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<div class="header1">Table of Contents</div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#QuickInstructions">Quick Instructions</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickInstall">Quick Installation</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#QuickUpdate">Quick Update</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#SourceInstall">Installing From Source Code</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#WindowsXP">Windows XP</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#Ubuntu8.04">Ubuntu 8.04</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#MacOSX">Mac OS X</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#PreInstallation">Pre-Installation</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#MinRequirements">Minimum Requirements</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalRequiredSoftware">Additional Required Software</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareSetup">Additional Software Setup</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareJava">Java</a></div> 
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareOracle">Oracle</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwarePostgres">PostgreSQL</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareAnt">Ant</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdditionalSoftwareTomcat">Tomcat</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#InstallingMetacat">Installing Metacat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallDownloadMetacat">Download Metacat Application</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallMetacatWar">Install Metacat War</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallRestartTomcat">Restart Tomcat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallTroubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#InstallConfigureMetacat">Configure Metacat</a></div>
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#UpgradingMetacat">Upgrading Existing Metacat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeStopMetacat">Stop the Running Metacat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeDownloadMetacat">Download Latest Metacat Application</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeMetacatWar">Upgrade Metacat War</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeRestartTomcat">Restart Tomcat</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeTroubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></div>
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      <div class="toc2"><a href="#UpgradeConfigureMetacat">Configure Metacat</a></div>       
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    <div class="toc1"><a href="#Registry">Web Based Registry</a></div>
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<a name="QuickInstructions"></a><div class="header1">Quick Instructions</div>
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  <a name="QuickInstall"></a><div class="header2">Quick Installation</div>  
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  <p>These are the installation instructions for a system that has Ubuntu 8.04 installed
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  and has never had Metacat installed on it:</p>
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    <a name="DownloadMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header3">Download Metacat Package</div>
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    <p>Browse to the 
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      <a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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      In the Metacat section, select the link that looks like:</p>
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	  <div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally.</p>
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    <p>Extract the Metacat package files by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">tar -xvzf metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>You should see a war file and several supporting files.  The location where these files
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    were extracted will be refered to as the the &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt; for the remainder 
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    <a name="CreateMetacatDirs"></a><div class="header3">Create Metacat Directories</div>
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    <p>Create the metacat utility base directory by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo mkdir /var/metacat</div>
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	  <div class="code">sudo chown -R &lt;tomcat_user&gt; /var/metacat</div>
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    <p>where &lt;tomcat_user&gt; is the user that will start Tomcat.  If you are 
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	starting Tomcat as the root user, you do not need to run the chown command.</p>
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    <a name="InstallJava"></a><div class="header3">Install Java</div>
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    <p>Install Java by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk</div>
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	<p>hit "ok" then "yes" for license agreement<p>
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   <a name="InstallApache"></a><div class="header3">Install Apache</div>
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	<p>Install Apache and and Mod JK packages by typing:</p>	
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      <div class="code">sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/jk.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/workers.properties /etc/apache2</div>
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    <p>Set up and enable knb (Metacat) site configurations by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/knb /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo a2ensite knb</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo cp &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt;/authority /etc/apache2/sites-available</div>
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      <div class="code">sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload</div>
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    <a name="InstallTomcat"></a><div class="header3">Install Tomcat</div>
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    <p>Install Tomcat 5.5 by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 stop</div>    
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      <div class="code">sudo mv /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5 /etc/init.d/tomcat5.5.bak</div>
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    <a name="InstallPostgres"></a><div class="header3">Install PostgreSQL Database</div> 
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    <p>Install PostgreSQL by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">sudo apt-get install postgresql</div>
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      <div class="code">gedit /etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf</div>
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      <div class="code">host metacat metacat 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 password</div>
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	<p>where your_password is whatever password you would like for the metacat user.</p>
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    <a name="InstallMetacatWAR"></a><div class="header3">Install Metacat War</div> 
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    <p>Copy the war file to Tomcat:</p>
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	  <div class="code">sudo cp knb.war /usr/share/tomcat5.5/webapps</div>
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    <a name="ConfigureMetacatInstall"></a><div class="header3">Configure Metacat</div> 
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    <p>Refer to the documentation on <a href="./metacatconfigure.html">Metacat Confguration</a>
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  <a name="QuickUpdate"></a><div class="header2">Quick Update</div>
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  <p>These are the instructions for a system that already has Metacat installed on it, 
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    <a name="DownloadMetacatUpdate"></a><div class="header3">Download Metacat Package</div>
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    <p>Browse to the 
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	  <div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally.</p>
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    <p>Extract the Metacat package files by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">tar -xvzf metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>You should see a war file and several supporting files.  The location where these files
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    were extracted will be refered to as the the &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt; for the remainder 
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    <a name="BackupApplication"></a><div class="header3">Backup Existing Metacat Installation</div>
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    <p> See the <a href="os_specific/install_metacat_windows.html">Windows XP installation instructions</a>.</p>
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  <a name="Ubuntu8.04"></a><div class="header2">Ubuntu 8.04</div>
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    <p> See the <a href="os_specific/install_metacat_ubuntu.html">Ubuntu 8.04 installation instructions</a>.</p>
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    <p> See the <a href="os_specific/install_metacat_mac.html">Mac OS X installation instructions</a>.</p>
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  <a name="MinRequirements"></a><div class="header2">Minimum Requirements</div> 
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     <li><a href="http://www.oracle.com">Oracle 8i</a> (or another SQL92
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     <li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html">Apache Jakarta-Ant</a>
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       <p class="emphasis">Note: For a more robust web serving environment, 
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<a name="AdditionalSoftwareSetup"></a><div class="header1">Additional Software Setup</div>
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  <a name="AdditionalSoftwareJava"></a><div class="header2">Java</div>
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  <p>You'll need a recent Java SDK; J2SE 1.4.2 or later is required.  The latest metacat release
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  has been tested most extensively with <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/">J2SE 5.0</a>
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     <code>host   metacat  metacat      ::1               ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff password</code></li>
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     <code>tcpip_socket = true</code></li>
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     <li>Run <code>createdb metacat</code> to create a new database</li>
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        <li>Note: there are many ways to do this, so others such as using 
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   not working with Ant 1.6.x, so you'll need to use an earler version.  We have 
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<a name="InstallingMetacat"></a><div class="header1">Installing Metacat</div>
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  <a name="protocol"></a>
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  <p>This section is only for a fresh installation. If you are upgrading an existing Metacat, please skip
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  this section and go to the next one - <a href="metacatinstall.html#Upgrade">Upgrading Existing Metacat</a>
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  <a name="InstallDownloadMetacat"></a><div class="header2">Download Metacat Application</div>
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    <p>Browse to the 
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      <a href="http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/download.html">KNB Software Download Page</a>.
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      In the Metacat section, select the link that looks like:</p>
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	  <div class="code">metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>where X.X.X is the latest version of Metacat.  Choose to save the file locally.</p>
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    <p>Extract the Metacat package files by typing:</p>
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      <div class="code">tar -xvzf metacat-bin-X.X.X.tar.gz</div>
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    <p>You should see a war file and several supporting files.  The location where these files
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    were extracted will be refered to as the the &lt;metacat_package_dir&gt; for the remainder 
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    of this documentation.
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  <a name="InstallMetacatWar"></a><div class="header2">Install Metacat War</div> 
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    <p>Copy the war file to Tomcat:</p>
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  <p>If you see something like: 
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  <p>at the first line of the catalina.sh file in the tomcat bin directory. The reason is that 
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  GeoServer uses X11 windows to draw graphics.</p>
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