Debian Known Issues - Revision history

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: Added advice regarding imagemagick preview/thumbnail generation.

2024-03-12T11:22:12Z

Added advice regarding imagemagick preview/thumbnail generation.

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user */

2022-11-10T11:09:38Z

‎Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user */

2022-05-30T14:04:39Z

‎Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: No longer needed unless installing old copy of pre-3.4.3 deb package.

2022-05-30T14:04:11Z

No longer needed unless installing old copy of pre-3.4.3 deb package.

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: Removed issue with MySQL v.s MariaDB installation

2022-05-30T14:00:59Z

Removed issue with MySQL v.s MariaDB installation

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* Wrong XML::LibXML Version */

2022-05-29T22:30:51Z

‎Wrong XML::LibXML Version

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk at 00:30, 6 March 2022

2022-03-06T00:30:54Z

Th.lauke@arcor.de: some typos and formatting corrected

2020-12-17T18:20:06Z

some typos and formatting corrected

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user */

2020-12-17T16:17:50Z

‎Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: Added advice about MySQL root user issues with Debian 10 / Ubuntu 20.04

2020-12-17T16:17:13Z

Added advice about MySQL root user issues with Debian 10 / Ubuntu 20.04

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 Note that this was tested in a Debian GNU/Linux virtual private server running under Virtuozzo hypervision. Other filesystems, such as simfs, don't usually give any problems with DiskSpace.pm.
-===Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
+===Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, Bookworm etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
 This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04+, thus see advice at [[Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2|Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]].

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	===Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===		===Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
−	This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04, thus see advice at [[Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2\|Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]].	+	This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04+, thus see advice at [[Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2\|Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]].

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 Note that this was tested in a Debian GNU/Linux virtual private server running under Virtuozzo hypervision. Other filesystems, such as simfs, don't usually give any problems with DiskSpace.pm.
-===Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
+===Debian 10+ (Buster, Bullseye, etc.) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
 This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04, thus see advice at [[Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2|Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]].

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 Note that this was tested in a Debian GNU/Linux virtual private server running under Virtuozzo hypervision. Other filesystems, such as simfs, don't usually give any problems with DiskSpace.pm.
 ===Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
 This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04, thus see advice at [[Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2|Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]].

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	Note that this was tested in a Debian GNU/Linux virtual private server running under Virtuozzo hypervision. Other filesystems, such as simfs, don't usually give any problems with DiskSpace.pm.		Note that this was tested in a Debian GNU/Linux virtual private server running under Virtuozzo hypervision. Other filesystems, such as simfs, don't usually give any problems with DiskSpace.pm.
−
−	~~===Debian 10 (Buster) no longer uses MySQL===~~
−	~~Debian 10 has switched from using MySQL to MariaDB, so when trying to install from APT you will likley see an error like:~~
−	~~The following information may help to resolve the situation:~~
−
−	~~The following packages have unmet dependencies:~~
−	~~eprints : Depends: mysql-server but it is not installable~~
−	~~Depends: mysql-client but it is not installable~~
−	~~E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.~~
−	To solve this problem for pre-3.4.3 version of EPrints you will need to add the MySQL APT repository. EPrints 3.4.3+ should allow either MySQL or MariaDB to be installed. To add the MySQL APT repository for Debian 10 (Buster) follow the instructions below.
−	~~<ol>~~
−	~~<li>As the root user, change directory to <code>tmp</code> and download the MySQL configuration DEB package using <code>wget</code></li>~~
−	~~# cd /tmp~~
−	~~# wget <nowiki>https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.16-1_all.deb</nowiki>~~
−	<li>Install the DEB package using dpkg. When prompted you should not need to change any settings (i.e. stick with MySQL 8.0) so you can select OK. (If you are upgrading from Debian 9 it might be best to choose 5.7 to stay on the same version).</li>
−	# dpkg -i mysql-apt-config*
−	~~<li>Update APT to get new MySQL repository listings</li>~~
−	~~# apt-get update~~
−	~~</ol>~~
−	~~You should now be able to install EPrints through APT without any further issues.~~

	===Debian 10 (Buster) does not install CGI.pm===		===Debian 10 (Buster) does not install CGI.pm===

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   # cpan XML::LibXML
-Alternatively you could follow the instructions at [[Installing_GDOME_on_Debian]] to install the GDOME XML library.
+Without either XML::LibXML or XML::GDOME, EPrints uses a bundled XML::DOM implementation that has much lower performance and poorer Unicode support.  In future versions of EPrints only XML::LibXML will be supported.  As this is widely available across the most commonly used Linux operating systems.
 Note that you can build Debian packages from CPAN modules using [http://packages.debian.org/dh-make-perl dh-make-perl] in order to keep track of those modules you've been building by yourself. Provided you've already configured your CPAN environment (that is, at least your proxies and servers), you can survive with:

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 * Edit your archives 10_core.pl and change its location - as EPrints user
-   vi archives/archive_name/cfg/cfg.d/10_core.pl
+   vi archives/ARCHIVEID/cfg/cfg.d/10_core.pl
 change the host line to your new host e.g.:

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-If you come across any unknown Eprints-specific issues please send a bug report to the eptech mailing list.
+If you come across any unknown EPrints-specific issues please send a bug report to the eptech mailing list.
 [[Category:Debian and Ubuntu]]
 ==Known Issues==
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 or
-* Edit your archives 10_core.pl and change its location - as eprints user
+* Edit your archives 10_core.pl and change its location - as EPrints user
-   # vi archives/archive_name/cfg/cfg.d/10_core.pl
+   vi archives/archive_name/cfg/cfg.d/10_core.pl
-change the host line to your new host eg:
+change the host line to your new host e.g.:
    $c->{host} = 'example.org';
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 Regenerate your apache config:
-   # bin/generate_apacheconf
+   bin/generate_apacheconf
 As root restart your apache
-   # apache2ctl stop
+   # apache2ctl graceful
 Now you should be able to log in from the new url by pointing firefox at http://example.org
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 ===Wrong XML::LibXML Version===
-This affects mainly Ubuntu and older Debian distributions where the libxml package is too old. The package installer doesn't check the XML::LibXML version. Either install XML::LibXML 1.63 from cpan or disable it by setting enable_libxml to 0 in /usr/share/eprints3/perl_lib/EPrints/SystemSettings.pm.
+This affects mainly Ubuntu and older Debian distributions where the libxml package is too old. The package installer doesn't check the XML::LibXML version. Either install XML::LibXML 1.63 from cpan or disable it by setting enable_libxml to 0 in <code>perl_lib/EPrints/SystemSettings.pm</code>.
 Installing 1.63 from cpan (as root):
-  cpan XML::LibXML
+  # cpan XML::LibXML
 Alternatively you could follow the instructions at [[Installing_GDOME_on_Debian]] to install the GDOME XML library.
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 ===DiskSpace.pm measuring disk usage (reiserFS)===
-Not supported in the default package install, to add support add the following to the array defined in $EPRINTS_HOME/perl_lib/Filesys/DiskSpace.pm
+Not supported in the default package install, to add support add the following to the array defined in <code>$EPRINTS_HOME/perl_lib/Filesys/DiskSpace.pm</code>
    1448756819 => "REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC",    # 0x565A4653
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 ===Debian 10 (Buster) no longer uses MySQL===
-Debian 10 has swicthed from using MySQL to MariaDB, so when trying to install from APT you will likley see an error like:
+Debian 10 has switched from using MySQL to MariaDB, so when trying to install from APT you will likley see an error like:
   The following information may help to resolve the situation:
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 To solve this problem for pre-3.4.3 version of EPrints you will need to add the MySQL APT repository.  EPrints 3.4.3+ should allow either MySQL or MariaDB to be installed.  To add the MySQL APT repository for Debian 10 (Buster) follow the instructions below.
 <ol>
-   <li>1. As the root user, change directory to ''/tmp'' and download the MySQL configuration DEB package using ''wget''</li>
+   <li>As the root user, change directory to <code>tmp</code> and download the MySQL configuration DEB package using <code>wget</code></li>
-  cd /tmp
+  # cd /tmp
-  wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.13-1_all.deb
+  # wget <nowiki>https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.16-1_all.deb</nowiki>
-<li>Install the DEB package using dpkg.  When prompted you shoudl not need to change any settings (i.e. stick witj MySQL 8.0) so you can select OK.  (If you are upgrading from Debian 9 it might be best to choose 5.7 to stay on the same version).</li>
+<li>Install the DEB package using dpkg.  When prompted you should not need to change any settings (i.e. stick with MySQL 8.0) so you can select OK.  (If you are upgrading from Debian 9 it might be best to choose 5.7 to stay on the same version).</li>
-  dpkg -i mysql-apt-config*
+  # dpkg -i mysql-apt-config*
-<li>Update APT to get new MySQL repository listings
+<li>Update APT to get new MySQL repository listings</li>
-  apt-get update
+  # apt-get update
 </ol>
-You should now be able to install eprints through APT without any further issues.
+You should now be able to install EPrints through APT without any further issues.
 ===Debian 10 (Buster) does not install CGI.pm===
 Debian 10's (Buster) dependency tree seems to be different to older versions and as a result does not install CGI.pm.  To install this on pre-EPrints 3.4.3 versions, install the following additional dependency (as the root user) before trying to run ''epadmin''.
-  apt-get install libcgi-pm-perl
+ # apt-get install libcgi-pm-perl
 ===Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
-This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04.  See advice at https://wiki.eprints.org/w/Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2
+This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04, thus see advice at [[Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2|Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]].

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	===Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===		===Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
−	This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04. See advice at https://wiki.eprints.org/w/Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#~~Ubuntu_20.04_LTS~~	+	This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04. See advice at https://wiki.eprints.org/w/Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#MySQL_root_user_cannot_be_used_2

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	Debian 10's (Buster) dependency tree seems to be different to older versions and as a result does not install CGI.pm. To install this on pre-EPrints 3.4.3 versions, install the following additional dependency (as the root user) before trying to run ''epadmin''.		Debian 10's (Buster) dependency tree seems to be different to older versions and as a result does not install CGI.pm. To install this on pre-EPrints 3.4.3 versions, install the following additional dependency (as the root user) before trying to run ''epadmin''.
	apt-get install libcgi-pm-perl		apt-get install libcgi-pm-perl
		+
		+	===Debian 10 (Buster) does not allow unprivileged access to MySQL root user===
		+	This is also an issue with Ubuntu 20.04. See advice at https://wiki.eprints.org/w/Installing_EPrints_on_Debian/Ubuntu#Ubuntu_20.04_LTS