[Koha-devel] 3.8.4 interim [was: koha-zebra-daemon not starting]

[Mark Tompsett]

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.

Don't try to logically map between Ubuntu and Debian. That will only generate more confusion in your mind.
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.


--- BEGIN SNIPPET ---
$ sudo dpkg --set-selections < install_misc/ubuntu.packages
$ sudo dselect
--- END SNIPPET ---

Yes, this is what INSTALL.Ubuntu has said for the longest time. However, remember that unless someone helps keep the file up to date, you will end up with missing libraries like you have listed. And remember that the main install base for Koha is Debian. This means that other Debian-based OS’s may not have those libraries packaged in the default repositories.