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<div>Greetings,</div>
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There is no point in losing a legal Windows license in order to play with Koha in development.</div>
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Install virtualbox. (<a href="http://www.virtualbox.org">www.virtualbox.org</a>)</div>
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Download the latest Debian ISO.</div>
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- I typically recommend using torrents for this, because internet connections are lousy sometimes.</div>
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<a title="http://www.utorrent.com/intl/en/downloads/win" href="http://www.utorrent.com/intl/en/downloads/win">http://www.utorrent.com/intl/en/downloads/win</a></div>
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<a title="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent" href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent">http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent</a>
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<a title="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/i386/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-i386-netinst.iso.torrent" href="http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/i386/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-i386-netinst.iso.torrent">http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/i386/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-i386-netinst.iso.torrent</a>
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- I typically stick with the 64-bit version.</div>
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I then create a VM based on the ISO in virtualbox.</div>
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And then once that VM is up and running, I treat it as my machine to install Koha.</div>
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I like to use Putty (<a title="https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.67-installer.msi" href="https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.67-installer.msi">https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.67-installer.msi</a>)
to connect with the VM, because it makes cutting and pasting easier.</div>
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I also install sudo on the VM</div>
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$ su -</div>
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{root password}</div>
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# apt-get install sudo</div>
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# adduser {user name} sudo</div>
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# exit</div>
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$ exit</div>
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-- log back in.</div>
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That way, I can follow the installation instructions more easily.</div>
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<div>I too have tried various native installations of Koha to Windows, but given the technical issues, running a VM or losing your Windows is the only way currently.</div>
<div>My issue has always been a lack of Perl libraries. I suspect there exists a refactoring which would run natively, but that would be a huge undertaking for such a small gain.</div>
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GPML,</div>
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Mark Tompsett</div>
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