2.6 Daisy Repository Server

2.6.1 Initialising and configuring the Daisy Repository

Open a command prompt or shell and set an environment variable DAISY_HOME, pointing to the directory where Daisy is installed.

Windows:
set DAISY_HOME=c:\daisy-2.0

Linux:
export DAISY_HOME=/home/daisy_user/daisy-2.0

Important: for Windows, the DAISY_HOME environment variable should not end on a backslash! (because the path is inserted in scripts between double quotes, and a backslash on the end would escape the double quote)

Then go to the directory <DAISY_HOME>/install, and execute:

daisy-repository-init

Follow the instructions on screen. The installation will (1) initialize the database tables for the repository server and (2) create a Daisy data directory containing customized configuration files.