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.org.
13 Koha 3 comes with a new installer, based on MakeMaker, the tool that
14 is usually used to install CPAN modules. This means that if you know
15 how to customise CPAN-installed modules, the same things should work
16 for you with Koha. If not, don't worry. If you want to customise the
17 installation more than described below, run "man ExtUtils::MakeMaker"
19 You need to have a server running Perl 5.8, MySQL 5 or PostgreSQL 8.2.5, Zebra
20 2.0.22 or greater and a webserver (preferably Apache2) before installing
23 MySQL 5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
24 user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must have at least the
25 following privileges: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP,
26 ALTER, and LOCK TABLES.
28 PostgreSQL 8.2.5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
29 user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must be a superuser. You
30 must also add plpgsql to the koha database. NOTE: PostgreSQL support in
31 Koha is experimental and should not be attempted for production systems
32 without a heavy investment in testing
34 Default installation instructions:
37 (you will be prompted to answer a number of questions and you will
38 need to install some Perl dependencies)
40 1.1 A Perl library Koha depends on, MARC::File::XML may not work with Perl
41 5.10, see: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2309),
43 1.2 recent versions of CGI::Session have caused some issues for users;
44 as of this release date, we suggest downloading the CGI::Session::serialize::yaml
45 tarball direct from CPAN and install it directly rather than using the cpan command
48 3.(optional) make test
50 5. sudo ln -s /etc/koha/koha-httpd.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
51 (note that the path to koha-httpd.conf may be different depending on your
53 6. sudo a2enmod rewrite
54 7. sudo a2ensite koha && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
55 8. sudo zebrasrv -f /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
56 (note that you will want to run Zebra in daemon mode for a production
58 9. Browse to http://servername:8080/ and answer the questions
60 OR if you want to install all dependencies from CPAN and are root, you can
61 replace steps 1-3 with "perl install-CPAN.pl" but this is non-standard and
62 may not be safe. Nevertheless, it's pretty cool when it works.
64 The defaults will install Koha to places that follow relevant standards,
65 such as the File Hierarchy Standard. If you want to install Koha to a
66 different directory like /opt/koha, then replace step 1 with (for example):
68 1. perl Makefile.PL INTRANET_CGI_DIR=/www/cgi-bin
70 You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as DB_HOST.
71 For full instructions on how to override the default settings, run
73 $ perldoc rewrite-config.PL
78 If you are upgrading from a previous installation of Koha 3, you can
81 perl Makefile.PL --prev-install-log /path/to/koha-install-log
89 IF THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TREE: please contact developers by email via
90 http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
92 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.koha.devel
94 IF THIS IS A RELEASED VERSION: please see the support pages at
97 Released versions usually have three-digit numbers, like 3.00.01,
98 while other version number styles are usually snapshots or previews.
104 For instructions on how to package releases, run perldoc Makefile.PL