Installation¶

Installation steps¶

Once you have downloaded the jar installer from the download zone, launch it using the java command or on windows double click on Jar file:

java -jar linshare-VERSION.jar

This will launch the installation wizard. Follow the instructions. You should end with an install folder containing the following files and directories:

 .
|-- COPYING
|-- INSTALL
|-- install.xml
|-- jetty
|-- LAYOUT
|-- linshare.bat
|-- linshare.sh
|-- README
|-- TODO
|-- uninstall.jar

Starting or stopping LinShare¶

For linux or mac users, go to this folder and launch the linshare.sh startup script:

cd $INSTALL_DIR
./linshare.sh start

For windows users, go to the install folder and double click on linshare.bat.

To stop the application, call the linshare.sh with the stop argument, under Linux or Mac.

./linshare.sh stop

For windows users simply close the cmd panel.

Accessing to LinShare¶

When the jetty server have started you can access linshare using a web explorer at http://localhost:8080.

The followings simple accounts:

mail: user1@linpki.org
userPassword: password1

---
mail: user2@linpki.org
userPassword: password2

You can also use admin account to configure LinShare (see administration).

OpenOffice extention (optionnal)¶

This feature allow users to preview documents (ODT, DOC, etc.).

You have to run OpenOffice.org listening 8100 port in order to allow Microsoft Office documents thumbnail generation (see requirements):

soffice -headless -accept="socket,port=8100;urp;" 

Configuration¶

If you need to change any of the linshare default configuration go to configuration page.