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koha-3.00.00 make fails
by Rick Welykochy 28 Dec '13

28 Dec '13

Hi all, I have downloaded http://download.koha.org/koha-3.00.00.tar.gz and began installing it on Debian/etch (in a Linux vserver environment). 0. FINE: cd koha-3.00.00 1. FINE: perl Makefile.PL 2. FAIL: make : : : Manifying blib/man3/C4::UploadedFile.3pm Manifying blib/man3/C4::BackgroundJob.3pm Manifying blib/man3/opac::opac-dictionary.3pm Manifying blib/man3/serials::member-search.3pm /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" fix-perl-path.PL blib /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" rewrite-config.PL blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-conf.xml Bad arg length for Socket::inet_ntoa, length is 0, should be 4 at rewrite-config.PL line 67. make: *** [blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-conf.xml] Error 255 Any ideas what went wrong and how to fix? Aside: there were a couple of other problems with this "out of the box" debian based install of Koha 3.0 which had to be fixed along the way, e.g. seven missing perl modules and libgd not found. I'll report on the entire process from unpacking to a running Koha/3.00.00 once I get to the end. cheers rickw -- ________________________________________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services || Internet Driving Instructor The manual said Windows XP/SP2 or better so I installed Linux.

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Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha
by Krishnan M 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

I get the digest, so i am only able to respond now. I want to report one failure, and an eventual success (using a different route...) The failure: i was unable to deploy Koha to my regular account with a shared hosting service (specifically, hostmonster.com) i don't remember any problems with the make process, however, i had issues with getting the hosting to work...i don't even think i was using virtual hosts, i wanted to first get at least the INTRANET running, but the only thing i could use was changes to .htaccess files, since i don't get access to Apache's config directly. Koha had problems finding the Perl modules, specifically it did not pick up environment variables pointing to their location i was not very smart at that point with different approaches, so after trying for a while, i chose another route... Success: Since i was determined to host on the Internet, i basically decided to get my "own server", essentially a slice (at slicehost.com) They use virtualization and give you a choice of OS, ample bandwidth, and for all practical purposes, its like your own box, where you are root and can do whatever you like. >From then on, it was like a regular Koha install and a few hours later, it was up and running... i've never gone back and analyzed what went wrong with the shared hosting, but i basically faced one problem after another, so that eventually, i just gave up. But, i think, in theory, it should be possible to do with some changes to the install process. Regards, krishnan --- On Fri, 16/1/09, koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org <koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org> wrote: From: koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org <koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org> Subject: Koha-devel Digest, Vol 38, Issue 11 To: koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org Date: Friday, 16 January, 2009, 11:00 AM Send Koha-devel mailing list submissions to koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to koha-devel-request(a)lists.koha.org You can reach the person managing the list at koha-devel-owner(a)lists.koha.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Koha-devel digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: virtual hosting of Koha (Michel Virard) 2. how to handle the link back to amazon? (Nicolas Morin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:38 -0500 From: Michel Virard <mvirard(a)videotron.ca> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] virtual hosting of Koha To: "Han, Yan" <hany(a)u.library.arizona.edu>, Koha-devel(a)listes.koha-fr.org Message-ID: <op.untv5os276brov@zorglub> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello Yan, Any luck so far? I, too, am planning to move my Koha to the commercial hosting service where our web site is already located and I am interested in what to expect with such a move. Michel Le Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:07:34 -0500, Han, Yan <hany(a)u.library.arizona.edu> a ?crit: > Hello, All, > > > I have been running Koha on a local server, but am testing to virtual > host Koha on a commercial server (for example. Bluehost.com) In local > server implementation, you need to "make install" to install Koha. > > > In a commercial server, "make install" is not allowed. So does anyone > have any luck to run koha in a commercial host? If so, please let me > know the configuration changes, and the company's name. > > > It seems that <virtualhost> configuration is not allowed in this > commercial server. If Apache env is not allowed to change in this case, > how can we setEnv for "perl5lib" and "Koha_conf"? > > > # KOHA's OPAC Configuration > > <VirtualHost 150.135.239.44:80> > > ServerAdmin > > DocumentRoot /data1/koha/opac/htdocs > > ServerName kobol > > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/data1/koha/opac/cgi-bin/" > > Redirect permanent index.html > http://150.135.239.44:80/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl > > > ErrorLog /data1/koha/log/opac-error_log > > TransferLog /data1/koha/log/opac-access_log > > SetEnv PERL5LIB "/data1/koha/intranet/modules" > > SetEnv KOHA_CONF "/etc/koha.conf" > > </VirtualHost> > > > > > Thanks, > > > Yan > -- Michel Virard ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:59:13 +0100 From: "Nicolas Morin" <nicolas.morin(a)biblibre.com> Subject: [Koha-devel] how to handle the link back to amazon? To: "koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org" <koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org> Message-ID: <a370accf0901160259i4e3dbe75k94e1f4455c358776(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi there, I want to gather opinions about a possible small change in the way the Amazon covers are handled in the opac on the detailed view of a record. Currently we show the Amazon cover and link back to the product's page on Amazon's web site from the cover itself. Some librarians I talk to are uncomfortable with the idea that their public library will show a link to a (monopolistic (online-only (us-owned (insert-yr-own-fears-here)))) bookseller in such a prominent way : using the whole cover image as a link. At least some of them would be assuaged, I think, by a more discreet link between their opac and Amazon : removing the link from the image itself and providing it through a tiny text just below the image, saying "source : Amazon", might be a solution. See example at http://www.libfly.com/je-suis-une-legende-livre-25918.html What do you think? Nicolas -- Nicolas Morin Mobile: +33(0)633 19 11 36 http://www.biblibre.com ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel End of Koha-devel Digest, Vol 38, Issue 11 ****************************************** Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

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Can't call method "append_fields"
by constantine 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Yes, the previous problem was solved, indeed... I do not understand why I have so many problems installing koha,.. maybe the last years I was too used to Joomla! installations :D So the challenging koha that its concept I so much admire and embrace makes me face another problem. Trying to add a MARC record, (I retrieved its data from a z30.50 server, but that does not matter, I think) and then I am getting an error page (http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl) Its contents are: " Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: Can't call method "append_fields" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MARC/File/SAX.pm line 95. at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 64 at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MARC/File/XML.pm line 443 Apache Server version: Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) Server built: Jun 21 2008 10:35:35 Koha 3.00.00.094 Koha DB 3.0000094 MySQL mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.51a, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 5.2 OS Linux sangre 2.6.25.9xx6-costis07 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 2 02:35:38 EEST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Perl 5.010000 " The laste contens of /var/log/koha/koha-error_log are [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :orignew at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :1 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :ocip at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :20 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :y-gencatlg at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :ddc at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :SR at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :pc15 2006-07-19 to SSCD at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :jp00 2006-07-26 CIP recd at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :jp20 2006-07-26 to subj at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :jp03 2006-07-26 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :aa05 2006-07-27 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :1 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] addbiblio.pl: INDEXING :1 at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Biblio.pm line 2319., referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [debug] mod_deflate.c(619): [...] Zlib: Compressed 37993 to 5966 : URL /cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl, referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=0&… [...] [error] [...] [...] additem.pl: Can't call method "append_fields" on an undefined value at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MARC/File/SAX.pm line 95. at /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0/XML/LibXML/SAX.pm line 64, referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=1&fr… [...] [error] [...] [...] additem.pl: at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MARC/File/XML.pm line 443, referer: http://localhost:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/additem.pl?biblionumber=1&fr… What could I do to solve this problem? Tsardounis Constantine http://costis.name _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel

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Barcode Not Found
by Roche III, Edward 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Good afternoon all. Brief History for that have not seen my other posts. We are trying to migrate to Koha from Follett, when biblio info is exported from Follett the barcodes have zeros add in place of a space, T 12345 comes out as T0012345. I updated my records and re-import the barcode field and but when I try to check out a book it tells me barcode not found. I have be trying some different thing with Mike Hafen. We have come to find that Koha is reading the barcode correctly but just isn't finding it in the DB. We have found that the DB is pretty much set to latin1 as the character set but when I created the DB I select UTF-8 and I also converted the export data from Follett to UTF-8. Do I need to change the char set for the whole MySQL or is that a non-issue. I really have like this product but out librarians have said they will not re-barcode because on average they have 16k+ items that they would have to change. I am at wits end with this issue and I would hate to be able to use Koha because it is everything we want except for this issue. If anyone has seen this before please let me know your thoughts. Thanks Ed Edward J. Roche Network Administrator Solanco School District 717.786.2151 x2437 "At the End of the Day, Did You Play to Win or Not to Lose?"

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AJAX frameworks
by Jesse 14 May '09

14 May '09

Currently, Koha has three possible frameworks for AJAX: - Biblios, XML-based: Already in use, though only by Biblios. No wrapper, so each of the services has to deal with XML::Simple itself. XML works fairly well, though is slightly more work to deal with than JSON on the browser end. - Tags, JSON-based: This creates JSON objects through interpolation of strings. This works, and avoids the CPAN/JSON dependency, but is error prone, and wouldn't work well for a large number of scripts. - C4::Service (recently sent to patches list, so everything dealing with it is uncertain): I am slightly biased towards this approach because I wrote it, but I think it saves a lot of repetitive work in writing AJAX services. It requires its own script, unlike the approach used for the tags script, which has the disadvantage of requiring some duplicative coding, but this was not too horrible a problem even when writing AJAX circulation. C4::Service was originally part of the AJAX circulation patchset, but this is still in testing, so I decided to send it on its own. It comes with a HTML::Template-ish wrapper around CPAN's JSON module. It might be worth deciding on one or a blend of these approaches, as AJAX will continue to be important. -- Jesse Weaver

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Re: [Koha-devel] How to run two zebra servers at once in one computer for multiple databases?
by Michael Hafen 04 May '09

04 May '09

Here's what I see in my koha-conf.xml. Also, Joe's reply on list is necessary to follow. The two '<listen ' statements need to have different directories for the sockets. These are how zebra communicates with other applications ( like Koha ). Next I see is the definition of the 'biblioserver': <server id="biblioserver" listenref="biblioserver"> <directory> The directory will be where zebra puts most of it's files, that database ones. This will need to be different for the different servers. Same goes for the "authorityserver" definition and it's directory. In addition to Joe's advice on the koha-zebra-ctl.sh file, you will want to change the RUNDIR and LOCKDIR values. Good luck. On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 17:10 +0000, ashik rajbhandari wrote: > Dear Sir, > > Thanks for the reply. May I know in detail how i can point zebra at a > different directory to store it's files. Looking forward for your kind > cooperation. > > with regards, > Ashik Rajbhandari > > > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] How to run two zebra servers at once in > one computer for multiple databases? > > From: mdhafen(a)tech.washk12.org > > To: theashik(a)hotmail.com > > CC: koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org > > Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:55:26 -0600 > > > > It is possible to run two zebra servers on the same computer. I have > > this sort of setup. It will probably mean changing some values in > > book-conf.xml to point zebra at a different directory to store it's > > files. > > > > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 16:12 +0000, ashik rajbhandari wrote: > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > > > > I have created two databases namely koha and book in mysql for two > > > different libraries with two different ip addresses for each. > Also, i > > > have created xml and conf files namely koha-httpd.conf, > koha-conf.xml > > > and book-httpd.conf, book-conf.xml files for each databases. Zebra > > > server is also running well and i can index records from both > database > > > as well. But the problem is: when i try to index the records of > > > database book only, it shows the indexed records from database > koha > > > also. Finally, I have studied the problem and i found that when i > run > > > zebra server, it exports records from both databases, so why even > i > > > try to index a record from one database it indexes from the other > one > > > as well. The zebra server keeps the records of both the databases > > > combinely in the database called biblios of zebra. What i want is > > > just to index the records of one database from its library only. > Is it > > > possible to give different port number to different database > biblios > > > of zebra such that every database i create will have different > port > > > number for biblios database of zebra server with different ip > address. > > > Also, is there any possibility to run two zebra servers at the > same > > > time for two different databases with different port addresses in > the > > > same computer. > > > > > > Please help me!! > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > with regards, > > > > > > Ashik Rajbhandari > > > Kathmandu > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > check out the rest of the Windows Live™. More than mail–Windows > Live™ > > > goes way beyond your inbox. More than messages > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Koha-devel mailing list > > > Koha-devel(a)lists.koha.org > > > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > -- > > Michael Hafen > > Systems Analyst and Programmer > > Washington County School District > > Utah, USA > > > > for Koha checkout > > http://development.washk12.org/gitweb/ > > or > > git://development.washk12.org/koha > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > See all the ways you can stay connected to friends and family -- Michael Hafen Systems Analyst and Programmer Washington County School District Utah, USA for Koha checkout http://development.washk12.org/gitweb/ or git://development.washk12.org/koha

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Searching Authorities
by Colin Campbell 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

On the authority searching screen there are three tabs, Search Authorities/Search Main Heading/Search All Headings. At present the first two appear to generate the same zebra search while the third generates a search with the unrecognized attribute 'Any'. 'search Main Heading' sounds more like a Bib search than an authority search. Has anyone any pointers on what we think these should be doing? If there is some agreement I'll try and get theory and practice to correspond a bit more closely Cheers Colin -- Colin Campbell Software Engineer, PTFS Europe Limited Content Management and Library Solutions +44 (0) 208 366 1295 (phone) +44 (0) 7759 633626 (mobile) colin.campbell(a)ptfs-europe.com skype: colin_campbell2 http://www.ptfs-europe.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] Due Date check in C4::Circulation::CanBookBeIssued?
by Michael Hafen 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 15:55 -0400, Galen Charlton wrote: > Hi Michael, > > The patch generally looks OK. I have a couple comments, one of which > I think requires that the patch be changed and resubmitted: > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Michael Hafen > <mdhafen(a)tech.washk12.org> wrote: > > > + my $branch = (C4::Context->preference('CircControl') eq 'PickupLibrary') ? C4::Context->userenv->{'branch'} : > > + (C4::Context->preference('CircControl') eq 'PatronLibrary') ? $borrower->{'branchcode'} : > > + $item->{'homebranch'}; # fallback to item's homebranch > > It's time for there to be a helper function that determines the > applicable branch based on CircControl, the patron, and the item - > this bit of code has been copied and pasted in a couple other places > in C4::Circulation. > I agree with you here. It could also check the HomeOrHolding sys pref. > [snip] > > + $issuingimpossible{INVALID_DATE} = $duedate->output('syspref') unless ( $duedate && $duedate->output('iso') ge C4::Dates->today('iso') ); > > + } > > Shouldn't this be moved outside the conditional block? Sometimes a > due date is passed to CanBookBeIssued(), and it presumably ought to be > checked as well. > This is an interesting question. On the one hand we have the desire to ensure valid data. On the other we can safely assume that the librarians know what they're doing. If they enter a date that is in the past it may be that they want it that way. In programming we usually don't trust the user that much, but given the possibility I'd want to change this from an error to a warning if we do decide to check user input too. So the question is: should librarians be able to enter an issue date in the past? > Regards, > > Galen -- Michael Hafen Systems Analyst and Programmer Washington County School District Utah, USA for Koha checkout http://development.washk12.org/gitweb/ or git://development.washk12.org/koha

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Koha Facebook App
by Nicole Engard 30 Apr '09

30 Apr '09

Is anyone working on - or thinking about working on a Koha Facebook app? I just read about one from the OSU Library and thought I'd see if we're planning on doing this too: http://library.osu.edu/blogs/labs/2009/04/30/osu-library-labs-facebook-appl… --- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 nce(a)liblime.com AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/

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How to run two zebra servers at once in one computer for multiple databases?
by ashik rajbhandari 29 Apr '09

29 Apr '09

Dear Sir/Madam, I have created two databases namely koha and book in mysql for two different libraries with two different ip addresses for each. Also, i have created xml and conf files namely koha-httpd.conf, koha-conf.xml and book-httpd.conf, book-conf.xml files for each databases. Zebra server is also running well and i can index records from both database as well. But the problem is: when i try to index the records of database book only, it shows the indexed records from database koha also. Finally, I have studied the problem and i found that when i run zebra server, it exports records from both databases, so why even i try to index a record from one database it indexes from the other one as well. The zebra server keeps the records of both the databases combinely in the database called biblios of zebra. What i want is just to index the records of one database from its library only. Is it possible to give different port number to different database biblios of zebra such that every database i create will have different port number for biblios database of zebra server with different ip address. Also, is there any possibility to run two zebra servers at the same time for two different databases with different port addresses in the same computer. Please help me!! Thank you, with regards, Ashik Rajbhandari Kathmandu _________________________________________________________________ More than messages–check out the rest of the Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/

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