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en:release:3.10_release_notes [2021/08/19 04:00] – [Important Changes and Bug Fixes] anupama | en:release:3.10_release_notes [2023/07/06 03:05] (current) – anupama | ||
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** Release Candidate History ** | ** Release Candidate History ** | ||
- | * Greenstone 3.10 rc1: Release Candidate 1. Released 6 Dec 2020.\\ Binaries for Windows, GNU/Linux 64 bit, Mac Mojave/ | + | * Greenstone 3.10 rc1: Release Candidate 1. Released 6 Dec 2020.\\ Binaries for Windows, GNU/Linux 64 bit, Mac Mojave/ |
**GS3.10rc1 issues and unknowns on Catalina Mac:** | **GS3.10rc1 issues and unknowns on Catalina Mac:** | ||
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- Now return to the installer .app file inside the .dmg. Ctrl+click on it and launch the installer once more. This time the launch process will complete and within a minute or so you should see the Greenstone Installer opening dialog appear. | - Now return to the installer .app file inside the .dmg. Ctrl+click on it and launch the installer once more. This time the launch process will complete and within a minute or so you should see the Greenstone Installer opening dialog appear. | ||
- | * **For Linux**, you will need to set the file to be executable before running it. (e.g. chmod a+x Greenstone-3.10-linux) | + | * **For Linux**, you will need to set the file to be executable before running it. e.g. \\ In a terminal '' |
* The installer initially unpacks into a temporary directory (/tmp on linux). If you wish to change this, set the TMPDIR environment variable. | * The installer initially unpacks into a temporary directory (/tmp on linux). If you wish to change this, set the TMPDIR environment variable. | ||
Note that in some cases, the following **doesn' | Note that in some cases, the following **doesn' | ||
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< | < | ||
+ | * **For Windows users: | ||
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+ | === When the installer is running === | ||
During the installation process you will be presented with several options. For many, the default settings will be sufficient. Some important options are | During the installation process you will be presented with several options. For many, the default settings will be sufficient. Some important options are | ||
* Folder where you want greenstone3 to be installed. | * Folder where you want greenstone3 to be installed. | ||
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==== Installing in text-only mode ==== | ==== Installing in text-only mode ==== | ||
- | * Refer to [[http:// | + | * Refer to [[http:// |
==== Adding source code to a binary release ==== | ==== Adding source code to a binary release ==== | ||
- | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
- | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
==== Installing a source release ==== | ==== Installing a source release ==== | ||
- | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
- | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
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==== Setting up your Greenstone to run over https ==== | ==== Setting up your Greenstone to run over https ==== | ||
- | //**Note:** This section is untested for this release, as the prevalent method of supporting https for tomcat based servers appears to be to have a main apache httpd web server that works with https, then set up a '' | + | //**Note:** This section is untested for this release, as the prevalent method of supporting https for tomcat based servers appears to be to have a main apache httpd web server that works with https, then set up a '' |
The more secure https protocol is increasingly required by browsers and gradually superseding http. Given that you meet the following requirements and configure your GS3 as below, Greenstone 3 has now been automated to obtain an https certificate for you from the free Certification Authority " | The more secure https protocol is increasingly required by browsers and gradually superseding http. Given that you meet the following requirements and configure your GS3 as below, Greenstone 3 has now been automated to obtain an https certificate for you from the free Certification Authority " | ||
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There may be further adjustments made, including to display strings, but so far, we've decided on the above output formats and they seem to work on my regular PDF test documents. | There may be further adjustments made, including to display strings, but so far, we've decided on the above output formats and they seem to work on my regular PDF test documents. | ||
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+ | ==== OpenOffice extension ==== | ||
+ | If you have LibreOffice or OpenOffice installed, you can use the OpenOffice extension to process some newer versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. Refer to the [[http:// | ||
====Changing the admin password==== | ====Changing the admin password==== | ||
Login to the administration page, ' | Login to the administration page, ' | ||
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* consult the more detailed instructions on the [[en: | * consult the more detailed instructions on the [[en: | ||
+ | If you are using perl 5.22 or later, these no longer come with the perl CGI module. Please download https:// | ||
**Client-GLI** | **Client-GLI** | ||
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===== Important Changes and Bug Fixes ===== | ===== Important Changes and Bug Fixes ===== | ||
- | * Bundling of Apache Tika for [[http:// | + | * Bundling of Apache Tika for [[http:// |
* There has been a change to the naming of custom properties files for a collection. Instead of having resources/ | * There has been a change to the naming of custom properties files for a collection. Instead of having resources/ | ||
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=== Some perl scripts don't run properly or to completion === | === Some perl scripts don't run properly or to completion === | ||
//**If you're running Greenstone 3 on a non-English locale**// and certain perl scripts don't run properly or completely, such as when you run '' | //**If you're running Greenstone 3 on a non-English locale**// and certain perl scripts don't run properly or completely, such as when you run '' | ||
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=== Content Encoding Error when visiting the local solr servlet page === | === Content Encoding Error when visiting the local solr servlet page === | ||
If you see a Content Encoding Error when opening your GS3's solr servlet page at '' | If you see a Content Encoding Error when opening your GS3's solr servlet page at '' | ||
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- either unset JAVA_HOME and remove this Java's '' | - either unset JAVA_HOME and remove this Java's '' | ||
- install a newer version of Java on your system. We found that the current latest one, 1.8.0_191 worked successfully for this purpose. | - install a newer version of Java on your system. We found that the current latest one, 1.8.0_191 worked successfully for this purpose. | ||
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=== SIGPIPE errors when building a collection === | === SIGPIPE errors when building a collection === | ||
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* change the database type from '' | * change the database type from '' | ||
* or leave the database type at '' | * or leave the database type at '' | ||
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=== Your browser doesn' | === Your browser doesn' | ||
**The issue:** | **The issue:** | ||
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Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 1. | Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 1. | ||
</ | </ | ||
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+ | CGI.pm is not included with versions of [[https:// | ||
If you get this error, then please install the CGI module for your system perl. | If you get this error, then please install the CGI module for your system perl. |
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