Latest Release

Version 3.5.2 - Released: 2011-05-20

• build-ead.sh [MD5] (installation script)
• cheshire3-ead.tgz [MD5]

Changes:

• 3.5.2 - Administrator statistics improvements.
• 3.5.1 - More intuitive date searching.
• 3.5.1 - EAD Editor refinements: consistent DAO ordering, new separated material field, save your record prompt (FF and IE).
• 3.5.0 - Streamlined user journey to record displays (live browse preview and auto loading for single hits.)

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Installation

The most sure-fire way to ensure that this package will work as intended is to follow the instructions in:
"A guide to Installing Cheshire3 and Cheshire for Archives software" ,provided courtesy of the Archives Hub.

Pre-requisites

Cheshire3 system installed, with the following packages:

• cheshire3-base.tgz
• cheshire3-web.tgz
• cheshire3-sql.tgz

Quick Installation

1. Update to the latest release of Cheshire3.
   1. Download update.sh and save to the directory where you originally installed Cheshire3 (i.e. where you placed the .tgz files and build.sh script).
   2. Make it executable: chmod u+x update.sh
   3. Run it: ./update.sh
2. Download the latest version of cheshire3-ead.tgz package, and build-ead.sh (above) and save to the directory where you installed Cheshire3
3. Install using the command: ./build-ead.sh
4. Change directory to <Cheshire3 base>/cheshire3/www/ead
5. Open localConfig.py in a text editor.
   Modify preference switches as desired.
   Replace the values for repository_name, repository_link, repository_logo, localhost, outgoing_email_host.
   Save and close.
6. Generate customised search pages with the command: ./buildCustomPages.py
7. Restart Apache. This is necessary to load some special configurations for the search interface
8. Change directory to <Cheshire3 base>/cheshire3/dbs/ead
9. Copy EAD data files into the data directory.
10. Build the database and indexes with the command: ./run.py -load -load_components -cluster
11. OK, you're done! You can now search, and browse your EAD finding aids using the following address in the web-browser:
    http://<your host>/ead/

OPTIONAL

11. Execute this step only if you want to be able to administer your database through a web-browser, from any desktop or laptop computer.
    Add an administrative user using the command: ./run.py -adduser
    Enter the username and password as prompted.
12. OK, you're done. You can now administer your database using the following address in the web-browser:
    http://<your host>/ead/admin/
    and providing the username and password when prompted.

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Useful Scripts etc.

• HTTPD Startup Scripts
  • Fedora 10
  • Fedora 11
  • Fedora 12
  • Fedora 13
  • Fedora 15
• postgresql.tmp

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Archived Versions

Version 3.5

Changes:

• 3.5.1 - More intuitive date searching.
• 3.5.1 - EAD Editor refinements: consistent DAO ordering, new separated material field, save your record prompt (FF and IE).
• 3.5.0 - Streamlined user journey to record displays (live browse preview and auto loading for single hits.)

Downloads

• 3.5.1: ead-3.5.1.tgz [MD5], build-ead-3.5.1.sh [MD5] - Released: 2011-03-22
• 3.5.0: ead-3.5.0.tgz [MD5], build-ead-3.5.0.sh [MD5] - Released: 2010-12-15

Version 3.4

Changes:

• Refine your search by the attributes / facets of results.
• Create and edit catalogue entries with the EAD Editor.
• AJAX added for enhanced search and display.

Downloads:

• 3.4.4: ead-3.4.5.tgz, build-ead-3.4.5.sh - Released: 2009-07-27
• 3.4.4: ead-3.4.4.tgz, build-ead-3.4.4.sh - Released: 2009-05-20
• 3.4.3: ead-3.4.3.tgz, build-ead-3.4.3.sh - Released: 2009-05-06
• 3.4.2: ead-3.4.2.tgz, build-ead-3.4.2.sh - Released: 2009-04-21
• 3.4.1: ead-3.4.1.tgz, build-ead-3.4.1.sh - Released: 2009-04-08
• 3.4.0: ead-3.4.0.tgz, build-ead-3.4.0.sh - Released: 2009-03-17

Version 3.3

Downloads:

• 3.3.1: ead-3.3.1.tgz, build-ead-3.3.1.sh - Released: 2008-08-09
• 3.3.0: ead-3.3.0.tgz, build-ead-3.3.0.sh - Released: 2008-05-01

Version 3.2

Downloads:

• 3.2.2: ead-3.2.2.tgz, build-ead-3.2.2.sh - Released: 2007-07-18
• 3.2.1: ead-3.2.1.tgz, build-ead-3.2.1.sh - Released: 2007-04-25
• 3.2.0: ead-3.2.0.tgz, build-ead-3.2.0.sh - Released: 2007-03-23

Version 3.1

Downloads:

• ead-3.1.6.tgz - Released: 2006-10-24
• ead-3.1.5.tgz - Released: 2006-10-19
• ead-3.1.4.tgz - Released: 2006-10-09
• 3.1.3 - Released: 2006-10-02
• 3.1.2 - Released: 2006-09-27
• 3.1.1 - Released: 2006-09-13
• 3.1.0 - Released: 2006-08-08

Version 3.0

Downloads:

• 3.0.4
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.1

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Legal

All software and scripts are provided without any expressed or implied warranty, and with no guarantee of fitness for any purpose. It is downloaded, installed, and used entirely at the user's risk.

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