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2 Installation Guide for Installing Koha on Debian Etch with MySQL 5
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5 Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 LibLime (http://liblime.com)
7 Maintainer: Joshua Ferraro (jmf AT liblime DOT com)
9 Feedback/bug reports: Koha Developer's List:
10 http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
12 This document last modified: 30 April 2008
14 Installation Instructions
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17 All commands can be performed as a system user with sudo privileges,
18 as indicated or by running the command directly as root.
20 1. Prepare System and Install Dependencies
22 1.1 Install Debian Etch via Businesscard CD
24 See http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/
26 WARNING: use Perl 5.8 (a library Koha depends on,
27 MARC::File::XML may not work with Perl 5.10, see:
28 http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2309),
30 1.2 Set up your locale
32 Your locale should be set to UTF-8, as should Apache2 and MySQL 5.
33 This step is VERY IMPORTANT for a UNICODE compliant system. Please
34 read over the following document carefully:
36 http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=encodingscratchpad
38 IMPORTANT: You _MUST_ follow all the steps outlined there for
39 Apache2, MySQL 5, etc. BEFORE you install Koha.
41 1.3 Set up apt sources for Git, Yaz and Zebra packages
43 Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following:
46 deb http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian etch main
47 deb-src http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian etch main
50 deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free
52 Backports packages are signed with a key you can install as follows:
55 $ sudo apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
57 The Index Data packages are signed with a key you can install as follows:
59 $ wget http://ftp.indexdata.dk/debian/indexdata.asc
60 $ sudo apt-key add indexdata.asc
62 Run the following command to update your system:
65 $ sudo apt-get -t etch-backports install git-core git-email
66 $ sudo apt-get install yaz idzebra-2.0 idzebra-2.0-doc
70 1.4.1 Option A: Download Koha via Git (optional)
72 $ git clone git://git.koha.org/pub/scm/koha.git kohaclone
74 $ git checkout -b myinstall origin
76 Note: for more information about Git, please see the Koha Git Usage Guide:
78 http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:git_usage
80 1.4.2 Option B: Download Koha from http://download.koha.org
82 $ wget http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00-beta.tar.gz
83 ( Note: use the latest stable version)
85 1.5 Install additional Debian dependencies
87 IMPORTANT: You should only use CPAN for Perl dependencies which are NOT
88 available from the package maintainer. You have been warned!
90 Using the debian.packages file included in the Koha source tree,
93 $ sudo dpkg --set-selections < install_misc/debian.packages
99 Choose [I]nstall and accept packages to be installed (hit return)
103 Choose [C]onfigure, [R]emove and [Q]uit until dselect has completed.
105 1.6 Install Perl dependencies that aren't packaged into Debian Etch
108 Run the following command:
110 $ sudo cpan MARC::Record Class::Accessor MARC::Charset MARC::File::XML \
111 Net::Z3950::ZOOM HTML::Template::Pro MARC::Crosswalk::DublinCore \
112 PDF::Reuse PDF::Reuse::Barcode Data::ICal GD::Barcode::UPCE \
113 XML::RSS Algorithm::CheckDigits::M43_001 Biblio::EndnoteStyle POE \
114 Schedule::At DBD::SQLite GD SMS::Send HTTP::OAI IPC::Cmd Locale::Currency::Format
118 1.6.1 A Perl library Koha depends on, MARC::File::XML may not work with Perl
119 5.10, see: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2309),
121 1.6.2 Recent versions of CGI::Session have caused some issues for users;
122 as of this release date, we suggest downloading the CGI::Session::Serialize::yaml
123 tarball direct from CPAN and install it directly rather than using the cpan command
125 1.6.3 There is a known but benign error in the test case for Barcode::Code128,
126 which is required by PDF::Reuse::Barcode. If this module is not installed,
127 you can do a forced installation of Barcode::Code128.
129 Note: you may need to run CPAN initialization if you've not run cpan
132 /etc/perl/CPAN/Config.pm initialized.
134 CPAN is the world-wide archive of perl resources. It consists of about
135 100 sites that all replicate the same contents all around the globe.
136 Many countries have at least one CPAN site already. The resources
137 found on CPAN are easily accessible with the CPAN.pm module. If you
138 want to use CPAN.pm, you have to configure it properly.
140 If you do not want to enter a dialog now, you can answer 'no' to this
141 question and I'll try to autoconfigure. (Note: you can revisit this
142 dialog anytime later by typing 'o conf init' at the cpan prompt.)
144 Are you ready for manual configuration? [yes]
146 When the configuration is completed CPAN will install the Perl modules.
148 2. Configuration of dependencies
150 2.1 Update root MySQL password (if dselect didn't do it for you already)
152 $ sudo mysqladmin password <password>
154 2.2 Create the Koha database
156 Create the database and user with associated privileges:
158 $ mysqladmin -uroot -p<password> create <kohadatabasename>
159 $ mysql -uroot -p<password>
161 Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
162 Your MySQL connection id is 22
163 Server version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch3-log Debian etch distribution
165 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
167 mysql> grant all on <kohadatabasename>.* to '<kohadatabaseuser>'@'localhost' identified by '<kohadatabaseuserpassword>';
168 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
170 mysql> flush privileges;
171 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
175 2.3 Test your SAX Parser and correct where necessary
177 You must be sure you're using the XML::LibXML SAX parser, not Expat or PurePerl, both of which have outstanding bugs with pre-composed characters. You can test your SAX parser by running:
180 $ misc/sax_parser_print.pl
182 You should see something like::
184 XML::LibXML::SAX::Parser=HASH(0x81fe220)
186 If you're using PurePerl or Expat, you'll need to edit your
187 ini file, typically located at:
189 /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini
191 2.4 Install DBD::mysql Perl module
193 In order to handle UTF-8 correctly, Koha requires at least version 4.004
194 of the DBD::mysql Perl module. However, Debian Etch has a stable package
195 only for version 3.0008, so it is necessary to install the module from CPAN.
196 DBD::mysql's test suite needs to use a MySQL 'test' DB which doesn't exist
197 anymore. So there are two options to install DBD::mysql:
199 (1) install without test suite,
200 (2) install with test suite requiring a test MySQL DB creation.
202 2.4.1 Install without test suite
204 Force install DBD::mysql:
207 cpan> force install DBD::mysql
209 2.4.2 Create test database in order to install DBD::mysql
211 Because of DBD::mysql's test suite, it is necessary to temporarily create a
212 test database and user:
214 $ mysql -uroot -p<password>
216 Create the database and user with associated privileges:
218 Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
219 Your MySQL connection id is 22
220 Server version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch3-log Debian etch distribution
222 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
224 mysql> create database test;
225 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
227 mysql> grant all on test.* to 'test'@'localhost' identified by 'test';
228 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
229 (test database, user, and password can be different if need be)
231 mysql> flush privileges;
232 Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
236 Next install DBD::mysql:
240 cpan> o conf makepl_arg
241 (get current value of this CPAN parameter)
243 cpan> o conf makepl_arg "--testdb=test --testuser=test --testpass=test"
245 cpan> install DBD::mysql
247 cpan> o conf makepl_arg ''
251 cpan> o conf makepl_arg '<old setting>'
253 (restore this setting so as to not interfere with future CPAN installs).
256 Finally, remove the test database:
258 $ mysql -uroot -p<password>
260 mysql> drop database test;
261 Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
266 3. Run the Koha installer
272 $ sudo make install #If doing a -dev install, skip the sudo!
274 4. Configure and start Apache
275 $ sudo ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
276 (note that the path to koha-httpd.conf may be different depending on your
277 installation choices)
279 Add the following lines to /etc/apache2/ports.conf:
284 (Note: It may be productive to use different DNS entries and NamedVirtualHosts
285 directives in Apache to separate the staff and OPAC clients, to eliminate a
286 cross-client authentication nuisance, but it will work fine like this.)
288 Run the following commands:
290 $ sudo a2enmod rewrite
292 $ sudo apache2ctl restart
294 Note: you may still see the usual Apache default site if your VirtualHost
295 configuration isn't correct. The command "sudo a2dissite default" may be a
296 quick fix, but may have side-effects. See the Apache HTTPD manual section on
297 virtual hosts for full instructions.
299 5. Configure and start Zebra
301 Note: it's recommended that you daemonize the Zebra process and add it to your
302 startup profile. For a non-production test/development installation, running
303 Zebra from the command line can be useful. Otherwise you will want zebrasrv
304 running when Apache/Koha is.
306 Note: it's also recommended that you create a Koha system user, which you will
307 have specified during the install process. Alternatively, Zebra can be
308 configured to run as the root user.
310 Option 1: run the Zebra processes from the command line:
313 $ sudo -u ${KOHA_USER} zebrasrv -f /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
314 (note that the path to koha-conf.xml may be different depending on your
315 installation choices)
317 Note: the user you run Zebra as will be the only user with write permission
318 on the Zebra index; in development mode, you may wish to use your system
321 Zebraqueue Daemon (not recommended -- use rebuild_zebra in crontab instead):
322 $ sudo -u ${KOHA_USER} misc/bin/zebraqueue_daemon.pl
324 Note: if you are running in this mode, you may wish to defer starting the
325 zebraqueue until you've run the web installer (see below).
327 Option 2: run the Zebra processes as daemons, and add to startup process:
329 Note that references to $SCRIPT_DIR refer to the directory where
330 Koha's command-line scripts are installed, e.g., /usr/share/koha/bin.
333 $ sudo ln -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebra-ctl.sh /etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon
334 (Note: ${SCRIPT_DIR} is /usr/share/koha/bin/ by default in a standard install)
335 $ sudo update-rc.d koha-zebra-daemon defaults
336 ( Note: see man chkconfig(8) on other distros )
338 $ sudo ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebra-ctl.sh start
340 Zebraqueue Daemon (not recommended -- use rebuild_zebra in crontab instead):
341 $ sudo ln -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebraqueue-ctl.sh /etc/init.d/koha-zebraqueue-daemon
342 $ sudo update-rc.d koha-zebraqueue-daemon defaults
343 ( Note: see man chkconfig(8) on other distros )
345 $ sudo ${SCRIPT_DIR}/koha-zebraqueue-ctl.sh start
347 6. Run the Web Installer, populate the database, initial configuration of settings
349 Point your browser to http://<servername>:8080/
351 It should redirect you to the Web Installer where you can continue the setup.
352 You can install the sample data for libraries, patrons, etc. via the Web Installer
356 Once the installer has completed, you can import and index MARC records from the
357 command line thusly (Note: you can also use the 'Stage MARC records for import' from
358 the Tools area of Koha's Staff Client to import a batch of MARC records):
360 $ export KOHA_CONF=/usr/share/koha/etc/koha-conf.xml
361 (note: use the correct path to your koha-conf.xml)
363 7.0 Schedule crontab jobs
366 automatically index added records?
367 generate overdue or advance notices?
368 mark items lost after they are long overdue?
371 All these and other regularly scheduled background tasks are handled by crontab.
372 You need to examine the example crontab file, edit a copy to your liking, and schedule it.
374 $ crontab -l # just check if you have any other jobs already scheduled
375 $ cp ./misc/cronjobs/crontab.example my_crontab
376 $ vi my_crontab # select jobs or adjust times.
377 $ # If you had already scheduled lines, add them at the bottom.
378 $ crontab my_crontab # This overwrites your scheduled jobs with the new ones.
380 If you want to check to confirm, you can run crontab -l again.
383 Bibliographic data in MARC21 format
384 $ misc/migration-tools/bulkmarcimport.pl -file /path/to/marc.iso2709
385 Authority data in MARC21 format
386 $ misc/migration-tools/bulkauthimport.pl -file /path/to/auth.iso2709
389 $ misc/migration-tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -w
391 Once the indexing has completed, you will be able to search for records in your
392 system. NOTE: if you don't run the Fast Index utility, and you have the index
393 updates scheduled as per 7.3 the indexing process will happen in the background,
394 but it will be orders of magnitude slower.
396 7.3 Schedule regular index updates
397 run rebuild_zebra.pl -b -a -z as a regular cron job, check misc/cronjobs/crontab.example
398 for usage examples. Do not schedule rebuild_zebra AND run zebraqueue. Pick one or the other.
401 7.4 To enable public Z39.50/SRU servers, you'll need to edit your koha-conf.xml and
402 change the <listen> options to listen on a TCP port; then restart the zebra daemon.
406 If you are upgrading from a previous installation of Koha 3, you can
409 perl Makefile.PL --prev-install-log /path/to/koha-install-log
414 Uninstall Instructions
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417 $ sudo a2dissite koha
418 $ sudo rm /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
419 $ sudo apache2ctl restart
421 $ sudo update-rc.d koha-zebra-daemon remove
422 $ sudo rm /etc/init.d/koha-zebra-daemon
424 2) Remove Database and Indexes
427 $ mysql -u<kohauser> -p<kohapassword>
428 > drop database koha;
431 $ zebraidx -c <prefix>/etc/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg -g iso2709 -d biblios init
432 $ zebraidx -c <prefix>/etc/zebradb/zebra-authorities.cfg -g iso2709 -d authorities init
434 3) Remove Koha Install Directories and Configuration Files
435 Don't forget about any crontab entries
437 Tested on the following operating environments
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441 Installer Bug reports
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443 Please send any installer bug reports to jmf AT liblime DOT com
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449 Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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454 Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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