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 svn-trunk
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14 |
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15 | Contents: Programs
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16 |
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17 | Greenstone library server A cgi program to serve digital library
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18 | collections
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19 | Greenstone oaiserver A cgi program to serve collections using
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20 | the OAI-PMH protocol.
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21 | Greenstone Librarian Interface (GLI)
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22 | A graphical tool for collection building
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23 | Greenstone Editor for Metadata Sets (GEMS)
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24 | A graphical tool for creating and editing
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25 | metadata sets used by GLI
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26 |
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27 | Contents: Directory Structure
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28 |
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29 | bin Executable code
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30 | cgi-bin CGI scripts
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31 | collect Collections
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32 | etc Configuration files, log files, user databases etc
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33 | gli Librarian Interface
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34 | images Images and CSS files used by the interface
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35 | macros Display macros
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36 | mappings Unicode translation tables
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37 | perllib Perl modules used for collection building
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38 |
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39 | If source code is present (from a source release or by adding the
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40 | source component):
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41 | common-src Source code and packages used when building collections
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42 | and at runtime
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43 | build-src Source code and packages only used when building
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44 | collections
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45 | runtime-src Source code and packages only used at runtime
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46 |
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47 | Contents: Additional Packages (available only in full binary releases)
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48 |
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49 | Java Runtime 1.6 (installer release only)
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50 | ImageMagick
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51 | Ghostscript (Windows, Mac only)
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52 | Perl (Windows only)
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53 |
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54 | Documentation and Support
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55 | Greenstone Website:
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56 | http://www.greenstone.org
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57 | Greenstone's main website.
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58 | Greenstone Wiki:
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59 | http://wiki.greenstone.org
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60 | Contains documentation, and links to manuals, tutorials
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61 | etc.
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62 | Greenstone Mailing List:
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63 | https://list.scms.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/greenstone-users (to subscribe)
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64 | [email protected] (to post)
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65 | New Zealand Digital Library:
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66 | http://www.nzdl.org
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67 | A demonstration site containing lots of collections
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68 |
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69 |
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70 | Platform
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71 |
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72 | Greenstone runs on Unix, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 and
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73 | Mac OS 10.5.2 (Leopard).
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74 |
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75 | The Greenstone Librarian Interface requires version 1.4 or later
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76 | of the Java Runtime Environment. Java 1.6 is included in binary
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77 | releases of Greenstone.
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78 |
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79 | The Greenstone user interface uses a Web browser capable of Javascript,
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80 | Tables, and Frames. Browsers that meet these requirements include:
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81 |
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82 | Netscape Navigator 4.0
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83 | Internet Explorer 4.0
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84 | Mozilla
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85 | Safari
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86 |
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87 | More recent versions of these browsers should also work (recommended).
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88 |
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89 | Unix
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90 | Source code has been compiled and tested on the following
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91 | distributions:
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92 |
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93 | Ubuntu 8.04 & 8.10
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94 | Mandriva 2008 Spring
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95 | OpenSUSE 11
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96 | Fedora 6 & 9
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97 | CentOS 5.2
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98 |
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99 |
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100 | Windows
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101 | Source code can be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, 7
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102 | (VS 2003.Net), 8 (VS 2005 Pro or VC++ Express 2005 with Microsoft
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103 | Platform SDK 2003 R2).
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104 |
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105 | Binary code has been tested on 32 bit versions of:
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106 | Windows 2000
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107 | Windows XP
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108 | Windows Server 2003
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109 | Windows Vista
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110 | Windows Server 2008
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111 |
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112 | Greenstone software (version 2.81 and later) no longer runs on
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113 | Windows 3.1
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114 | Windows 95
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115 | Windows 98
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116 | Windows Me
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117 | Windows NT
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118 |
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119 | Mac
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120 | Source code has been compiled with Xcode 3.1 on Intel Mac OS 10.5.2.
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121 | Binary has been tested on Intel Mac OS 10.5.2 (Leopard).
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122 |
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123 | However the source code can be compiled with other versions of Mac OS
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124 | and Xcode, in that case please download Imagemagick and Ghostscript to
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125 | recompile them from source.
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