Installing and Running Overview

Installing on Windows 8

...working on it...

Installing on Ubuntu Linux

Warning We support Overview on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS and above. (Really, we support any distribution that includes Postgresql 9.3 or above.) Older versions of Postgresql might not work perfectly.

First, download the latest release of overview-server-YYYYMMDDRR.zip from https://github.com/overview/overview-server/releases. Done? Now you have two ways to install it.

On the command-line

Just run this:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless postgresql
sudo mkdir /opt/overview
cd /opt/overview
unzip /path/to/overview-server-YYYYMMDDRR.zip
cd overview-server-YYYYMMDDRR
./run

Leave that running, browse to http://localhost:9000 and log in as admin@overviewproject.org with password admin@overviewproject.org.

To quit, press Ctrl+C where ./run is running. Don't worry: your data is safe no matter when you quit.

Without the command-line

1. Using Ubuntu Software Center, install openjdk-7-jre-headless and postgresql.
2. Move overview-server-YYYYMMDDRR.zip somewhere where you know you can find it again.
3. Right-click on overview-server-YYYYMMDDRR.zip and click Extract here.
4. Double-click on the new overview-server-YYYYMMDDRR folder.
5. Wait for the colorful text to stop scrolling in the terminal that pops up.
6. Browse to http://localhost:9000 and log in as admin@overviewproject.org with password admin@overviewproject.org.

To quit, close the terminal. Don't worry: your data is safe no matter when you quit.