How to compile GeoNetwork

You don't need to build or use the GeoNetwork installer; you can build directly from the source code.

Once you have checked out a copy of GeoNetwork from Subversion, you need to build the system and initialize the database.

1. Run ant in the top level (no need to type ant all; the default build does the same thing).
2. Change to the bin directory
3. If you are using a recent checkout of trunk and you don't want to use the default port of 8080, edit jetty.xml manually, search for 8080, and replace it with your port number of choice.
4. Start up GAST (use either gast.bat or gast.sh as appropriate for you).
5. In GAST, Configure your settings - at least:
   • (If using an older version of GAST) Configuration -> Jetty: change the port number if you like and press Save
   • Configuration -> DBMS: change the port number if you like and press Save
   • Database -> Setup: press the Setup button!
   • You may get a warning about circular references; this is "normal".
6. Quit GAST.
7. You can now start GeoNetwork using the start-geonetwork.(sh,bat) script.
8. Done! Load up in your browser.
9. If you want to load the sample data, start up GAST again, i.e., after you started GeoNetwork, select Options from the Config menu and enter your database settings - for default McKoi, select "Use this account" and use admin as username and password. Then go to Database -> Sample data and press the Import button.