Install Vufind in Ubuntu

All steps are copied from the official documentation of Vufind website.

Update & upgrade Ubuntu

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

Install Apache

sudo apt-get -y install apache2

sudo a2enmod rewrite

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

Install PHP

sudo apt-get –y install libapache2-mod-php php-mbstring php-pear php php-dev php-gd php-intl php-json php-ldap php-mysql php-xml php-soap php-curl

Install Java

sudo apt-get –y install default-jdk

Download vufind [Check the version number from the official website]

cd /tmp

wget https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/releases/download/v7.0.1/vufind-7.0.1.tar.gz

tar -xzvf vufind-7.0.1.tar.gz

sudo mv vufind-7.0.1 /usr/local/vufind

 

Change directory and run PHP

cd /usr/local/vufind

php install.php

 

Configure permission as well as local variables

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/local/vufind/local/cache

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/local/vufind/local/config

sudo mkdir /usr/local/vufind/local/cache/cli

sudo chmod 777 /usr/local/vufind/local/cache/cli

Link Vufind to apache

sudo ln -s /usr/local/vufind/local/httpd-vufind.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/vufind.conf

Restart apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

 

Set environment variables

sudo sh -c 'echo export JAVA_HOME=\"/usr/lib/jvm/default-java\" > /etc/profile.d/vufind.sh'

sudo sh -c 'echo export VUFIND_HOME=\"/usr/local/vufind\" >> /etc/profile.d/vufind.sh'

   

sudo sh -c 'echo export VUFIND_LOCAL_DIR=\"/usr/local/vufind/local\" >> /etc/profile.d/vufind.sh'

 

Load vufind

source /etc/profile.d/vufind.sh

 

Change directory and start solr

cd /usr/local/vufind/

./solr.sh start

Configure database and Secure Server

Let’s configure database

sudo mysql –uroot –p

UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin=”WHERE User=‘root’;

FLUSH PRIVILEDGES;

quit;

Secure the database

sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

· First option select ‘N’

· Rest are ‘Y’

Now you could find Vufind home page here >>

http://localhost/vufind

Reference

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• vufind.org