[Koha-devel] zebra package
Fridolin SOMERS
fridolin.somers at biblibre.com
Mon Sep 24 17:35:51 CEST 2018
Yop
Lots of problems in defaut packaged version of zebra in Ubuntu.
We use de Indexdata repo since 2 years with sucess on Xenial, actually
2.1.4.
See http://ftp.indexdata.dk/ubuntu/
ElasticSearch is coming ...
Le 05/09/2018 à 18:26, Paul A a écrit :
> Dear Zeno,
>
> Thanks. We have always used chr, so wouldn't have noticed. We do not use
> many non-european characters, but the few that we do, seem to work (and
> can be used as search terms) -- see e.g.
> <https://opac.navalmarinearchive.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=32544>.
>
>
> We have noticed a small difference with 2.0.59 in the "facets" or
> whatever the left-hand column of the OPAC is called -- the "Authors"
> list is re-ordered (same content when you click on "Show more", haven't
> looked too deeply into it yet), all other facets appear identical.
>
> If the CHU side could be totally fixed, I would truly like to see Zebra
> retained long term as a Koha asset. It's fast, reliable, not a
> memory-hogger and appears to meet cataloging needs quite nicely. Just my
> "one cent."
>
> Best -- Paul
>
>
> On 2018-09-05 11:53 AM, Zeno Tajoli wrote:
>> Dear Paul,
>> the bug fixed in 2.0.59 is so describet in Zebra changelog:
>>
>> --- 2.0.60 2015/02/06
>> Fix ICU phrase searches for terms split by ICU ZEB-664
>> Update Visual Studio nmake file for VS 2013.
>> https://software.indexdata.com/zebra/doc/NEWS
>>
>> The patch is here:
>> https://github.com/indexdata/idzebra/commit/704fd190292cb771df94553b0ed6f9f4b71660a6
>>
>>
>> In fact in zebra 2.0.59 ICU doesn't work. If you setup ICU in fact is
>> a big problem.
>>
>> If you can not use ICU, well you can live with it
>>
>> Bye
>>
>> Zeno Tajoli
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 5:36 PM Paul A <paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>> wrote:
>>
>> David and all who assisted,
>>
>> Firstly many thanks. Upgrading o/s is always challenging (one
>> reason we
>> only look into it every two years.)
>>
>> For the record, the two "show-stoppers" that we encountered were:
>>
>> a) modulePath in the four zebra-*.cnf files (the solution that
>> David suggested below)
>> b) the Ubuntu server install that we used did *not* install
>> 'daemon'
>>
>> Our new back-up server is now running perfectly, and we're confident
>> that we can now tackle the production server.
>>
>> David -- I might add that we like Zebra, and if you do get
>> involved in
>> its maintenance one day, please let me know (btw, we did use the
>> Ubuntu
>> repository 2.0.59, replacing 2.0.44, and so far have not found any
>> glitches. Could you point me to the problems that you and Robin
>> reported?)
>>
>> Again, my thanks all round, and my best regards.
>> Paul
>>
>> On 2018-08-28 08:34 PM, David Cook wrote:
>> > 1. Don't compile Zebra from source. Indexdata has a tonne of
>> packages available that you can use instead.
>> >
>> > Take a look at the Downloads section on
>> https://www.indexdata.com/resources/software/zebra/ (or
>> http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/zebra/ubuntu/README) . I wouldn't use
>> the Zebra packages from the Debian/Ubuntu distros since they're old
>> and buggy. Robin and I reported the problems with 2.0.59 years ago,
>> but I think the maintainer has disappeared, so nothing is being done
>> about it anymore. I've thought about taking over as maintainer for
>> Debian, but don't have the time at the moment.
>> >
>> > 2. When you're having issues with Zebra, this is a really good
>> place to look:
>> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_Zebra.
>> >
>> > Robin set it up ages ago and I've contributed to it from time to
>> time. It looks like
>>
>> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_Zebra#No_such_record_type
>>
>> specifically relates to your problem.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > David Cook
>> > Systems Librarian
>> > Prosentient Systems
>> > 72/330 Wattle St
>> > Ultimo, NSW 2007
>> > Australia
>> >
>> > Office: 02 9212 0899
>> > Direct: 02 8005 0595
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org
>> <mailto:koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org>
>> [mailto:koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org
>> <mailto:koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org>] On Behalf Of
>> Paul A
>> > Sent: Wednesday, 29 August 2018 4:15 AM
>> > To: Koha Devel <koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org
>> <mailto:koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org>>
>> > Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] zebra package
>> >
>> > On 2018-08-28 01:45 PM, Tomas Cohen Arazi wrote:
>> >> If you are using a regular koha-common package install,
>> >
>> > We're not. As I wrote (below), from tarball.
>> >
>> > There is now a "warn" on re-indexing: "14:04:11-28/08
>> zebraidx(5446) [warn] No such record type:
>> > dom./etc/koha/zebradb/biblios/etc/dom-config.xml"
>> >
>> > but the file /etc/koha/zebradb/biblios/etc/dom-config.xml exists
>> and appears to be entirely "Bibliographic DOM config for MARC XML
>> input"
>> > with 644 permissions for user 'koha:koha'.
>> >
>> > Thanks -- Paul
>> >
>> > please
>> >>
>> >> # make sure zebra is running:
>> >> $ sudo koha-zebra --restart <instance> # and restart Plack
>> just in
>> >> case it still belives zebra is down $ sudo koha-plack --restart
>> >> <instance>
>> >>
>> >> (replace <instance> with the instance name),
>> >>
>> >> El mar., 28 ago. 2018 a las 14:41, Paul A
>> >> (<paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>
>> >> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>>>)
>> >> escribió:
>> >>
>> >> On 2018-08-28 11:44 AM, Barton Chittenden wrote:
>> >> > As of debian jessie / Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial), I think
>> idzebra-2.0
>> >> should
>> >> > be at 2.0.62 or 2.0.63.
>> >> >
>> >> > There are known bugs in 2.0.59 which is the default for
>> debian
>> >> jessie
>> >> > and Ubuntu 16.04, so you'll need to use indexdata's
>> repos for those.
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't know what the version is for Ubuntu 18.04, but
>> 2.0.44 is
>> >> very old.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks -- used apt install idzebra-2.0 and Koha-admin
>> "about" now
>> >> reports Zebra 2.0.59. Reindexed all biblios and auths.
>> Still "No
>> >> results
>> >> found". (Ubuntu 18.04.)
>> >>
>> >> Looked at bug 16581. Is the suggestion to compile Zebra
>> 2.1.3 from
>> >> source? and if so, is this backwards compatible?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks -- Paul
>> >> >
>> >> > --Barton
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Paul A
>> >> <paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>>
>> >> > <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>
>> >> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com
>> <mailto:paul.a at navalmarinearchive.com>>>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Has anyone else had a problem installing zebra
>> (possibly
>> >> 2.0.44) on
>> >> > Ubuntu 18.04LTS?
>> >> >
>> >> > We are currently updating our IT structure as part
>> of our
>> >> two-year
>> >> > LTS cycle. Koha (various versions, all tarball which
>> is a policy
>> >> > decision) install properly, have perfect www
>> interfaces
>> >> (admin and
>> >> > public), but fail as all searches report nothing
>> found, because
>> >> > zebra is apparently mis- | badly | not installed
>> ("about" gives a
>> >> > blank, where 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04 report "Zebra
>> 2.0.44") On the
>> >> > other hand, commands such as:
>> >> > ./bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>
>> >> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> -a
>> >> > -r -v
>> >> > ./bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl
>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>
>> >> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> -b
>> >> > -r -v -x
>> >> > work perfectly, reporting proper numbers of auths
>> and bibs,
>> >> > cleaning, and reporting no errors.
>> >> >
>> >> > I would welcome any thoughts, particularly a
>> debian/ubuntu
>> >> package
>> >> > repository/name suitable for either apt or cpan.
>> Thanks.
>> >> >
>> >> > Paul
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