Greetings,

 

There are THREE ways to install koha (with respect to Ubuntu):

1) Packages (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.8_on_Debian_Squeeze)

2) Tarball (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Ubuntu)

3) GIT (http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Version_Control_Using_Git)

 

Which way should you do?

Are you going to develop, submit patches, etc for a non-production system? If yes, then (3) GIT!

Are you using a debian-based OS? If yes, then (1) Packages!

For everything else, there is (2) Tarball.

 

Don't worry, my first install was tarball. That's why the instructions for the tarball installation have been improved on the wiki. I was trying to be a purist.

 

You say you are trying to set up 3.8.4, so you need to:

$ wget -O- http://debian.koha-community.org/koha/gpg.asc | sudo apt-key add -

 

and

 

$ echo deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha squeeze main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list

$ sudo apt-get update

 

Why? Because there are perl packages which are not in the default repositories for Ubuntu.

 

 

From your output:

--- BEGIN SNIPPET ---

paul@server:/koha-3.08.04$  ./koha_perl_deps.pl -m

 

 

--- END SNIPPET ---

 

I know, for example, that Template::Plugin::HtmlToText does not exist in the default repositories.

 

This leads in the existential question: why not just CPAN them?

Yes, you can do that. However, this means you need to keep track of them. This is why installing from packages is better. When the module is updated in the repositories, a sudo apt-get upgrade installs the newer version for you, without you having to think about it. In short, your future upgrades become easier. This is why people suggested packages. Your future updates should go more smoothly.

 

I did add a section to the Ubuntu instructions about doing aptitude searches for the missing libraries. So, perhaps you haven’t looked at the wiki recently: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Ubuntu#Ubuntu_Packages_for_Perl_Dependencies

 

I should probably add something about the wonders of apt-file too, as it doesn’t require as much thinking for looking for the missing pieces.

$ sudo apt-get install apt-file

...

$ sudo apt-file update

...

$ apt-file search Graphics::Magick

libgraphics-magick-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Graphics::Magick.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search DBD::SQLite2

libdbd-sqlite2-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/DBD::SQLite2.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search Lingua::Stem::Snowball

liblingua-stem-snowball-da-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Lingua::Stem::Snowball::Da.3pm.gz

liblingua-stem-snowball-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Lingua::Stem::Snowball.3pm.gz

libsnowball-norwegian-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Lingua::Stem::Snowball::No.3pm.gz

libsnowball-swedish-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Lingua::Stem::Snowball::Se.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search Net::Z3950::ZOOM

libnet-z3950-zoom-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Net::Z3950::ZOOM.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search Readonly::XS

libreadonly-xs-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Readonly::XS.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search perl5/Template.pm

libtemplate-perl: /usr/lib/perl5/Template.pm

$ apt-file search Template::Plugin::HtmlToText

libtemplate-plugin-htmltotext-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Template::Plugin::HtmlToText.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search Test::Strict

libtest-strict-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/Test::Strict.3pm.gz

$ apt-file search XML::LibXSLT

libxml-libxslt-perl: /usr/share/man/man3/XML::LibXSLT.3pm.gz

 

I put the perl5/Template.pm to save you the hassles of looking for it. Otherwise, it’s a huge long list of possibilities. In fact, here are my command line steps based on my virgin 12.04 install:

$ sudo apt-get install libxml-simple-perl libxml-sax-writer-perl libxml-rss-perl libschedule-at-perl libsms-send-perl libpoe-perl libuniversal-require-perl

$ sudo apt-get install libxml-dumper-perl libpdf-reuse-barcode-perl libpdf-reuse-perl libpdf-api2-perl libpdf-api2-simple-perl

$ sudo apt-get install libpdf-table-perl libnumber-format-perl libnet-server-perl libnet-ldap-perl libmodern-perl-perl libmemoize-memcached-perl libmail-sendmail-perl libmime-lite-perl libmarc-crosswalk-dublincore-perl libmarc-charset-perl liblocale-po-perl liblocale-currency-format-perl liblingua-stem-perl libjson-perl libhttp-oai-perl libhtml-scrubber-perl libgravatar-url-perl libemail-date-perl

$ sudo apt-get install libalgorithm-checkdigits-perl libauthen-cas-client-perl libbiblio-endnotestyle-perl libbusiness-isbn-perl libcgi-session-perl libcgi-session-driver-memcached-perl libcgi-session-serialize-yaml-perl libclass-factory-util-perl libdata-ical-perl libdate-calc-perl libdate-manip-perl libdatetime-event-ical-perl libdatetime-format-dateparse-perl libdatetime-format-ical-perl libdatetime-set-perl

$ sudo apt-get install libmarc-xml-perl

 

I did not do the dselect step. I then decided to look at the ubuntu.packages file. Hmmmm... my patches in 3.6.7 didn’t make it to master! DOH!

Granted, I am running this on a 32-bit VM, so your results may differ from mine.

 

 

> Will I be able to compare a fully working 3.6.7 with a new 3.8.4?

 

Yes, but if you do a package install vs. a tarball install the directories you will compare will be different.

 

 

> That's a new learning experience, and what are the structural differences?

 

I’ll let someone more familiar with the differences answer that.

 

 

> And I guess I can restore the mysql db *before* installing Koha, but what's the significance?

 

BEFORE the webinstall, AFTER the packages install. And only the koha database, not the entire set of DBs.

The packages automagically generate a random password for the MySQL database.

 

And your mentioning that i386 packages and breaking things reminds me of this thread:

 

Hope this helps somewhat. I can’t spend much more time helping right now. I have a koha machine of my own to configure and set up.

 

GPML,

Mark Tompsett