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If you don’t use Git, download the zip from https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases and extract to C:\dspace-source .

To run Solr as a Windows service, use nssm (Non-Sucking Service Manager) – but for development, leave it running in a minimized Command Prompt.

In Tomcat’s conf/server.xml , ensure the connector is set to UTF-8:

mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="org.dspace.installer.DSpaceInstaller" -Dexec.args="--create-administrator --create-default-community"