Recommended Platforms

Manual Sections
Introduction How to Get Help/Support History Installing EPrints & Getting Started Recommended Platforms Installing Required Software Installing EPrints Installation on RHEL-based Linux Installation on Debian/Ubuntu Installation on Generic Linux OS Upgrading EPrints Getting Started Backups Troubleshooting Advanced Installation How to use EPrints with HTTPS Setting up email Configuring EPrints Branding/Logos Deposit Types and Metadata Organisation Hierarchy Searches Advanced Configuration/Howtos Setting up HTTPS using Let's Encrypt HTTPS-only and HSTS User Authentication using Shibboleth Technical Reference EPrints Configuration Reference Repository Configuration Reference Metadata Reference (also Functions) API Overview Entire Manual (for printing)

Red Hat based Linux - Installation Guide
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (http://www.redhat.com/rhel/): Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9 is currently recommended. However, RHEL 10 should now be suitable as long as you are running at least version 10.1.
- Fedora Core (http://fedora.redhat.com/): Fedora 42 or later currently recommended. However, Fedora version move on quickly, so go out of support quickly and are not regularly tested and therefore Fedora is not recommended for production EPrints repositories.
- Rocky Linux (https://www.rockylinux.org/): Rocky Linux 9 is currently recommended. However, Rocky Linux 10 should now be suitable as long as you are running at least version 10.1.
- Alma Linux, Oracle Linux and other derived versions of RHEL should also be suitable. Version 9 of these Linuxes are currently recommended but version 10 should be suitable as long as you are running at least version 10.1.

Debian based Linux - Installation Guide
- Debian (https://www.debian.org/) - 11 (Bullseye), 12 (Bookworm) or 13 (Trixie) are currently recommended.
- Ubuntu (https://www.ubuntu.com/) - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or 24.04 LTS are currently recommended. Non-LTS Ubuntu versions are not recommended.

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