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'''N.B. It is assumed that you are installing the latest version of 3.4 (currently 3.4.1). Earlier versions may have issues not listed here.'''
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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.'''
  
==== xpdf package no longer exists ====
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==== Previous issues ====
The Deb package xpdf is no longer available in Ubuntu 20.04. xpdf is probably no longer needed so if installing from source use the following APT command line:
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; ''xpdf'' Deb package no longer exists : This has been removed as a dependency since EPrints 3.4.3, as it is no longer specifically required by EPrints.
 
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; MySQL deprecated syntax : <code>GRANT PRIVILEGES</code> command used by ''epadmin'' has been modified to avoid using deprecated syntax since EPrints 3.4.3.
apt-get install perl libncurses5 libselinux1 libsepol1 apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 libxml-libxml-perl \
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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.
  libunicode-string-perl libterm-readkey-perl libmime-lite-perl libmime-types-perl libdigest-sha-perl \
 
  libdbd-mysql-perl libxml-parser-perl libxml2-dev libxml-twig-perl libarchive-any-perl libjson-perl \
 
  liblwp-protocol-https-perl libtext-unidecode-perl lynx wget ghostscript xpdf antiword elinks \
 
  texlive-base texlive-base-bin psutils imagemagick adduser tar gzip mysql-server mysql-client unzip \
 
  libsearch-xapian-perl libtex-encode-perl
 

Latest revision as of 15:09, 23 August 2024

N.B. It is assumed that you are installing the latest version of 3.4. Earlier versions may have issues not listed here.

Previous issues

xpdf Deb package no longer exists 
This has been removed as a dependency since EPrints 3.4.3, as it is no longer specifically required by EPrints.
MySQL deprecated syntax 
GRANT PRIVILEGES command used by epadmin has been modified to avoid using deprecated syntax since EPrints 3.4.3.
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.