[Koha-win32] Much Assistance Required for Setting-Up and Utilising Koha

[saiful at drtc.isibang.ac.in]

Hi David,

I think you started at the wrong place... You don't need to use any
command line program to install Koha on Windows.

Please go to http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/wiki/index.php?page=KohaOnWindows
for proper instruction and distribution.

I installed Koha on my Win2k Pro box by using Apache 1.3x.  But the Koha
installer on Windows looks for Apache2 directory in the Programs File.  So
I had created one dummy 'Apache2\conf' directory on 'C:\Program
Files\Apache Group' to get the httpd.conf file automatically created. 
Then I copied the httpd.conf to 'C:\Program Files\Apache
Group\Apache\Conf\' directory (or folder!).  It worked straightaway after
that (except, of course the Z39.50 client).

Hope it helps.

Regards,
Saiful
Indian School of Business
Hyderabad, India.

> To Whom it May Concern:
>
> I have rather Recently downloaded Koha, MySQL and Apache for Windows
> 2000 Pro. I installed all three and they all appear to be Installed
> Correctly. Now, all that needs to be done is the Configuration.
>
> Easier Said than Done.
>
> Firstly, I have very little Prior Knowledge about Databases and
> Webservers. I'm a Quick Study, though, and can Usually Figure Out what I
>  am Supposed to Accomplish.
>
> Now then, having read the Koha Manual, it states in Book 1: For the
> Librarian I. T. Support Staff, under Option 1: Automated Configuration,
> that I simply have to run perl installer.pl and follow the Steps.
>
> Alas!, for Firstly, the Said File does not Exist. The closest thing
> which I can Locate in installer.pl. Having run that, it says: "You seem
> to be installing from CVS. Please run the "buildrelease" script and
> install from the resulting release tarball." Firstly, it would appear to
>  me that I did some thing wrong: It wants me to run another Script. So,
> I  search my Computer for buildrelease. It turns out to be
> buildrelease.orig located in C:\usr\koha123\intranet\cgi-bin\koha. When
> I run it, it asks me what Programme I wish to use to Open it. I choose
> Perl Command Line Interpreter. This programme goes on to say that the
> scrip will automatically build a release tarrball, which sounds very
> much like it is going to do some thing for Linux, which, as I stated, I
> do not have. It says that it assumes that I have the koha and koha-html
> modules checked out for the release that I want to build, although, it
> will will build them any way. It then goes on to ask me where the koha
> cvs module is.
>
> So, what I supposed to do here? I tried searching for "CVS", but it
> didn't find any thing. Did I do some thing wrong, or, does it just not
> want to work for me?
>
> I Thank you Kindly in Advance.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> David Litwin