Koha 3 - the next-generation release of the award-winning Koha open-source integrated library system. Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System. Developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications, Ltd and first deployed in January of 2000 for the Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. Learn more about the Koha project at http://koha-community.org. INSTALLATION ============ You need to have a server running Perl 5.10 or later, MySQL 5, Zebra 2.0.22 or greater and a webserver (preferably Apache2) before installing Koha. MySQL 5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin' user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must have at least the following privileges: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, ALTER, and LOCK TABLES. Default installation instructions: 1. perl Makefile.PL (you will be prompted to answer a number of questions and you will need to install some Perl dependencies) WARNING: 1.1 recent versions of CGI::Session have caused some issues for users; as of this release date, we suggest downloading the CGI::Session::serialize::yaml tarball direct from CPAN and install it directly rather than using the cpan command 1.2. Optional foreign language installation: If you would like more languages and not only English, cd misc/translator perl translate install fr-FR # or use your preferred language codes 2. make 3.(optional) make test 4. sudo make install 5. sudo ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha (note that the path to koha-httpd.conf may be different depending on your installation choices) 6. sudo a2enmod rewrite deflate 7. sudo a2ensite koha && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload 8. sudo zebrasrv -f /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml (note that you will want to run Zebra in daemon mode for a production system) 9. Browse to http://servername:8080/ and answer the questions 10. Optionally add a robots.txt file. See README.robots for details OR if you want to install all dependencies from CPAN and are root, you can replace steps 1-3 with "perl install-CPAN.pl" but this is non-standard and may not be safe. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool when it works. The defaults will install Koha to places that follow relevant standards, such as the File Hierarchy Standard. If you want to install Koha to a different directory like /opt/koha, then replace step 1 with (for example): 1. perl Makefile.PL INTRANET_CGI_DIR=/www/cgi-bin You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as DB_HOST. For full instructions on how to override the default settings, run $ perldoc rewrite-config.PL UPGRADE ======= If you are running in another language other than english, please switch to english before doing the upgrade, the templating system has changed and the templates will need to be regenerated. Once you have upgraded, please regenerate your templates in your chosen languages. If you are upgrading from a previous installation of Koha 3.x, you can use the following: ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m # to identify new Perl dependencies Install any missing modules IMPORTANT: Koha 3.4.0 and greater uses Template::Toolkit, this must be installed before the webinstaller can run On debian/ubuntu sudo apt-get install libtemplate-perl Other Linux/Unix platforms Use the packaged version or install from CPAN cpan Template perl Makefile.PL --prev-install-log /path/to/koha-install-log make make test sudo make upgrade Koha 3.4.x or later no longer stores items in biblio records. If you are upgrading from an older version ou will need to do the following two steps, they can take a long time (several hours) to complete for large databases misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r WHAT NEXT? 1. Running the Web Installer allows you to install sample data for libraries, patrons, etc. but you may want to install additional data such as bibliographic and authorities. Once the installer has completed, you can import and index MARC records from the command line thusly (Note: you can also use the 'Stage MARC records for import' from the Tools area of Koha's Staff Client to import a batch of MARC records): $ export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/etc/koha-conf.xml (note: use the correct path to your koha-conf.xml) 2. Import: Bibliographic data in MARC21 format $ misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -file /path/to/marc.iso2709 Authority data in MARC21 format $ misc/migration_tools/bulkauthimport.pl -file /path/to/auth.iso2709 3. Fast Index: $ misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -w Once the indexing has completed, you will be able to search for records in your system. NOTE: if you don't run the Fast Index utility, and you have the index updates scheduled as per 7.3 the indexing process will happen in the background, but it will be orders of magnitude slower. 4. Schedule regular index updates run rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -z as a regular cron job, check the 'misc/cronjobs/crontab.example' file for usage examples You can also configure zebra-indexing as an background daemon, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Background_indexing_with_Zebra 5. To enable public Z39.50/SRU servers, you'll need to edit your koha-conf.xml and change the options to listen on a TCP port; then restart the zebra daemon. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ==================== IF THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TREE: please contact developers by email via http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel or http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.koha.devel IF THIS IS A RELEASED VERSION: please see the support pages at http://www.koha-community.org/ Released versions usually have three-digit numbers, like 3.06.00, while other version number styles are usually snapshots or previews. DEVELOPER NOTES =============== For instructions on how to package releases, run perldoc Makefile.PL