I have been updating the Ubuntu 8.04 install guide on the Wiki for Koha to make it more thorough and accurate.  I was able to install almost every Perl module required for Koha from apt, however there are quite a few instances where Koha requires a slightly newer version:

[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Class::Factory::Util 1.6 not found.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Data::ICal 0.13 not found.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Email::Date 1.103 not found. We have 1.102.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite GD 2.39 not found. We have 2.35.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite HTML::Template::Pro 0.69 not found. We have 0.66.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite MARC::File::XML 0.88 not found. We have 0.87.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite MIME::Lite 3 not found.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:24 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Net::Z3950::ZOOM 1.16 not found. We have 1.11.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:25 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite POE 0.9999 not found. We have 0.9989.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:25 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Text::CSV 0.01 not found. We have unknown version.
[Mon Dec 22 12:21:25 2008] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Text::Iconv 1.7 not found. We have 1.4.
Writing Makefile for koha

Excuse the "not found" entries -- but are the other versions NEEDED, or could their requirements be backed down slightly to allow Ubuntu 8.04 to be an easier to support platform?

Stan Brinkerhoff