[Koha-win32] koha windows install

[Pat Eyler]

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 robweir at alum.drexel.edu wrote:

> Greetings!
> Not much activity on the win32 list! I'll try a post to see if I am the only
> one subscribed to the list.

Nope, there are a few of us here.

>
> I've been investigating Koha for use in a small church library in
> Pennsylvania, USA. I have no Linux experience, so tackled installing it on
> Windows. It took awhile, but I've been successful installing and running
> V1.2.2 and V1.2.3RC14 on windows with data for a 6000 voulme library
> converted from an old DOS program. I hope to test V1.3.1 this weekend.
>

Wow!  Congratulations, this is excellent news.


> I've seen various mentions on Koha mailing lists and documentation of
> wanting to make Koha available to windows users. Based on my experience with
> Koha, I don't think the average windows user is going to have the patience
> to work through all the details of manually configuring Koha on a windows
> box, especially given the current available documentaion. Improved
> documentation for windows would help, but I think a better approach would be
> to provide an installer similar to what you are using on your linux boxes.
> The user would first do a standard install of Apache, MySQL, and Perl using
> default settings for almost everything. The user would then run a W32 Koha
> install package that would install all Koha files and handle all
> configuration over and above the default Apache, MySQL and Perl installs.
>

I think that you're right.  (Although better docs would still be nice.)
One thing that I'd like to ensure is that we don't end up forking the
code.  I think it is very possible for us to maintain both *nix and Win32
versions of Koha within the same tree.

> It so happens that I work as an IT manager for a small medical software
> company (all windows based) and one of my job responsibilties it to write
> install packages for our software. Based on what I've learned about Koha on
> windows, I've cobbled together a beta W32 install that does what I've
> described above. It installs all the Koha files to correct locations,
> installs the Perl and C4 modules, handles necessary changes to koha.conf and
> httpd.conf so you can access both Opac and Intranet, installs sample data,
> etc. I have tested it on Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows 98 and it
> seems to work on all three. (It is not as clean on Windows 98 because Apache
> and MySQL can not run as services.) The install does not yet do anything
> about upgrading the data, but that could probably be added. And of course it
> is a first attempt and needs testing and no doubt improvement.
>
> I'm posting this to see if there is any interested parties out there who
> would be willing to work with me in testing and improving  a W32 Koha
> install to the point where it could be offered as an alternative. The beta
> install I've written is less than 4 MB in size, and I can probably compile
> it with any of the existing Koha releases and have it available for testing
> in a couple days time. I don't have a lot of free time, but if others could
> test and work with me, we might make it work.
>

I'm not sure how much help I'd be, but I can test things.

-pate


> Is there any interest?
>
> Rob
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