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Koha - award-winning GPL Integrated Library System
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Koha aims to be a full-featured Integrated Library System. Developed
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initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed
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in January of 2000 for Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently
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maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff
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from around the globe.
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STRUCTURE
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=========
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Koha 3.0 has been restructured from Koha 2.2 to use Zebra,
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a high-performance, general-purpose structured text indexing and
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retrieval engine. Zebra speaks Z39.50, building on one of Koha's most
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useful features.
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General library data is held in MySQL, and Koha 3.0 supports MySQL 5,
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using foreign keys and other recent features.
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Apache 2 is the recommended web server and VirtualHost configuration
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files are generated for it.
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INSTALLATION
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============
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Koha 3.0 comes with a new installer, based on MakeMaker, the tool that
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is usually used to install CPAN modules. This means that if you know
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how to customise CPAN-installed modules, the same things should work
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for you with Koha. If not, don't worry. If you want to customise the
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installation more than described below, run "man ExtUtils::MakeMaker"
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Koha 3.0 introduces multi-dbms support. With this release you may elect
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to install over MySQL 5 or PostgreSQL 8.2.5. Further databases will
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be added over time.
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You need to have a server running MySQL 5 or PostgreSQL 8.2.5, Zebra
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and some webserver (preferably Apache) before installing Koha.
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MySQL 5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
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user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must have at least the
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following privileges: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP,
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ALTER, and LOCK TABLES.
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PostgreSQL 8.2.5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
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user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must be a superuser. You
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must also add plpgsql to the koha database.
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Default installation instructions:
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1. perl Makefile.PL
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(you will be prompted to answer a number of questions)
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2. make
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3.(optional) make test
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4. sudo make install
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5. ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
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6. a2enmod rewrite
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7. a2ensite koha && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
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8. zebrasrv -f /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
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9. Browse to http://servername:8080/ and answer the questions
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OR if you want to install all dependencies from CPAN and are root, you can
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replace steps 1-3 with "perl install-CPAN.pl" but this is non-standard and
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may not be safe. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool when it works.
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The defaults will install Koha to places that follow relevant standards,
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such as the File Hierarchy Standard. If you want to install Koha to a
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different directory like /opt/koha, then replace step 1 with (for example):
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1. perl Makefile.PL INTRANET_CGI_DIR=/www/cgi-bin
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You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as DB_HOST.
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For full instructions on how to override the default settings, run
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perldoc rewrite-config.PL
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IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS
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====================
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IF THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TREE: please contact developers by email via
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http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
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or
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http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.koha.devel
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IF THIS IS A RELEASED VERSION: please see the support pages at
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http://www.koha.org/
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Released versions usually have three-digit numbers, like 3.00.01,
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while other version number styles are usually snapshots or previews.
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DEVELOPER NOTES
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===============
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For instructions on how to package releases, run perldoc Makefile.PL
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