Installing prerequisites

Evergreen has a number of prerequisite packages that must be installed before you can successfully configure, compile, and install Evergreen.

  1. Begin by installing the most recent version of OpenSRF (3.0.0 or later). You can download OpenSRF releases from http://evergreen-ils.org/opensrf-downloads/
  2. Issue the following commands as the root Linux account to install prerequisites using the Makefile.install prerequisite installer, substituting debian-stretch,debian-jessie,ubuntu-bionic, or ubuntu-xenial for <osname> below:

    make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install <osname>
  3. OPTIONAL: Developer additions

    To perform certain developer tasks from a Git source code checkout, additional packages may be required. As the root Linux account:

    • To install packages needed for retrieving and managing web dependencies, use the <osname>-developer Makefile.install target. Currently, this is only needed for building and installing the web staff client.

      make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install <osname>-developer
    • To install packages required for building Evergreen translations, use the <osname>-translator Makefile.install target.

      make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install <osname>-translator
    • To install packages required for building Evergreen release bundles, use the <osname>-packager Makefile.install target.

      make -f Open-ILS/src/extras/Makefile.install <osname>-packager