required collection. Collection distributions with
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| 122 | filenames like ***_prebuilt.zip are pre-built collections. All
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| 123 | others will require building.
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| 124 | * Extract the .zip or .tgz file to your gsdl/collect directory
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| 125 | * Build the collection if it was not pre-built
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| 126 |
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| 127 | Once a new collection has been built, Greenstone will automatically
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| 128 | notice it and include it on the home page (when you click Reload).
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| 129 |
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| 130 | Building Greenstone Collections on Unix
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| 131 | * Source setup.bash or setup.csh from within the gsdl directory to
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| 132 | set up environment variables and path (e.g. source setup.bash)
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| 133 | * Note that pwd is used to set $GSDLHOME. If you need to be able to
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| 134 | source setup.bash or setup.csh from a directory other than gsdl
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| 135 | (e.g. from your .profile or .bashrc) you will need to edit the
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| 136 | script.
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| 137 | * Run build.sh colname, where colname is the directory name of your
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| 138 | collection (e.g. demo).
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| 139 |
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| 140 | Building Greenstone Collections on Windows
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| 141 | * Make sure the setup.bat batch file is correct (i.e. that it sets
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| 142 | the GSDLHOME environment variable to the correct path of your gsdl
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| 143 | directory)
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| 144 | * run setup.bat
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| 145 | * Run build colname, where colname is the directory name of your
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| 146 | collection (e.g. demo).
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| 147 |
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| 148 | To find out more about building collections, consult The Greenstone
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| 149 | Digital Library Software manual.
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| 150 |
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| 151 | Perl for Windows
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| 152 |
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| 153 | * Download Perl (pre-5.6 version)
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| 154 | * Doubleclick the self-extracting executable and follow instructions
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| 155 |
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| 156 | The Apache Webserver
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| 157 |
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| 158 | * Download the latest version of the Apache distribution
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| 159 | * Doubleclick the self-extracting executable and follow instructions
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| 160 | * Configure Apache for use with Greenstone by adding the following
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| 161 | to your Apache server's httpd.conf configuration file (which
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| 162 | resides in the Apache conf directory)
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| 163 | * Existing server configurations may need to be configured
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| 164 | differently--see your system administrator if necessary
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| 165 | _____________________________________________________________
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| 166 |
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| 167 | # Some NT installations complain about an inability to work
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| 168 | ServerName
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| 169 | # out for themselves -- on most systems you can leave it commented
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| 170 | out.
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| 171 | # "localhost" should be replaced by www.yourserver.com if you plan
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| 172 | # to serve Greenstone to anyone other than the local machine.
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| 173 | # ServerName localhost
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| 174 | # Make cgi-bin point to your Greenstone cgi-bin directory.
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| 175 | # Note the forward
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| 176 | # slashes (/) instead of standard Windows
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| 177 | # backslashes (\) -- a hangover from Apache's Unix roots.
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| 178 | ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "c:/gsdl/cgi-bin/"
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| 179 | <Directory "c:/gsdl/cgi-bin">
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| 180 | AllowOverride None
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| 181 | Options None
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| 182 | </Directory>
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| 183 | # DocumentRoot points to your Greenstone root directory.
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| 184 | # Make sure that httpd.conf doesn't contain any other DocumentRoot
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| 185 | # directives -- if they come after this they'll override it
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| 186 | DocumentRoot "c:/gsdl"
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| 187 | <Directory "c:/gsdl">
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| 188 | Allow from All
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| 189 | </Directory>
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| 190 | # Redirect http://localhost to http://localhost/cgi-bin/library
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| 191 | # "localhost" should be replaced by www.yourserver.com if you plan
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| 192 | # to serve Greenstone to anyone other than the local machine.
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| 193 | Redirect /index.html http://localhost/cgi-bin/library
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| 194 | _____________________________________________________________
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