Editing Setting up a development environment with Git (section)

== Get your dev EPrints working ==

Okay, so now things get a little fiddly. Head into the core EPrints libraries by typing '''cd eprints/perl_lib/EPrints'''. Now we're going to create a copy of the template ''SystemSettings.pm'' file. Do this with '''cp SystemSettings.pm.templ SystemSettings.pm'''.

We now need to edit this new SystemSettings file. You can do this in your editor of choice.  Find the line that reads'' 'base_path' => "/opt/eprints3"''. This should be line 20. You need to edit this to read''' 'base_path' => "/usr/share/<your-directory>/eprints"''

You should also make sure that the ''user'' and ''group'' settings (lines 23 and 24) are correct - these are usually '''eprints'''. Save your changes.

Now we need to create a repository. Type '''cd ../../bin'''. From here, '''./epadmin create''' to start the repository creation script. Follow this through to create your new repository.

Finally, we need to add our repository as a site. This will be an easy task if you've already installed EPrints from a package (as suggested at the beginning of this documentation!) but the location of the sites is platform dependant. On Ubuntu, you can find them in ''etc/apache2/sites-enabled'', for example. Edit eprints.conf in your text editor of choice and change the path to reflect where your new site lives.

Restart your server with '''sudo apache2 restart''' and you should be able to access your new Git enabled site from a browser. If you've changed the hostname for your site, don't forget to edit your hosts file accordingly!