Once the required tar file has been downloaded from the web or ftp site and placed in a designated installation directory the installation process is ready to commence. Choose or create a suitable user account to own your Virtuoso installation.
tar xvf <tar file>.tar
$ sh ./install.sh - Extracting Virtuoso Personal Edition v5.0 - Creating default environment settings - Creating default database settings Installing new virtuoso.ini in $VIRTUOSO_HOME/database Installing new php.ini in $VIRTUOSO_HOME/database Creating symlink to $VIRTUOSO_HOME/bin/virtuoso-iodbc-t - Registering ODBC drivers - Registering .NET provider for Mono - Installing VAD packages in database (this can take some time) - Checking where license should be stored - Starting OpenLink License Manager - Checking for initial Virtuoso license - Starting Virtuoso server instance - Finalizing installation This concludes the first part of the installation. Please start a browser manually and open the following URL to finalize the installation process: http://<hostname>:8890/install/ Installation completed $
A quick way to check that the database is running, is to point a browser to the http port. The following example URLs will show the System Manager for the default, and the demo Virtuoso databases:
http://localhost:8889 http://localhost:8890 http://a_virtuoso_server.org:8890
Install failure
Check the .log file in:
$<Directory where Virtuoso is installed>/bin/virtuoso.log
in order to review the installed files binaries and databases (defaults) for issues if install fails.
.lck existance
Check .log in case of .lck issue
Delete the .lck file and repeat the steps from above.
.trx incompatiblity issue
Check .log in case of .trx incompatiblity issue
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Figure: 2.4.3.1. License file |
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Figure: 2.4.3.1. DAV/DBA authentication Setting page |
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Figure: 2.4.3.1. Post installation page |
The installation is now ready for use.
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