X-Git-Url: http://lists.indexdata.com/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fbook.xml;h=fb39a879e88fa4718cbf1766f2ca418cd28006ee;hb=03e2fc2fbd11931ca4183c3f1fb678f09eb5403e;hp=1d2950652c7b5aadc450d91f9a252e520bc30643;hpb=601933683c68801e86c4f1380b70a8972eaa1cb1;p=metaproxy-moved-to-github.git diff --git a/doc/book.xml b/doc/book.xml index 1d29506..fb39a87 100644 --- a/doc/book.xml +++ b/doc/book.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ --> ]> - + Metaproxy - User's Guide and Reference @@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ processes, interprets and redirects requests from IR clients using standard protocols such as the binary ANSI/NISO Z39.50 - and the information search and retireval - web services SRU - and SRW, as - well as functioning as a limited + and the information search and retrieval + web service SRU + as well as functioning as a limited HTTP server. @@ -87,8 +86,8 @@ Metaproxy is a stand alone program that acts as a universal router, proxy and encapsulated metasearcher for information retrieval protocols such - as Z39.50, and in the future - SRU and SRW. + as Z39.50 and + SRU. To clients, it acts as a server of these protocols: it can be searched, records can be retrieved from it, etc. To servers, it acts as a client: it searches in them, @@ -159,7 +158,10 @@ The popular C++ library. Initial versions of Metaproxy - was built with 1.33.0. Version 1.33.1 works too. + was built with 1.33.0. Version 1.33.1 works too. Metaproxy + also compiles with Boost 1.34.1 but the tests do + not compile, because the Test API + of Boost has changed. @@ -263,7 +265,10 @@ There is currently no official Debian package for YAZ++. - And the Debian package for YAZ is probably too old. + And the official Debian package for YAZ is probably too old. + But Index Data bulds "new" versions of those for Debian (i386 only). + + Update the /etc/apt/sources.list to include the Index Data repository. See YAZ' Download Debian @@ -271,11 +276,9 @@ apt-get install libxslt1-dev - apt-get install libyazpp-dev + apt-get install libyazpp2-dev apt-get install libboost-dev apt-get install libboost-thread-dev - apt-get install libboost-date-time-dev - apt-get install libboost-program-options-dev apt-get install libboost-test-dev @@ -328,39 +331,12 @@
Boost - Get Boost from its home page. - You also need Boost Jam (an alternative to make). - That's also available from the Boost home page. - The files to be downloaded are called something like: - boost_1_33-1.exe - and - boost-jam-3.1.12-1-ntx86.zip. - Unpack Boost Jam first. Put bjam.exe - in your system path. Make a command prompt and ensure - it can be found automatically. If not check the PATH. - The Boost .exe is a self-extracting exe with - complete source for Boost. Compile that source with - Boost Jam (An alternative to Make). - The compilation takes a while. - For Visual Studio 2003, use - - bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" - - Here vc-7_1 refers to a "Toolset" (compiler system). - For Visual Studio 2005, use - - bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-8_0" - - To install the libraries in a common place, use - - bjam "-sTOOLS=vc-7_1" install - - (or vc-8_0 for VS 2005). - - - By default, the Boost build process installs the resulting - libraries + header files in - \boost\lib, \boost\include. + For Windows, it's easiest to get the precompiled Boost + package from here. + Several versions of the Boost libraries may be selected when + installing Boost for windows. Please choose at least the + multithreaded (non-DLL) version because + the Metaproxy makefile uses that. For more information about installing Boost refer to the @@ -378,7 +354,7 @@ Libxslt has other dependencies, but these can all be downloaded - from the same site. Get the following: + from the same site. Get the following package: iconv, zlib, libxml2, libxslt.
@@ -396,9 +372,7 @@ YAZ++ Get YAZ++ as well. - Version 1.0 or later is required. For now get it from - Index Data's - Snapshot area. + Version 1.0.3 or later is required. YAZ++ includes NMAKE makefiles, similar to those found in the @@ -1684,7 +1658,6 @@ Z> Metaproxy can act as SRU and - SRW web service server, which translates web service requests to ANSI/NISO Z39.50 packages and sends them off to common available targets. @@ -1775,9 +1748,8 @@ Z> - A typical minimal example SRU and - SRW server configuration file is found - in the tarball distribution at + A typical minimal example SRU + server configuration file is found in the tarball distribution at etc/config-sru-to-z3950.xml.