Koha on Ubuntu Gutsy Server - 1st try
I downloaded the latest in the Ubuntu server series, Gutsy. I did a standard install and checked the LAMP option durring install to make sure I had Apache2, php5 and mysql5. I’ve heard there are some probblems with Koha and Mysql5, but I will cross that bridge when i come to it.
I did have to
Then I downloaded Koha and ran the install script. this spit out a bunch of perl modules such as
I went through and installed these one by one. I actually came across one that requries the Yaz libraries. The ubuntu repository had too old of a version, so I went out to http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/ and downloaded the latest. Then did a
make
make install
And low and behold, it installed.
I ran the install script again, and followed the on-screen instructions. Install was pretty easy. The big thing was afterwards I needed to create a symlink between the /etc/apache2/sites-enable/koha-httpd.conf and /etc/koha-httpd.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
You also must go in and edit the koha-httpd.conf file. The big things are to make sure your DNS paths are correct for the virtualhosting translations. Also, you will want to uncomment listen 8080 at the top of the file.
This got me up and running on gutsy. Now I need to figure out how to make a nice CSS file and configure the site.
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