We are going to call your install directory $BIOCORE_HOME. EVERYWHERE YOU SEE $BIOCORE_HOME REPLACE IT WITH YOUR CHOSEN DIRECTORY.

To make it easy for you to update BioCoRE as we release new code, you need to create an rc file in your home directory that can be used by our install scripts.

Download the following from here, or copy the following into the file .biocoreInstallrc in your home directory. Note, because of HTML, you might have extraneous <FONT> tags in your code if you simply copy it from below. We suggest you follow the link above, which doesn't have the extraneous font tags.

# Locations of paths to external biocore jars.    If you have followed
# the instructions on the web, you should only need to change the
# very first value for the $BIOCORE_HOME

# This file is included by an sh install script that the person
# installing the server will execute before starting up the server
# binary.

# Base path where all of the biocore packages are installed.  This
# variable isn't used directly.  Rather, it is used as a prefix for
# variables defined below this.
if [ -z "$biocoreBase" ]; then
  biocoreBase=$BIOCORE_HOME
fi

# BioCoRE webapp name (what you type after the http://machine/.  Probably
# don't need to change
if [ -z "$biocoreWebAppName" ]; then
  biocoreWebAppName=biocore
fi

# Location of the biocore servlet files
if [ -z "$biocoreServletContainerDir" ]; then
   biocoreServletContainerDir=${biocoreBase}/packages/tomcat/current
fi

# Location of the jep jar file
if [ -z "$jepJar" ]; then
   jepJar=${biocoreBase}/packages/jep/current/jep.jar
fi

# Location of the mysqlj jar file.  If you didn't download a new
# connector, don't worry about this
#if [ -z "$mysqlJ" ]; then
#  mysqlJ=${biocoreBase}/packages/mysqlj/current/mysqlj.jar
#fi


You need to replace the values with values for your system. If you have used the exact directories suggested during the installation you probably will only need to edit the first item for the biocoreBase. However, we suggest that you look over the other items as well.

So, the biocoreBase would end up looking something like:

   biocoreBase=/usr/local/biocore

This file, the .biocoreInstallrc file, will be needed anytime you update the BioCoRE server software. So, just leave it in your HOME directory and it will make the upgrade process much easier since you won't have to recreate the file.

If you downloaded and installed your own version of the MySQL Connector, uncomment that section of the file.

Once you have this file set up, you need to run the script install.sh that came in your original tar file that you downloaded. The file might not be set to executable. If this is the case, you will need to chmod it first before you can execute it. Feel free to look at it if you wish. The install script copies over needed files into the proper Tomcat directories and will need to be run in the future anytime that you update the BioCoRE server. It should tell you that it is done and you can now start Tomcat.

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