1 | Title Greenstone digital library software
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2 |
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3 | Purpose A suite of digital library software which includes the ability to
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4 | serve digital library collections and build new collections
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5 |
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6 | Author New Zealand Digital Library Project
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7 |
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8 | License GNU General Public Licence (Version 2)
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9 | Full terms and conditions are in the file "LICENSE.txt"
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10 |
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11 | Date December 2008
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12 |
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13 | Version 2s2008.12.01
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14 |
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15 | Contents: Programs
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16 | Greenstone library server A cgi program to serve digital library collections
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17 | Greenstone oaiserver A cgi program to serve collections using the OAI-PMH protocol.
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18 | Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)
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19 | A graphical tool for collection building
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20 | Greenstone Editor for Metadata Sets (GEMS)
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21 | A graphical tool for creating and editing metadata sets used by GLI
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22 |
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23 | Contents: Directory Structure
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24 | bin Executable code
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25 | cgi-bin CGI scripts
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26 | collect Collections
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27 | etc Configuration files, log files, user databases etc
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28 | gli Librarian Interface
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29 | images Images and CSS files used by the interface
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30 | macros Display macros
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31 | mappings Unicode translation tables
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32 | perllib Perl modules used for collection building
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33 |
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34 | If source code is present (from a source release or by adding the source component):
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35 | common-src Source code and packages used when building collections and at runtime
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36 | build-src Source code and packages only used when building collections
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37 | runtime-src Source code and packages only used at runtime
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38 |
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39 | Additional Packages
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40 | Java Runtime Environment
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41 | Imagemagick
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42 | Ghostscript
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43 | Perl
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44 |
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45 | Documentation and Support
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46 | Greenstone Website:
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47 | http://www.greenstone.org
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48 | Greenstone's main website.
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49 | Greenstone Wiki:
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50 | http://wiki.greenstone.org
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51 | Contains documentation, and links to manuals, tutorials etc...
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52 | Greenstone Mailing List:
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53 | https://list.scms.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/greenstone-users (to subscribe)
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54 | [email protected] (to post)
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55 | New Zealand Digital Library:
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56 | http://www.nzdl.org
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57 | A demonstration site containing lots of collections
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58 |
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59 |
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60 | Platform
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61 | Greenstone runs on Unix, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 and Mac OS 10.5.2 (Leopard).
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63 |
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64 | The Greenstone Librarian Interface requires version 1.4 or later
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65 | of the Java Runtime Environment. Java 1.6 is included in the binary
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66 | release of Greenstone.
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67 |
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68 | The Greenstone user interface uses a Web browser capable of Javascript,
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69 | Tables, and Frames. Browsers that meet these requirements include:
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70 |
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71 | Netscape Navigator 4.0
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72 | Internet Explorer 4.0
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73 | Mozilla
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74 | Safari
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75 |
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76 | More recent versions of these browsers should also work (recommended).
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79 |
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80 | Unix
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81 | Source code has been compiled and tested on Linux and Solaris.
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82 | Binary code requires an Intel x86-based Linux distribution which
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83 | includes ELF binary support and supports the GNU C library (glibc 2.0
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84 | or greater). Distributions that meet these requirements include:
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86 | RedHat 5.1
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87 | SuSE Linux 6.1
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88 | Debian 2.1
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89 | Slackware 4.0
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90 |
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91 | More recent versions of these distributions should also work.
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92 |
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93 | We have tested Greenstone 2 on the following distributions:
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94 | Ubuntu 8.04 & 8.10
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95 | Mandriva 2008 Spring
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96 | OpenSUSE 11
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97 | Fedora 6 & 9
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98 | CentOS 5.2
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100 | Windows
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101 | Source code can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, 7 (VS 2003.Net).
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102 |
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103 | Binary code has been tested on 32 bits version of:
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104 | Windows 2000
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105 | Windows XP
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106 | Windows Server 2003
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107 | Windows Vista
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108 | Windows Server 2008
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109 |
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110 | Greenstone software (version 2.81 and later) no longer runs on
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111 | Windows 3.1
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112 | Windows 95
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113 | Windows 98
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114 | Windows Me
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115 | Windows NT
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117 | Mac (Binary release limited to Mac OS Leopard)
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118 | Source code has been compiled with Xcode 3.1 on Intel Mac OS 10.5.2.
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119 | Binary has been tested on Intel Mac OS 10.5.2 (Leopard).
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121 | However the source code can be compiled with other versions of Mac OS and Xcode,
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122 | in that case please download Imagemagick and Ghostscript to recompile them from source.
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123 | Please find more information on how to compile Greentone 2 on Mac at this page:
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124 | http://wiki.greenstone.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_Greenstone_2_from_source_for_Beginners#Compiling_the_Source |
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