1 Koha 3 - 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 5.10 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
33 1.2. Optional foreign language installation:
34 If you would like more languages and not only English,
36 perl translate install fr-FR # or use your preferred language codes
39 3.(optional) make test
41 5. sudo ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
42 (note that the path to koha-httpd.conf may be different depending on your
44 6. sudo a2enmod rewrite deflate
45 7. sudo a2ensite koha && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
46 8. sudo zebrasrv -f /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
47 (note that you will want to run Zebra in daemon mode for a production
49 9. Browse to http://servername:8080/ and answer the questions
50 10. Optionally add a robots.txt file. See README.robots for details
52 OR if you want to install all dependencies from CPAN and are root, you can
53 replace steps 1-3 with "perl install-CPAN.pl" but this is non-standard and
54 may not be safe. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool when it works.
56 The defaults will install Koha to places that follow relevant standards,
57 such as the File Hierarchy Standard. If you want to install Koha to a
58 different directory like /opt/koha, then replace step 1 with (for example):
60 1. perl Makefile.PL INTRANET_CGI_DIR=/www/cgi-bin
62 You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as DB_HOST.
63 For full instructions on how to override the default settings, run
65 $ perldoc rewrite-config.PL
69 If you are running in another language other than english, please
70 switch to english before doing the upgrade, the templating system has
71 changed and the templates will need to be regenerated.
72 Once you have upgraded, please regenerate your templates in your
75 If you are upgrading from a previous installation of Koha 3.x, you can
78 ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m # to identify new Perl dependencies
80 Install any missing modules
81 IMPORTANT: Koha 3.4.0 and greater uses Template::Toolkit, this must be installed
82 before the webinstaller can run
85 sudo apt-get install libtemplate-perl
87 Other Linux/Unix platforms
88 Use the packaged version or install from CPAN
91 perl Makefile.PL --prev-install-log /path/to/koha-install-log
96 Koha 3.4.x or later no longer stores items in biblio records.
97 If you are upgrading from an older version ou will need to do the
98 following two steps, they can take a long time (several hours) to
99 complete for large databases
101 misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run
102 misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r
106 1. Running the Web Installer allows you to install sample data for libraries, patrons, etc.
107 but you may want to install additional data such as bibliographic and authorities.
109 Once the installer has completed, you can import and index MARC records from the
110 command line thusly (Note: you can also use the 'Stage MARC records for import' from
111 the Tools area of Koha's Staff Client to import a batch of MARC records):
113 $ export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/etc/koha-conf.xml
114 (note: use the correct path to your koha-conf.xml)
117 Bibliographic data in MARC21 format
118 $ misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -file /path/to/marc.iso2709
119 Authority data in MARC21 format
120 $ misc/migration_tools/bulkauthimport.pl -file /path/to/auth.iso2709
123 $ misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -w
125 Once the indexing has completed, you will be able to search for records in your
126 system. NOTE: if you don't run the Fast Index utility, and you have the index
127 updates scheduled as per 7.3 the indexing process will happen in the background,
128 but it will be orders of magnitude slower.
130 4. Schedule regular index updates
131 run rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -z as a regular cron job, check the 'misc/cronjobs/crontab.example' file for usage examples
133 You can also configure zebra-indexing as an background daemon, see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Background_indexing_with_Zebra
135 5. To enable public Z39.50/SRU servers, you'll need to edit your koha-conf.xml and
136 change the <listen> options to listen on a TCP port; then restart the zebra daemon.
142 IF THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TREE: please contact developers by email via
143 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
145 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.koha.devel
147 IF THIS IS A RELEASED VERSION: please see the support pages at
148 http://www.koha-community.org/
150 Released versions usually have three-digit numbers, like 3.06.00,
151 while other version number styles are usually snapshots or previews.
157 For instructions on how to package releases, run perldoc Makefile.PL