I am a newbie to database management and unix/linux installations. Recently, I have been trying to install the OJS on my Macbook Pro. I have successfully installed PostgreSQL, but now I don’t know how to install the rest of the package. I don’t know whether I need to install the OJS inside the PostgreSQL account or in the same account (Admin) from where I installed the Database software (PostgreSQL). and how to install the OJS package.
I will appreciate if some one can send me the step by step documentation necessary for the installation.
Hi Alec,
No, I have not installed anything else, I believe Apache is already
installed in Mac OS X.
I am trying to explore the possibility of hosting the sever for a online
journal.
I would suggest trying MAMP, which contains all the server software necessary in a single bundle. Alternately, if you just want to test OJS, then you could try our testdrive installation; see https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/docs/userguide/2.3.1/overviewTestDrive.html for details.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
Follow the installation instructions in the OJS package in docs/README, and if you get stuck on any particular element, search the forums and post here if you can’t find an answer already posted.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
I have been getting following error:
ERRORS OCCURRED DURING INSTALLATION: A database error has occurred: Access denied for user ‘’@‘localhost’ to database ‘ojs’
I tried to search on the forum as well as googling but got nothing which was helpful.
That error message is coming from MySQL, indicating that it doesn’t accept the database credentials you gave OJS on the installation form. Make sure you’ve executed the right GRANT statement when creating the database.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team