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Ahoy!
by m freiert 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

hi all. a friend pointed me at the koha software and i've a few questions about it that i'm hoping someone can answer. in short, i'm a moderately skilled geek with zero *nix skills, but strong information architecture, and a high general computer proficency, and decent windose skills. i'm looking at doing some reasonably serious digging into linux in the next ~3 months. i'm one of two people recently placed in charge of a small privage research library that's had negligible maintance for ~20 years. i have quite good library research side skills, but neither of us have been on the admin side of one before. we have a varied selection of books, a number of which we wish to allow limited access to, for several reasons. slowly but surely our collection is being entered into an old version of file maker pro (because that's what our data processing volunter is familiar with on a moderate level) and being cross referenced with our old paper card catalogue and confirmed as books on hand. now while this is far from ideal it *does* get our catalogue into ... well, into the 20th century at least. long term, our goal is to get not only our catalogue online but to share it amongst several other private libraries, and ideally integrate it with a number of university and other research and rare books libraries. (as a side note, eventually another goal is to get a significant ammount of our rare books online in an e-book/pdf format for both public and research access, but that's a whole nother nightmare involving long nights with a right angle scanner, and getting ocr software to play with 1700 era german fonts) questions: -how much trouble am i looking at to import our extant cataloge into koha, multiple steps is fine, but manual is not pretty. i can get us running *reasonably* well for the time being and even online with filemaker, but clearly migrating to a standards compliant software sooner rather than later is a better option. -how hard is it going to be for my marginally computer adept, but intelligent, and data input adept volunteer who's a bit of an old dog to learn to input more titles? -how hard will it be to search/compare/semi autonomously add LOC cataloge numbers to known volumes? i know we have a number of privat printings that are probably not catalogued thus far, and will need to be hand numbered, but it'd be nice to not have to look up ALL of them. -how secure is koha when on line? -are there multiple levels of access? i.e. can i mask certain books that are flagged as do not check out from being seen by remote users, or a specific class of users, and yet leave them accessible to local users, or authorized logins? that's all i can think of for the moment. feel free to abuse me for my lack of knowledge about the software, etc. -m

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Error installing perl modules XML-Simple on K12LTSP-6 (Fedora Core 6)
by Krsnendu dasa 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Can you please help me? When I try to install on K12LTSP-6 (Fedora Core 6) # perl -MCPAN -e 'install "XML::Simple"' It tells me: Checking installed modules ... ============================================================================= Fatal error: Your default XML parser (XML::SAX::PurePerl) is broken. There are known bugs in the PurePerl parser included with version 0.13 and 0.14 of XML::SAX. The XML::Simple tests will fail with this parser. One way to avoid the problem is to install XML::SAX::Expat - it will install itself as the system default XML parser and then you will be able to install XML::Simple successfully. XML::SAX::Expat is also much faster than XML::SAX::PurePerl so you probably want it anyway. When I try to install XML::SAX::Expat it tries to prepend XML::Parser which fails. The last few lines are as follows: Expat.c: In function âXS_XML__Parser__Expat_SetEndCdataHandlerâ: Expat.c:2580: error: âXML_Parserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.c:2580: error: expected â;â before âparserâ Expat.c:2581: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code Expat.xs:2127: error: âparserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2128: error: âXML_EndCdataSectionHandlerâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2128: error: expected â;â before âecdhndlâ Expat.xs:2131: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âendcd_svâ Expat.xs:2131: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âendcd_svâ Expat.xs:2131: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âendcd_svâ Expat.xs:2131: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âendcd_svâ Expat.xs:2131: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âendcd_svâ Expat.xs:2131: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âendcd_svâ Expat.xs:2133: error: âecdhndlâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2135: warning: implicit declaration of function âXML_SetEndCdataSectionHandlerâ Expat.c: In function âXS_XML__Parser__Expat_UnsetAllHandlersâ: Expat.c:2609: error: âXML_Parserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.c:2609: error: expected â;â before âparserâ Expat.xs:2144: error: âparserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2147: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named ânsâ Expat.xs:2148: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âpâ Expat.xs:2149: error: âXML_StartNamespaceDeclHandlerâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2149: error: expected â)â before numeric constant Expat.xs:2154: error: âXML_StartElementHandlerâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2154: error: expected â)â before numeric constant Expat.xs:2158: error: âXML_UnknownEncodingHandlerâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2158: error: expected â)â before numeric constant Expat.c: In function âXS_XML__Parser__Expat_ElementIndexâ: Expat.c:2642: error: âXML_Parserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.c:2642: error: expected â;â before âparserâ Expat.c:2643: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code Expat.xs:2167: error: âparserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2168: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âst_serial_stackâ Expat.xs:2168: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âst_serial_stackptrâ Expat.c: In function âXS_XML__Parser__Expat_SkipUntilâ: Expat.c:2664: error: âXML_Parserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.c:2664: error: expected â;â before âparserâ Expat.c:2665: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code Expat.xs:2179: error: âparserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2180: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âst_serialâ Expat.xs:2182: error: âCallbackVectorâ has no member named âskip_untilâ Expat.c: In function âXS_XML__Parser__Expat_Do_External_Parseâ: Expat.c:2687: error: âXML_Parserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.c:2687: error: expected â;â before âparserâ Expat.c:2688: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code Expat.xs:2194: error: âparserâ undeclared (first use in this function) Expat.xs:2205: warning: unused variable âpretâ Expat.xs:2194: warning: unused variable âcbvâ Expat.xs:2192: warning: unused variable âtypeâ make[1]: *** [Expat.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/.cpan/build/XML-Parser-2.34/Expat' make: *** [subdirs] Error 2 /usr/bin/make -- NOT OK Running make test Can't test without successful make Running make install make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

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Perl Modules message at installation
by Krsnendu dasa 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

When I run perl installer.pl I get this message. Do I have to do anything about this? PERL MODULES Checking perl modules ... Subroutine PDF::API2::Resource::Font::Postscript::O_RDONLY redefined at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/Exporter.pm line 65. at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/Postscript.pm line 46 It also tells me I have to install gd::barcode but it is already installed.

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Re: a possible error in Koha; an installation guide
by Rob Weir 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello Koha Lover, The win32 install you ran includes a set of sample data so you can evaluate koha and decide if you want to try it with your own data. So no, it is not a mistake; it was done for a reason. If you were going to use only english to enter your data, it is possible to delete the existing sample data and import your own data using a bulkmarcimport script which has a purge option. Or a blank data set is also included in the install, but many of the configuration settings need to be made before you can use it. However, since you are interested in using koha with Modern Greek, I am almost certain that you should not use the sample data sets that are included with win32 install package. I don't know much about using languages other than english, but I do know that the included data sets were not created to use unicode (UTF-8?) encoding and so I am almost certain that you will need to create a new set of blank data using unicode before you can use the greek character set. This may sound difficult, but there is script that you can run to do it. I just found this page on the koha wiki that may help you: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=encodingscratchpad. Note that this page says: "MySQL <http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=mysql> Version 4.1 is absolute minimum if you want to handle encoding correctly" and "You must create your Koha database _after_ you set the character set defaults otherwise the database could be set to the wrong defaults" I have not set up encoding like this before, so I don't know how much I can help you. If I get some free time, I will try to test it. I will copy the list on this response, and perhaps some other members can offer some suggestions for configuring koha to use a non-english character set. For the Z3950 queries, I think a dial-up should work, but of course it may not be fast. If you can browse the internet from the computer, you should be able to do a Z3950 query. Of course you will need to activate the dial-up connection before you do any queries. I hope this helps. Rob Koha Lover wrote: > Dear Mr Weir: > > I realize that you are quite busy but I would like to > pose a possible error to you. When we first got into > Koha (Intranet; 'Koha', 'Koha') we found that there > was a branch waiting for us from a college in India. > That branch couldn't be deleted because the message > said that it was still needed. Evidently there are > still books in the data base which depend on that > branch. This seems to be an error, unless it is > intentional for one reason or another. How will we > purge such remnants of other installations from the > data base? > > At the moment we have installed Koha on a second > computer, one that has a dial-up line. We don't know > enough to test YAZ yet, however. > > When we do set up a LAN, does the Koha/LAN network > architecture oblige a fixed connection to our ISP (for > example ADSL)? It seems to me that dial-up will be a > non-starter, but networks are something I'm very weak > in. > > The person I am helping requested that I write a > little guide how to install Koha with the actual > givens that we have here in his library. In this > guide I have used some material from your own emails > and also included some internal references from the > local environment here. However, it occurred to me > that with the appropriate changes you might find the > guide useful in other contexts. > > We have started to learn about MARC. > > We have also contacted M. Poulain to ask about > converting Koha to Modern Greek. > > Thanks very much for your assistance up to now. > > With best wishes-- > > Koha Lover > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html

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Again Special characters/Accents
by Adalid Ortiz 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

I have testing koha 2.2X on a linux server and the z39.50 client retrieve the records with no errors. All special characters, accents are correct. It's a Widnows XP/Language problem? Saludos, FELIPE ADALID ORTIZ ANZALDO Area de Medios Electrónicos Biblioteca Loyola http://www.loyola.tij.uia.mx UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA TIJUANA Ave. Centro Universitario 2501 Playas de Tijuana Tijuana, B.C., México 22200 Tel. 664 630-1577 Ext. 623 Fax 664 630-1591 eMail adalid(a)tij.uia.mx "No sobreviven los más fuertes, ni los más inteligentes, sino aquellos que tienen una mayor capacidad para adaptarse a los cambios." --Charles Darwin--

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problème de francisation d'interface
by laurent-ducos 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Bonjour Je suis sous debian etch avec apache 1.3 et mysql 4.1 J'accède à koha 2.2.7 sans problème mais l'interface est désespérément en anglais. Normalement koha bénéficie de la traduction de son interface en Français et Anglais et de la possiblilité de choisir l'une ou l'autre des deux langues. Si quelqu'un à des solutions à ce problème. Merci

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Re: [Koha] Z3950 error message
by Rob Weir 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

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Z3950 error message
by lifewa＠q-net.net.au 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

I have just installed KOHA and I am stuck on Z39.50 searches. I get the following message: Server error! The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Error message: Premature end of script headers: search.pl If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 500 intranet 01/23/07 15:40:11 Apache/2.0.59 (Win32) Any advice? Cheers Richard Egan

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Caracteres especiales/Special characters !!!
by Adalid Ortiz 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

When use the Z39.50 to retrieve records (in spanish language) from LC, the results are displayed wrong. The special characters like accents, etc. don't show like expect. I'm using Windows XP SP2 SPANISH Version. Ayuda por favor, FELIPE ADALID ORTIZ ANZALDO Area de Medios Electrónicos Biblioteca Loyola http://www.loyola.tij.uia.mx UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA TIJUANA Ave. Centro Universitario 2501 Playas de Tijuana Tijuana, B.C., México 22200 Tel. 664 630-1577 Ext. 623 Fax 664 630-1591 eMail adalid(a)tij.uia.mx "No sobreviven los más fuertes, ni los más inteligentes, sino aquellos que tienen una mayor capacidad para adaptarse a los cambios." --Charles Darwin--

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Koha and 1and1 hosting?
by John Clarke 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

I'm considering setting up a Koha database. I already have a Linux based "business pro" account with www.1and1.co.uk. Relevant features of "business pro" 1and1 plan: - PHP 3, 4 & 5 - Perl - 8x MySQL (100 MB per database) - Shell access via SSH Should Koha run properly in this environment? Any suggestions are welcome. -John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.4/644 - Release Date: 22/01/2007 07:30

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