I. Introduction
VuFind is an electronic resource portal designed and developed for
libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to
search and browse through all of your library's electronic resources.
II. Requirements
VuFind uses common open source web application components, including the
Apache web server, PHP scripting language and MySQL database.
The latest requirement list, including download links for various software
packages, can be found here:
http://vufind.org/wiki/requirements
III. Bundled Components
VuFind is bundled with (and relies upon) several ready-built programs. If you
wish to rebuild or upgrade any of these components, you should visit their own
project pages.
Apache Solr (solr/jetty/webapps/solr.war)
http://lucene.apache.org/solr/
NLA Browse Handler (import/browse-indexing.jar; solr/lib/browse-handler.jar)
https://github.com/marktriggs/nla-browse-handler
Jetty (solr/jetty/*)
http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/
SolrMarc (import/SolrMarc.jar; import/VuFindIndexer.jar)
http://code.google.com/p/solrmarc/
IV. Installation Procedure
Installation details vary depending on your platform. VuFind can run on
Windows or various flavors of Linux. For detailed instructions, please
visit this link:
http://vufind.org/wiki/installation
V. Security
The latest notes on ensuring that your VuFind installation is secure can
be found here:
http://vufind.org/wiki/security
Please review carefully!
VI. Copyright and Licensing
Copyright (C) Villanova University 2007-2011.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
VII. Additional Credits
The themes provided with VuFind make use of the free Fugue, Silk and Tango icon
sets. For more information on these icons, see:
Fugue (copyright (c) Yusuke Kamiyamane): http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/
Silk: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/
Silk Companion: http://damieng.com/creative/icons/silk-companion-1-icons
Tango: http://tango.freedesktop.org/