Difference between revisions of "Issues with Installing EPrints on Ubuntu 22.04"

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(Remove mysql root user issue, as is now part of the getting started process)
(Added issue as Ubuntu 22.04 is now only LTS that needs libncurses5 rather than libncurses6)
 
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; ''libsepol1'' Deb package no longer exists : This has been removed as a dependency on 29th May 2022, as it is not specifically required by EPrints.
 
; ''libsepol1'' Deb package no longer exists : This has been removed as a dependency on 29th May 2022, as it is not specifically required by EPrints.
 
; 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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; ''libncurses6'' Deb package not available : In more recent versions of Ubuntu libncurses6 is the name for the ncurses package but as Ubuntu 22.04 is older you will need to install ''libncurses5'' instead.

Latest revision as of 15:02, 1 May 2026

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

NO CURRENT ISSUES

Previous issues

libsepol1 Deb package no longer exists 
This has been removed as a dependency on 29th May 2022, as it is not specifically required by EPrints.
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.
libncurses6 Deb package not available 
In more recent versions of Ubuntu libncurses6 is the name for the ncurses package but as Ubuntu 22.04 is older you will need to install libncurses5 instead.