1 Koha 3.2 - the next-generation release of the award-winning Koha open-source
2 integrated library system.
4 Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System. Developed initially in
5 New Zealand by Katipo Communications, Ltd and first deployed in January of 2000
6 for the Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently maintained by a team of
7 software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. Learn
8 more about the Koha project at http://koha-community.org.
13 You need to have a server running Perl 5.8.8 or later, MySQL 5, Zebra
14 2.0.22 or greater and a webserver (preferably Apache2) before installing
17 MySQL 5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
18 user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must have at least the
19 following privileges: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP,
20 ALTER, and LOCK TABLES.
22 Default installation instructions:
25 (you will be prompted to answer a number of questions and you will
26 need to install some Perl dependencies)
29 1.1 recent versions of CGI::Session have caused some issues for users;
30 as of this release date, we suggest downloading the CGI::Session::serialize::yaml
31 tarball direct from CPAN and install it directly rather than using the cpan command
34 3.(optional) make test
36 5. sudo ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
37 (note that the path to koha-httpd.conf may be different depending on your
39 6. sudo a2enmod rewrite
40 7. sudo a2ensite koha && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
41 8. sudo zebrasrv -f /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
42 (note that you will want to run Zebra in daemon mode for a production
44 9. Browse to http://servername:8080/ and answer the questions
45 10. Optionally add a robots.txt file. See README.robots for details
47 OR if you want to install all dependencies from CPAN and are root, you can
48 replace steps 1-3 with "perl install-CPAN.pl" but this is non-standard and
49 may not be safe. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool when it works.
51 The defaults will install Koha to places that follow relevant standards,
52 such as the File Hierarchy Standard. If you want to install Koha to a
53 different directory like /opt/koha, then replace step 1 with (for example):
55 1. perl Makefile.PL INTRANET_CGI_DIR=/www/cgi-bin
57 You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as DB_HOST.
58 For full instructions on how to override the default settings, run
60 $ perldoc rewrite-config.PL
64 If you are upgrading from a previous installation of Koha 3.x, you can
67 ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m # to identify new Perl dependencies
68 perl Makefile.PL --prev-install-log /path/to/koha-install-log
75 1. Running the Web Installer allows you to install sample data for libraries, patrons, etc.
76 but you may want to install additional data such as bibliographic and authorities.
78 Once the installer has completed, you can import and index MARC records from the
79 command line thusly (Note: you can also use the 'Stage MARC records for import' from
80 the Tools area of Koha's Staff Client to import a batch of MARC records):
82 $ export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/etc/koha-conf.xml
83 (note: use the correct path to your koha-conf.xml)
86 Bibliographic data in MARC21 format
87 $ misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -file /path/to/marc.iso2709
88 Authority data in MARC21 format
89 $ misc/migration_tools/bulkauthimport.pl -file /path/to/auth.iso2709
92 $ misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -w
94 Once the indexing has completed, you will be able to search for records in your
95 system. NOTE: if you don't run the Fast Index utility, and you have the index
96 updates scheduled as per 7.3 the indexing process will happen in the background,
97 Once the indexing has completed, you will be able to search for records in your
98 system. NOTE: if you don't run the Fast Index utility, and you have the index
99 updates scheduled as per 7.3 the indexing process will happen in the background,
100 but it will be orders of magnitude slower.
102 4. Schedule regular index updates
103 run rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -z as a regular cron job, check misc/cronjobs/crontab.example
106 5. To enable public Z39.50/SRU servers, you'll need to edit your koha-conf.xml and
107 change the <listen> options to listen on a TCP port; then restart the zebra daemon.
113 IF THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TREE: please contact developers by email via
114 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
116 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.koha.devel
118 IF THIS IS A RELEASED VERSION: please see the support pages at
119 http://www.koha-community.org/
121 Released versions usually have three-digit numbers, like 3.02.00,
122 while other version number styles are usually snapshots or previews.
128 For instructions on how to package releases, run perldoc Makefile.PL