The binary installer doesn't run in a text environment, as you have found.
Use the tar gz version. Just unpack it. Then you'll need to edit the
cgi-bin/gsdlsite.cfg file by hand.
And set up your Apache in the same way you did last time.

How to do these two things can be found at
http://wiki.greenstone.org/wiki/index.php/Setting\_up\_an\_Apache\_Web\_Server\_for\_Greenstone\_2\_Walkthrough
Step 8.

There is no install.sh file any more.
We need to make specific instructions like these available in the release

Regards,
Katherine

Felhofer, Sean wrote:
>
> I'm looking for assistance on installing Greenstone 2.81 on a remote
> server running Centos 5. I've used 2.80 for
> another site using the same remote server, so I know that end is fine.
>
> I've ftp'd the Greenstone-2.81-linux.bin file to a public\_html
> directory. Then I run the following command line
> via Putty:
>
> [root@host public\_html]# ./Greenstone-2.81-linux.bin
>
> Unfortunately, this always returns the following error message:
>
> Creating temp directory...
> Extracting installer jar...
> Preparing Greenstone installer...
> Launching Installer ...
> No graphics environment available, reverting to text
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
> at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
> at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
> at
> org.tp23.antinstaller.renderer.RendererFactory.getTextPageRenderer(Re
> ndererFactory.java:81)
> at
> org.tp23.antinstaller.runtime.TextRunner.renderPages(TextRunner.java:
> 105)
> at
> org.tp23.antinstaller.runtime.TextRunner.runInstaller(TextRunner.java
> :80)
> at
> org.tp23.antinstaller.runtime.exe.ExecuteRunnerFilter.exec(ExecuteRun
> nerFilter.java:37)
> at org.tp23.antinstaller.runtime.ExecInstall.exec(ExecInstall.java:84)
> at
> org.tp23.antinstaller.selfextract.NonExtractor.main(NonExtractor.java
> :59)
> Caused by: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for
> bundle
> java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key affirmativeChars
> at java.util.ResourceBundle.getObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.util.ResourceBundle.getString(Unknown Source)
> at
> org.tp23.antinstaller.renderer.text.AbstractTextPageRenderer.<clinit>
> (AbstractTextPageRenderer.java:86)
> ... 8 more
> The installer exited with an error
> Greenstone may not be correctly installed
> Deleting the temp directory
> [root@host public\_html]#
>
> I've also tried installing the -2.81-linux-binary.tar.gz version. That
> unzips fine, but I can't find the install.sh file that
>
> Any help on getting 2.81 installed would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sean Felhofer
> William Mitchell College of Law
> St. Paul Minnesota
>
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