Dspace 7 Installation On Windows 10 May 2026

Here’s a step-by-step guide to installing DSpace 7 on Windows 10.

• Open SQL Shell (psql) or psql -U postgres
• Run:

  CREATE USER dspace WITH PASSWORD 'dspace';
  CREATE DATABASE dspace OWNER dspace;
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE dspace TO dspace;
  

• Run: npm install --global yarn

Run the following command to build DSpace 7: dspace 7 installation on windows 10

You now have a complete, working DSpace 7 repository on Windows 10, ready for customization, theme development, or local testing. Here’s a step-by-step guide to installing DSpace 7

• cd dspace/target/dspace-installer
• mvn -DskipTests package
• Then run the provided script to install into a target directory, e.g., C:\dspace

7.2 Build the Backend

From C:\dspace-src: