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koha-3.02.00-alpha2 - Debian Lenny installation, a few problems/questions
by Ville Huhtala 16 May '10

16 May '10

Hello Let me introduce myself. I'am Ville Huhtala, a librarian and a returning subscriber to Koha mailing list from a few years back. I'm thinking of cataloguing my personal collection so that I don't accidentally repurchase the books or movies I already own! Koha may be a little excessive for my needs, but once I have bibliographic data in marc format it can be reused time and again. Now, about installation. I have used included INSTALL.debian-lenny installation guide. Numbered sections below are from there. 1.6 Install Perl dependencies ----- PDF::API2::Simple installation using CPAN don't work. I got it working using debian package libmodule-install-perl, as discussed here: http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2010-March/023253.html 2.2 Create the Koha database ----- mysql> grant all on <kohadatabasename>.* to '<kohadatabaseuser>'@'localhost' identified by '<kohadatabaseuserpassword>'; Shouldn't <kohadatabaseuser> be kohaadmin? Is there a need for an another Koha mysql user? In section 3 (Run the Koha installer) one of questions is 'Please specify the user that owns the database to be used by Koha [kohaadmin]' If <kohadatabaseuser> is not kohaadmin, then section 6 (Run the Web Installer, populate the database, initial configuration of settings) and 5.1.2 (Zebra Indexer) will fail. 3. Run the Koha installer ----- Warnings and one failed test - can they be ignored? $ perl Makefile.PL Warning: prerequisite Authen::CAS::Client 0.05 not found. [Sat May 15 23:32:13 2010] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite DateTime 0.51 not found. We have 0.42. [Sat May 15 23:32:13 2010] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Graphics::Magick not found. [Sat May 15 23:32:13 2010] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Lingua::Stem::Snowball 0.952 not found. [Sat May 15 23:32:13 2010] Makefile.PL: Warning: prerequisite Text::CSV::Encoded 0.09 not found. Writing Makefile for koha $ make test ... t/Record.......................NOK 1/1 # Failed test 'use C4::Record;' # at t/Record.t line 12. # Tried to use 'C4::Record'. # Error: Can't locate Text/CSV/Encoded.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/ville/koha-3.02.00-alpha2/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR /home/ville/koha-3.02.00-alpha2/blib/arch /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /home/ville/koha-3.02.00-alpha2/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Record.pm line 37. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/ville/koha-3.02.00-alpha2/blib/PERL_MODULE_DIR/C4/Record.pm line 37. # Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 2. # BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 4) line 2. # Looks like you failed 1 test of 1. t/Record.......................dubious Test returned status 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) DIED. FAILED test 1 Failed 1/1 tests, 0.00% okay t/Review.......................ok t/Scrubber.....................ok 1/10# Note: scrubber test output will have whitespace collapsed for readability # done. t/Scrubber.....................ok t/Serials......................ok t/Stats........................ok Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t/Record.t 1 256 1 1 1 20 subtests skipped. Failed 1/26 test scripts. 1/474 subtests failed. Files=26, Tests=474, 4 wallclock secs ( 3.64 cusr + 0.39 csys = 4.03 CPU) Failed 1/26 test programs. 1/474 subtests failed. make: *** [test_dynamic] Virhe 255 5. Configure and start Zebra ----- ... 1.2 Zebra Indexer $ sudo -u ${KOHA_USER} misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra -z -b -a => rebuild_zebra.pl Regards, Ville Huhtala

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Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 5: May 2010
by Nicole Engard 15 May '10

15 May '10

Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 1, Issue 5: May 2010 Read Online w/ Live Links: http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-1issue-5-may-2010/ Subscribe via RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/KohaNewsletter Table of Contents * KohaCon 2010 o Call for Presentations o Call for Registrations * News from the Developers o Koha 3.2 Alpha 2 Released o Koha Dependencies in Debian * Koha Libraries o American Numismatic Society Migrated to Koha o Koha Open Day in London a Success * Koha/Open Source Learning o Security Tip: Change the Default Password for the kohaadmin User o Open Source Bibliographies KohaCon 2010 Call for Presentations by Nicole C. Engard KohaCon is only 6 months away and we’re still looking for presentation proposals. The official call for proposals for KohaCon10 has been made. If you’re joining us in NZ in October, please think about sharing your Koha knowledge, tips, and ideas with us! Submit as many proposals (https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGJjUWtHMTE2X0J0Vm5ENXlaSn…) as you want. The deadline for submitting proposals is the 15th of June. Call for Registrations by Nicole C. Engard If you’re planning on joining us in NZ in October make sure you submit your registration (http://www.kohacon10.org.nz/2010/registration/) soon. The conference is only six months away and time flies when you’re having fun preparing Koha 3.2 for its official release. News from the Developers Koha 3.2 Alpha 2 Released by Galen Charlton I am pleased to announce release of the second and final alpha of Koha 3.2.0. The package can be retrieved from http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz Checksums and signatures are also available: * http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz.MD5 * http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz.MD5.asc * http://download.koha.org/koha-3.02.00-alpha2.tar.gz.sig I will be mirroring these on Savannah shortly. The next two milestones for release are beta and general release. At this point, I am declaring a soft string freeze; template changes other than those to fix typos and structural problems will be deferred to 3.4. Read more… (http://koha-community.org/koha-3-2-0-alpha-2-released/) Koha Dependencies in Debian by Lars Wirzenius Debian unstable should now have all Koha dependencies included. All but one of them are in squeeze (the current testing) as well. The one missing from squeeze is libtext-csv-encoded-perl. You can download it manually from a Debian package mirror and install it from the command line. Even that package will hopefully enter squeeze by mid-May. Koha Libraries American Numismatic Society Migrated to Koha by Jared Camins-Esakov The American Numismatic Society, a museum and research institute in New York, is pleased to join the ranks of Koha libraries. The new catalog was officially announced (and named) on Monday, April 19, 2010, following a six month migration process. The library staff continues to tweak the interface, and an intensive quality assurance program is underway to bring the database (containing more than 175k records) in line with modern library standards. Please feel free to take a look at the new catalog, accessible at http://donum.numismatics.org/ or the library’s website, accessible at http://www.numismatics.org/Library/Library. Koha Open Day in London a Success by Andrea Chandler We had a successful open day here in London, UK on 23rd April. Representatives from Camlis and the King’s Fund spoke to a group of 10 librarians who are close to deciding to adopt Koha, or have newly implemented it. We kept it small and without representatives from any support companies so that it would feel informal, and to promote Koha without promoting any particular support option. Those attending got to ask plenty of questions and we also gave some live demonstrations of day-to-day Koha functions. We also showed a sneak preview of a feature-in-progress: to import book orders and marc records direct from our suppliers into the acquisitions module. I think we gave some users more confidence to make the change if they choose to. The open day/morning felt like a good model and a way of introducing potential users to each other, instead of us answering inquiries piecemeal. We hope to repeat the event on a regular basis, so please do register your interest with us if you’d like to attend in the future. Koha/Open Source Learning Security Tip: Change the Default Password for the kohaadmin User by Chris Nighswonger The default password for the kohaadmin user is katikoan. When running Makefile.PL, you will see this prompt: “Please specify the password of the user that owns the database to be used by Koha [katikoan]” Rather than hitting the enter key and moving along, take a moment to change this password to something different and something strong. Remember, every person who has ever installed Koha knows the default username and password. Furthermore, according to one researcher, it takes about 58 hours to crack an 8 alphabetic character lower-case password using software and non-dictionary words. (http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles/safetyinnumbers.htm) If you cannot think of a strong, unique password, you can create a few which no one will guess using this site: https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm. Remember to create your database user with the same username/password combination you selected during the Makefile.PL run. If you need to change the username and/or password at a later time be sure to change it in both koha-conf.xml *and* in the database. For more information on how to change the username/password in MySQL, see any of the INSTALL files that come with the source of Koha. You may also view one here: http://tinyurl.com/INSTALL-debian Good security is always a wise investment, and implementation of this recommendation will cost you only a few minutes. Open Source Bibliographies by Nicole C. Engard The newest version of Zotero has the ability to create and sync with public libraries online. Did you know that there was a Koha group library (http://www.zotero.org/groups/koha/items)? To make it easier to access some of these great resources, I have put the Koha bibliography under documentation on the Koha site. In addition to being a member of the Koha library on Zotero, I keep my own bibliographies (http://www.zotero.org/nengard/items) a few of which are centered around open source software. Here are some of the titles I’ve found recently about Open Source Software. Blankenhorn, Dana. “Open source communities must protect their interests.” Blog. Open Source | ZDNet, April 30, 2010. http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=6381. Gentile, Brian. “The Open Source Renaissance.” opensource.com, March 10, 2010. http://opensource.com/business/10/3/open-source-renaissance. Haigh, Paul. “Moving forward with Open Source, a school leader’s perspective.” Open Source Schools, April 9, 2010. http://opensourceschools.org.uk/moving-forward-open-source-school-leaders-p…. Taylor, Mark. “Moving Forward with Open Source, an industry perspective.” Open Source Schools, April 8, 2010. http://opensourceschools.org.uk/moving-forward-open-source-industry-perspec…. Newsletter edited by Nicole C. Engard, Koha Documentation Manager. Please send future story ideas to me.

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Add MARC and z39.50 Search link
by Vikas Salunkhe 15 May '10

15 May '10

Dear all i just updated koha ver.3.00.02.012 to 3.01.00.061 following problem 1) Add MARC link is not available when i Cataloging > Authorities > New Authority fill data following Error is comming and z39.50 Search is not avalible Koha error The following fatal error has occurred: Can't call method "field" on an undefined value at /home/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/authorities/detail.pl line 332. Apache Server version: Apache/2.2.12 (Ubuntu) Server built: Mar 9 2010 21:20:44 Koha 3.01.00.061 Koha DB 3.0100061 MySQL mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.37, for debian-linux-gnu (i486) using EditLine wrapper OS Linux vikas-desktop 2.6.31-21-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 24 07:28:56 UTC 2010 i686 Perl 5.010000 2) When i search books in Catalog i try to click edit batten this is disable can anyone suggest what the problem might be? Vikas Salunkhe

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June General IRC Meeting
by Chris Nighswonger 14 May '10

14 May '10

Just a heads up that the wiki page has been created for the June General IRC meeting. You can find it here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_Meeting,_June_2_2010 Please feel free to add any items to the agenda you would like to have discussed at this meeting. Kind Regards, Chris

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bugs.koha-community.org
by Chris Cormack 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hi All About a week ago, I asked people to start registering at bugs.koha-community.org in preparation for shifting there. I'm pleased to say that a lot of you have. I'd like to make a deadline for the switch now, Friday 21 May, 9am NZST (wolfram alpha is a good tool for converting that to your timezone). That is when I plan to shift all the bugs over, so if any of you aren't registered now, can you please do it before then. And from that time onwards please use bugs.koha-community.org. Before then, feel free to have a play there, get used to some of the new features, but any bugs you make or change there, will be overwritten when I do the import of bugs. Thanks very much Happy Bug Hunting Chris RM 3.4

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RFPs for Development of Open Source Software
by Nora Blake 14 May '10

14 May '10

Greetings, Have any of you ever written an RFP for development of open source software that you would be willing to share with me? Thanks, Nora ________________________ Nora Blake MassCat Manager P.O. Box 241 South Deerfield, MA 01373-0241 Toll Free in MA: 866-MASSCAT (627-7228) Local Phone: 413-665-5511 Email: nblake(a)masscat.org Website: http://www.masscat.org AIM: vegancatwoman Skype: veganlibrarian Skype: nora.blake

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Circ stats & deleting records
by Cab Vinton 14 May '10

14 May '10

If we choose to delete records for items that are lost, withdrawn, etc., are the associated circulation statistics deleted from the database as well? Thanks, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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Re: [Koha] ldap
by Anselm Olweny 14 May '10

14 May '10

Dear Luis, As Ian suggests you will find the instructions toward the end of the Auth_with_ldap file. You will find this file in koha/lib/C4. At the time I implemented this I recall we had to edit the Auth_with_ldap.pm file (see http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2009-September/020177.html) I am not sure whether changes have been made to the current koha package but one significant thing I had to do in our network to make the authentication work was to grant the Active directory users logon permissions on the computer hosting Active directory. Thanks Anselm On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Luís Díaz <ldiaz(a)greendata.es> wrote: > Hi > very good to know ... > There is any doc about it? > I search in koha.org but I didn't see it. > Thanks if you can forward a tutorial or some doc about this. > Cheers > > > 2010/5/14 Anselm Olweny <aolweny(a)gmail.com> > > Hi Luis, >> >> Yes, I use koha against active directory >> >> thanks >> >> Anselm >> >> 2010/5/14 Luís Díaz <ldiaz(a)greendata.es> >> >>> Hello all >>> just to know if some one use koha against some LDAP...active directory or >>> open ldap...or somthing else. >>> Thanks a lot (and good week) >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Koha mailing list >>> Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz >>> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >>> >>> >> >

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ldap
by Luís Díaz 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello all just to know if some one use koha against some LDAP...active directory or open ldap...or somthing else. Thanks a lot (and good week)

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monitor load marc records
by Luís Díaz 14 May '10

14 May '10

Hello all I would like to know if we can get the ID of the records loaded (import marc record tool). I mean... Imagine you are loading a catalogue...all good, so you load the second...all good too, but with other load we have an error, so we must remove from koha this catalog. I supose this remove is done with the range of ID of the records loded no? Can some one tell me the procedure? And then, whitch mysql tables are filled when records are loaded? Thanks a lot in advance

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