Hello, I'm aware that Koha 3 is not yet even in beta, but I'd be interested to know whether its at the point were it can be run. I have also looked at the Roadmap on the wiki but at this point I'm not familiar enough with the codebase to interpret that properly. I did the basic checkout from the public Git repository and have been looking at that. It's very possible I've missed it because I'm not very familiar with Koha but I can't find any of the zebra database stuff. In short, is it possible to setup an instance of Koha using the code from the repository? And, if so is there somewhere in particular I should be looking for help? Thanks, Bradley Peters.
Bradley Duane Peters <brad@moberley.com> wrote:
I did the basic checkout from the public Git repository and have been looking at that. It's very possible I've missed it because I'm not very familiar with Koha but I can't find any of the zebra database stuff.
In short, is it possible to setup an instance of Koha using the code from the repository? And, if so is there somewhere in particular I should be looking for help?
I don't know. I've not managed it yet. I have a running koha 3.0, but it doesn't seem to work well enough to test fully, even. I'm not sure if it's bugs in koha or my installation. This is part of the problem delaying the 3.0 installer. The installation process I followed was: 1. Prepare System and Install Dependencies (see http://serene.ttllp.co.uk/~mjr/koha-installer/ and the packages in http://serene.ttllp.co.uk/~mjr/ ) 2. update config files (see misc/koha.xml and misc/koha.conf and misc/zebra, but we have to write koha-httpd.conf - or maybe koha-httpd.conf.PL - I plan to write that this week.) 3. create database, user for koha 4. start Zebra 5. Run Web Installer to create database and configure settings I've cut some detail because I think most of it needs updating. Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray - see/vidu http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Experienced webmaster-developers for hire http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Also: statistician, sysadmin, online shop builder, workers co-op. Writing on koha, debian, sat TV, Kewstoke http://mjr.towers.org.uk/
MJ Ray wrote:
I don't know. I've not managed it yet.
Well, at least I know I'm not alone on that then.
2. update config files
I may be missing something, but I can't find any Zebra .cfg files in the Koha 3 repository. I used the ones from CVS repository instead (under "dev_week"). I also merged the /misc/koha.xml from Git with the zebraplugin/etc/koha.xml from CVS as the latter had some directives not in the former.
5. Run Web Installer to create database and configure settings
I was able to get to the point of being presented with the web installer, but the installer entered into a loop at step 3. It first said it was successful at creating tables but the next button only restarted step 3. I am going to try updating from the repository and see if anything changes. Thanks for your advice. Bradley Peters.
Responding to my own message. Bradley Peters wrote:
5. Run Web Installer to create database and configure settings
I was able to get to the point of being presented with the web installer, but the installer entered into a loop at step 3. It first said it was successful at creating tables but the next button only restarted step 3.
It turns out this was my mistake. I had setup things using the Makefile that is in the public repository. When I linked the installed location to the files I'd copied from Git then the web installer worked okay. Anyway, I'm now able to log into the staff interface. Thanks, BDP.
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