Issues with Installing EPrints on Ubuntu 24.04 - Revision history

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* Previous Issues */

2026-05-01T15:06:08Z

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Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: Moved libncurses version issue to previous issues

2026-05-01T15:04:43Z

Moved libncurses version issue to previous issues

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk at 08:36, 21 September 2025

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Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* Previous Issues */

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Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: /* libncurses5 no longer available */

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‎libncurses5 no longer available

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: Moved MySQL root user cannot be used to previous issues as this is now commonplace.

2024-08-23T10:27:42Z

Moved MySQL root user cannot be used to previous issues as this is now commonplace.

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk at 10:10, 23 August 2024

2024-08-23T10:10:26Z

Drn@ecs.soton.ac.uk: Added issues with Ubuntu 24.04 page

2024-08-23T10:09:28Z

Added issues with Ubuntu 24.04 page

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'''N.B. It is assumed that you are installing the [[:Category:Eprints3.4 | latest version of 3.4]]. Earlier versions may have issues not listed here.'''

==== libncurses5 no longer available ====
<code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.

==== MySQL root user cannot be used ====
On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rather than prompting you to set a password for MySQL server when installing this as a dependency, it just installs it without. However, this means on the root user can login to MySQL to add a database. As "epadmin create" runs at the eprints user, this will not be able to create a database for EPrints. The get round this as the root user connect to MySQL (just type "mysql" at the command line) and type the following two commands. You will want to set your own password (i.e. not 'changeme') , you may also want to restrict which databases the eprints user has control over. If you know the "Archive ID" you are going to use.
CREATE USER 'eprints'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED by 'changeme';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'eprints'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

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 ==== Previous Issues ====
 ; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. As it is typical for most modern Linux operating systems.
-; <code>libncurses5</code> : APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.  As both Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 only have libncurses6 the general instructions have been updated to use libncurses6.
+; <code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists : Install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.  However, as both Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 only have libncurses6 the general instructions have been updated to use libncurses6, so this is no longer an issue.

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 ==== Previous Issues ====
 ; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. As it is typical for most modern Linux operating systems.
-; <code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.  As both Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 only have libncurses6 the general instructions have been updated to use libncurses6.
+; <code>libncurses5</code> : APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.  As both Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 only have libncurses6 the general instructions have been updated to use libncurses6.

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 '''N.B. It is assumed that you are installing the [[:Category:Eprints3.4 | latest version of 3.4]]. Earlier versions may have issues not listed here.'''
 ==== Previous Issues ====
 ; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. As it is typical for most modern Linux operating systems.

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−	; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. as it is typical for most modern Linux operating systems.	+	; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. As it is typical for most modern Linux operating systems.

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	==== Previous Issues ====		==== Previous Issues ====
−	; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. as it is ~~typically~~ for most modern Linux operating systems.	+	; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. as it is typical for most modern Linux operating systems.

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 ==== libncurses5 no longer available ====
-<code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.=
+<code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.
 ==== Previous Issues ====
 ; MySQL root user cannot be used : This is now explained under EPrints' [[Getting Started]] instructions. as it is typically for most modern Linux operating systems.

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 ==== libncurses5 no longer available ====
-<code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.
+<code>libncurses5</code> APT package dependency no longer exists in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, install <code>libncurses6</code> instead.
 ==== MySQL root user cannot be used ====
-On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS rather than prompting you to set a password for MySQL server when installing this as a dependency, it just installs it without.  However, this means on the root user can login to MySQL to add a database.  As "epadmin create" runs at the eprints user, this will not be able to create a database for EPrints.  The get round this as the root user connect to MySQL (just type "mysql" at the command line) and type the following two commands.  You will want to set your own password (i.e. not 'changeme') , you may also want to restrict which databases the eprints user has control over.  If you know the "Archive ID" you are going to use.
+On Ubuntu 24.04 LTS rather than prompting you to set a password for MySQL server when installing this as a dependency, it just installs it without.  However, this means on the root user can login to MySQL to add a database.  As "epadmin create" runs at the eprints user, this will not be able to create a database for EPrints.  The get round this as the root user connect to MySQL (just type "mysql" at the command line) and type the following two commands.  You will want to set your own password (i.e. not 'changeme') , you may also want to restrict which databases the eprints user has control over.  If you know the "Archive ID" you are going to use.
   CREATE USER 'eprints'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED by 'changeme';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'eprints'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;