Greetings,

There is no point in losing a legal Windows license in order to play with Koha in development.

Install virtualbox. (www.virtualbox.org)

Download the latest Debian ISO.

- I typically recommend using torrents for this, because internet connections are lousy sometimes.

http://www.utorrent.com/intl/en/downloads/win

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent (64-bit)

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/i386/bt-cd/debian-8.6.0-i386-netinst.iso.torrent (32-bit)

- I typically stick with the 64-bit version.

I then create a VM based on the ISO in virtualbox.

And then once that VM is up and running, I treat it as my machine to install Koha.

I like to use Putty (https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty-0.67-installer.msi) to connect with the VM, because it makes cutting and pasting easier.

I also install sudo on the VM

$ su -

{root password}

# apt-get install sudo

...

# adduser {user name} sudo

# exit

$ exit

-- log back in.

That way, I can follow the installation instructions more easily.

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.

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.

GPML,

Mark Tompsett