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2 | The Greenstone software
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4 | Here we explain the software packages and information collections
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5 | in the Greenstone Digital Library software that you can download
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6 | and run on your own computer. Installation instructions for each
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7 | version of the software are given separately.
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8 | Greenstone is open-source software, distributed under the terms of
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9 | the GNU General Public License.
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10 | For more information about how to use the software, read The
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11 | Greenstone Digital Library Software manual (PDF format, 570 Kb).
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12 | This document also describes how to obtain associated software,
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13 | that is also freely available--ActiveState Perl and the Apache
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14 | Webserver.
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15 |
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16 | Greenstone Distributions
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17 |
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18 | Versions of Greenstone are available for
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19 |
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20 | * Unix
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21 | + Source distribution
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22 | * Windows
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23 | + Source distribution
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24 | + Binary distributions
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25 | o Local Library
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26 | o Web Library
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27 | o Collection Builder
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28 |
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29 | and you can also download some
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30 |
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31 | * Greenstone Collections
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32 |
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33 | All distributions are downloaded using the ftp protocol. The
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34 | directories contain old versions too, but we recommend that you always
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35 | download the latest release.
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36 |
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37 | Unix source distribution
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38 |
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39 | Greenstone has been developed and thoroughly tested on Linux systems.
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40 | It has also been compiled and had some testing on SunOS 5.6.
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41 | Please tell us if you port it to other flavors of Unix. Currently,
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42 | only a source distribution is available for Unix (let us know if
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43 | you need Unix binaries).
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44 |
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45 | In order to compile the Greenstone source on Unix, you will need
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46 | * GCC, the Gnu C++ compiler. Greenstone makes extensive use of the
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47 | C++ standard template library (we've found it to be broken on some
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48 | older versions of GCC; please tell us if you have STL problems)
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49 | * GDBM, the Gnu database manager (www.gnu.org)
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50 |
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51 | In order to run the Greenstone software, you will also need
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52 | * Perl (version 5 or higher) (www.gnu.org)
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53 | * Webserver software, e.g. Apache (www.apache.org)
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55 | Most Unix installations will already have all that is required.
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56 |
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57 | Windows source distribution
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58 |
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59 | The source code is the same for Windows as for Unix, but the
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60 | installation instructions are different. Greenstone has currently
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61 | only been compiled on Windows using Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 (we
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62 | use this version to retain compatibility with Windows 3.x). Minor
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63 | problems may occur with compilers other than VC++ 4.2--these will
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64 | be sorted out very soon for VC++ 6.0 and various Windows ports of
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65 | GNU GCC.
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66 |
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67 | In order to compile the Greenstone source on Windows, you will need
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68 | * Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2
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69 | * STL, the C++ standard template library (newer versions of VC++ and
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70 | GCC come with STL included) (www.sgi.com/Technology/STL)
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71 |
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72 | The GDBM source is included in the Greenstone source distribution.
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73 |
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74 | In order to run the Greenstone software, you will also need
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75 | * Perl (we recommend ActivePerl, see below)
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76 | * Webserver software (we recommend Apache, see below)
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77 |
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78 | Windows binary distributions
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79 |
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80 | There are three separate binary distributions for Windows: the
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81 | Local Library, the Web Library, and the Collection Builder.
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82 | Local Library. This enables any Windows computer to serve
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83 | pre-built Greenstone collections. The package includes the Demo
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84 | Collection; other collections can be downloaded in pre-built form.
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85 | The software is the same as that used on Greenstone CD-ROMs.
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86 | The Local Library is intended for use on standalone computers or
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87 | computers that do not already have webserver software. It contains
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88 | a built-in webserver, with limited web-serving configurability, so
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89 | that other computers on the same network can also access the
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90 | library.
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91 |
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92 | In order to construct new Greenstone collections, you will also need
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93 | * Collection Builder
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94 |
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95 | Web Library. This enables any computer with an existing webserver
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96 | (e.g. Apache) to serve pre-built Greenstone collections. The package
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97 | includes the Demo Collection; other collections can be downloaded in
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98 | pre-built form.
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99 |
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100 | The Web Library differs from the Local Library because the Local
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101 | Library is intended for computers that do not already have webserver
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102 | software.
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103 |
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104 | In order to run the Web Library, you will also need
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105 | * Webserver software (we recommend Apache, see below)
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106 |
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107 | In order to construct new Greenstone collections, you will also need
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108 | * Collection Builder
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109 |
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110 | Collection Builder. This allows you to build collections containing
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111 | material of your choice. Once built, collections can be served by
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112 | either the Local Library or the Web Library package. Several NZDL
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113 | collections can be downloaded in unbuilt form (see below) and built
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114 | using the Collection Builder.
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116 | This package does not include any collections. You need to download a
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117 | collection (e.g. the Demo Collection) in order to try it out.
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118 |
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119 | In order to run the Collection Builder, you will also need
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120 | * Perl (we recommend ActivePerl, see below)
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121 |
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122 | In order to serve any collections you build, you will also need
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123 | * Local Library or Web Library package
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124 |
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125 | Associated Software
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126 |
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127 | Perl. We recommend ActivePerl from www.activestate.com
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128 | It seems that newer versions (Perl 5.6) do not work with the
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129 | Greenstone building programs: accordingly, you should download a
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130 | pre-5.6 version. (Whether this is a bug in our code, in
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131 | ActiveState's port of Perl 5.6, or in Perl 5.6 itself, is
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132 | difficult to say.) Please tell us any information on which Perl
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133 | ports work and which don't.
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134 |
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135 | Apache Webserver. Apache is free, and easy to install.
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136 |
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137 | Greenstone Collections
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138 |
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139 | Several of the collections on the NZDL website are available for
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140 | download, either in pre-built or unbuilt form.
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142 | Note: on Windows, you need the Collection Builder package to make use
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143 | of unbuilt collections.
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144 |
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145 | The following collections are currently available
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147 | Arabic Demonstration Collection arabic 4.2 Mb
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148 | Bibliotheque pour le developpement ... tulane 340 Mb
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149 | Chinese Demonstration Collection chinese 0.47 Mb
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150 | Collection on Critical Global Issues unu 71 Mb
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151 | Collection on Critical Global Issues 2 ccgi 102 Mb
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152 | Computer Science Bibliographies csbib 112 Mb
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153 | Computer Science Technical Reports cstr 1800 Mb
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154 | Demo Collection demo 2.5 Mb
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155 | Food and Nutrition Library fnl 98 Mb
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156 | HCI Bibliography hcibib 4.8 Mb
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157 | Humanity Development Library hdl 387 Mb
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158 | Indigenous Peoples Collection ipc 3.6 Mb
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159 | Mäori Newspapers niupepa 659 Mb
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160 | Medical and Health Library mhl 73 Mb
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161 | Project Gutenberg Collection gberg 428 Mb
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162 | Sahel Point Doc unesco 78 Mb
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163 | The Computists' Weekly tcc 5.0 Mb
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164 | Tidbits tidbits 5.4 Mb
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165 | Virtual Disaster Library paho 73 Mb
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166 | Women's History Collection whist 12 Mb
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167 | World Environment Library envl 220 Mb
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168 | Youth Oral History collection ohist 421 Mb
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169 |
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170 | Bugs
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171 |
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172 | Please report bugs or installation problems to
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173 | [email protected]
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175 | -----------------------------------------------
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176 |
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177 | New Zealand Digital Library Project
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178 | Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand
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179 | April 2000
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