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the average computer user. Please realize that by executing these
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<p class="header">Minimum Requirements</p>
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Installing Metacat requires a server running an SQL92 compliant database
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(Oracle 8i recommended) with at least 128MB RAM, and a Pentium III class
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processor or higher. The amount of disk space required depends on the
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size of your RDBMS tablespace (which should be at least 10 MB,
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installation. These instructions assume a Linux environment but may
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work on other UNIX type environments, however this has not been tested.
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software installed and running correctly before attempting to install
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Metacat.
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<li><a href="http://www.oracle.com">Oracle 8i</a> (or another SQL92
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compliant RDBMS like Postgres)</li>
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<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html">Apache Jakarta-Ant</a>
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<p class="header">Oracle 8i</p>
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logging in as your Oracle user and typing the following:
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<pre>lsnrctl start</pre>
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Your instance should have a table space of at least 5 MB (10 MB or higher
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recommended). You should also have a username specific to Metacat
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created and enabled. This user must have most normal permissions
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including CREATE SESSION, CREATE TABLE, CREATE INDEX, CREATE TRIGGER,
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EXECUTE PROCEDURE, EXECUTE TYPE, etc. If an action is unexplainably
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Ant is a Java based build application similar to Make on UNIX systems.
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directory named "build.xml". The Metacat CVS module contains a default
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build.xml file that may require some modification upon installation. Ant
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should be installed on the system and the "ant" executable shell script
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you install Tomcat itself will be referred to as the "$TOMCAT_HOME".
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You must now set up your servlet context. Change to the $TOMCAT_HOME/conf.
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Edit the tomcat.conf file. Find a line that looks like:
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<pre>ApJServMount /examples /root</pre>
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<pre>ApJServMount /metadata /root</pre>
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script. Tomcat needs to know about special protocol handlers that Metacat
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uses for its URLs. Find the line in the tomcat.sh file that says
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setup. Also, make sure that this startup script is always used to start
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the installation of Metacat can begin. First you must have a current
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version of the source distribution of Metacat. You can get it two ways.
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<a href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/xmltodb/">CVS</a>
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system under the module name xmltodb. The command is as follows:
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<a href="@server@/software/download.html">download</a> a gzipped tar file
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distribution, you can begin the installation process. Change into the
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xmltodb directory and edit the file called "build.xml". You will need
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to change a number of configuration properties to match the setup on
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your system. If you are using oracle, you'll need to customize the
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properties in the "oracle" target. If you are using Postgres, you'll
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need to customize the properties inthe "postgres" target. All users
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will need to customize the properties in the "config" target.
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The properties that you need to change will include jdbc-connect,
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dbDriver, dbAdapter, oracle_home,
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jdbc, tomcat, webapps, contex, user, server, systemidserver,
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web-base-url, and default-style. Each is described in detail below.
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remainder of the config target are accessible at the paths listed -- the
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connections to your database. If you are not using Oracle, you will also
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need to change the name of the database adapter class in the dbAdapter
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property in the <a href="./properties.html"?>metacat.properties</a> file.
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you want metacat to be installed. This will determine the installation
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directory for the servlet and many of the urls that are used to
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access the installed Metacat server.
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by default when the qformat parameter is missing or set to "html" during
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a query. It is set to "knb", which is the only style that ships with the
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default metacat distribution. If you create your own stylesheets for
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displaying metacat output, you may want to create a new config file in the
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config-dir (e.g., mystyle.xml) and then change the default-style to use
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replication log files. The user that starts Tomcat must have permission to
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for the "style-sets" feature. It is set by default to the installation
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behavior with respect to EML. You should not need to change these paramters.
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You now need to set up the table structure in your database. Change to the
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xmltodb/src directory. Then run you RDBMS's SQL utility. In Oracle it is
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SQLPlus. This tutorial assumes an Oracle database so this example is for
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SQLPlus. Login as the oracle user that was set up for use with Metacat.
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At the SQLPlus prompt type the following: <pre>@src/xmltables.sql;</pre>
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You should see a bunch of output showing the creation of the Metacat table
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metacat server. Your database username and password have to be set correctly
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