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Exercise 1: Install and Start the System

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This exercise will take you through the installation steps of GeoNetwork opensource and ends with starting the system as stand alone application using Jetty.

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Introduction

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Pre-requisites

Before running the GeoNetwork opensource installer you will have to ensure a Java SDK version 1.4.2 or later is installed on your system. You can download that installer from http://java.sun.com. Look for the latest J2SDK1.4 for your operating system.

Starting the GeoNetwork installer

Now start the installer. Normally you can simply double-click on the installer file.
Depending on your computer settings this may not work. In that case, open a terminal window to start the installer from the command-line.

On Windows do: Start -> Run -> type 'cmd' and hit Return. This will open a terminal (MS-DOS) window. Now type 'java -jar C:\temp\geonetwork-2.0.0-beta3-install.jar' followed by a Return.
On UNIX operating systems (Linux, Max OS X, Solaris), open a terminal window and type 'java -jar ~/temp/geonetwork-2.0.0-beta3-install.jar' followed by a Return

Note: replace the directory and installer name with the proper names for your situation

The installer will now display an introduction screen. Click next to select the packages.

You can choose what items to install. At present there are five packages available:

GeoNetwork opensource - This is the GeoNetwork web application and is mandatory
Sample metadata - These are some sample metadata records that can be used while trying and testing the application. Select it.
Integrated Jetty server - The Jetty server allows you to run GeoNetwork opensource as stand alone application without the need to install a separate servlet engine webserver. Select it.
Sources - These are the Java source code files. Unless you want to develop or examine the Java source code, there is no need to install them now.
JavaDoc - These are the Java source code documentation pages. Again these are not required at this point.