Raphael Digital Documentation Setup
The software referred to here was produced as a prototype digital documentation system within the Mellon funded Raphael Research project. The software was built to test various ideas related to the storage, dissemination and description of museum/gallery related information.
The instruction listed here describe the steps required to set up an empty copy of the system for personal use. As stated the software is classed as prototype or beta software and further develop work would be recommended prior to making use of it for anything more than testing and development purposes.
This page is part of the Linux Setup discussion.
--Jpadfield 13:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
Initial set-up of your Linux machine
Follow the instructions and install the software indicated in the following to sections:
Vips/Nip software
Open up an xterm window and run the following commands
sudo mkdir /usr/local/vips-7.22 sudo ln -s /usr/local/vips-7.22 /usr/local/vips
Add the following lines to end of your .bashrc file
export VIPSHOME=/usr/local/vips
export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$VIPSHOME/man
export PATH=$VIPSHOME/bin:"${PATH}"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$VIPSHOME/lib
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib32/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig:$VIPSHOME/lib/pkgconfig
Close your existing xterm and open a new one (this ensures your .bashrc edits are considered) and prepare to download the source code
mkdir software mkdir software/vips cd software/vips
Download and unpack the current version of vips and nip2, for example:
wget http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/supported/7.22/vips-7.22.5.tar.gz wget http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/supported/7.22/nip2-7.22.4.tar.gz tar xzvf vips-7.22.5.tar.gz tar xzvf nip2-7.22.4.tar.gz
Move into the vips folder and build the software as indicated:
cd vips-7.22.5 configure --prefix=/usr/local/vips-7.22 make sudo make install
Move into the nip2 folder and build the software as indicated:
cd ../nip2-7.22.4 configure --prefix=/usr/local/vips-7.22 make sudo make install