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by Pascal Van Hecke (Yahoo) 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hi, I've been trying to figure out some Koha questions... (such as: "can I install it on a shared account with only Perl 5.6 enabled, not 5.6.1", or: "has somebody already written down notes how to install it on a shared hosting account, using the .htaccess files and not the Apache conf files, which are not accessible on most shared hosting accounts" and "could you provide me with some names of hosters where Koha can be installed"...) I already found some snippets of information using the text find option in my browser on the threaded subjects: http://lists.katipo.co.nz/public/koha/2004/thread.html What would be really nice (I'm probably not the first one to suggest...) is a searchable archive. I see some options to do it without having to host it yourself: - Marc mailing list archives http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/ - Yahoo groups: setting up the mailing list as a "remote group" (so simply keeping your own mail list manager but adding a yahoo archive mail address as subscriber: see for example: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midgard-user/ ) - http://gmane.org/host.php : provides a searcheable interface AND a usenet nntp interface to the mailinglist... very handy so you can use your favourite usenet/nttp client to monitor a whole bunch of mailinglists you're subscribed to (example: http://gmane.org/info.php?group=gmane.comp.web.midgard.user ) All of the mentioned possibilities obfuscate mail addresses or give the possibility to do so, in order to protect your members from mail harvesting. I also understand that the people who have developed and still maintain Koha do not wish to give away the audience they've created to some hoster where they do not trust privacy policy or the commercial intentions... That's why I would really recommend gmane.org here... Not only do the provide a superior service, they're run by a bunch of geek volunteers whose only intention is to make their great idea come true (http://gmane.org/faq.php) Subscribing a list to their service: http://gmane.org/subscribe.php Importing the already existing archives: http://gmane.org/import.php (mbox is their preferred format). Greetings, pascal van hecke

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Thesaurus and Authorities Files (and one or two other things)
by Matthew de Gale 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hi Thank you very much for Koha. I have been trying it out a little and have got enough of a sense of it to start capturing for our small NGOs special collection. 1: The one thing that is holding me back is not being able to figure out how the thesaurus should work. This probably immmediatly marks me as a non-librarian (which is true) although I do understand the concept. Unfortunatly none of the sample data packages seem to have anything entered here so I haven't been able to do by example. I wonder is someone would be kind enough to give a few examples of values that would logically fit together in a thesaurus (and perhaps definitions of "DIG" "RELATED" "FREE FORM" "AUTHORITY" "LIB" and "OTHER LIB"). Obviously a pointer to a web resource on these would be wonderful, but I am thinking specifically in terms of what they refer to in Koha 2 : Also: I assume the thesaurus values have an effect on the SUBJECT field: but what exactly? 3 : Off topic note: for a newbie the ability to switch themes made a vast difference in my learning curve: My organisation has a similar subject area to UNIDO and switching to that template really assisted in me getting a handle on KOHA (even if it is a bit incomplete!). More stock templates would really help different types of users get going I think. As soon as I have figured it all out I will try and contribute in this regard (could be a while though!). Once again thanks for the product. Yours Matthew Matthew de Gale Information Manager Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) matthew(a)tips.org.za www.tips.org.za 27-(0)11 - 6456404 27-(0)11 - 4844115

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Re: [Koha] Quick installation: Database updation - No permission
by H S Rai 24 May '04

24 May '04

Thank you Stephen Hedges and Ray for your response. MJ Ray wrote: > What is "Quick Install"? http://koha.org/installation/quick-start.html > > How to include /etc/koha-httpd.conf in httpd.conf. > > Add the line: > Include /etc/koha-httpd.conf > to your main system httpd.conf file. The installer should have said > that. Installer said, and I tried, but I could not get the installation worked. Gain I will do on next working day, as on weekend that PC remain off. -- H. S. Rai

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Newbie question
by Maggie 24 May '04

24 May '04

Hi, We are testing Koha in our library, and planning set it as our library system, but results that our main manager doesn't like MARC structure, the way it works, and all that. So, my question is; if is realy necesary work with MARC. I haven't give it a full look on it. We all want to make things easy. Ok, thanks BYE

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Barcode Scanner
by H S Rai 23 May '04

23 May '04

I am planning to use Barcode Scanner with Koha on RH Linux. May I seek your guidance on type and specifications of Barcode Scanner (to be available in North India) to make my implementation smooth. Thanks in advance. -- H. S. Rai _____________________________________________________________________ http://www.grex.org/~hsrai | Alternate E-mail: hsraidce(a)iitr.ernet.in ___________________________|_________________________________________

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Quick installation: Database updation - No permission
by Hardeep Singh Rai 22 May '04

22 May '04

I tried to install Koha using `Quick Install'. The step 6 of this not clear, which says: Update your database tables perl updatedatabase -I /pathtoC4 This result in following message: Can't open perl script "updatedatabase": No such file or directory Anyhow, then using installer.plI am successful in installing as per this installer. I had to install many required modules. Though, installer say installation is successful, but I fail to browse any thing. When try to see maually page mainpage.pl, browser say you don't has permissions to access this on this server. How to include /etc/koha-httpd.conf in httpd.conf. Only error I get was during MARC::record, which skipped two tests namely pod-coverage and pod. Please help me by giving me much needed hint and guidance. I am using RH9 Thanks in advance. -- H.S.Rai

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Re: [Koha] Quick installation: Database updation - No permission
by Stephen Hedges 22 May '04

22 May '04

> I tried to install Koha using `Quick Install'. > The step 6 of this not > clear, which says: > > Update your database tables > perl updatedatabase -I /pathtoC4 Make sure you change "pathtoC4" to what ever the path to your C4 directory is. In many cases, it's /usr/local/koha/intranet/modules. Stephen Hedges > > This result in following message: > > Can't open perl script "updatedatabase": No such > file or directory > > Anyhow, then using installer.plI am successful in > installing as per this > installer. I had to install many required > modules. > > Though, installer say installation is successful, > but I fail to browse > any thing. When try to see maually page > mainpage.pl, browser say you > don't has permissions to access this on this > server. > > How to include /etc/koha-httpd.conf in > httpd.conf. > > Only error I get was during MARC::record, which > skipped two tests namely > pod-coverage and pod. > > > Please help me by giving me much needed hint and > guidance. > > I am using RH9 > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > H.S.Rai > > >

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irc channel?
by Justin Paulsen 20 May '04

20 May '04

Hi, I am new to the list and was wondering if there was an active Koha irc channel? Thanks -- Justin Paulsen IT Coordinator Frederic School District (715) 327-4223 paulsenj(a)frederic.k12.wi.us "The world is open. Are you?"

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Please help
by david 20 May '04

20 May '04

Hi there, I'm running FreeBSD 5.2, I would like to have koha library running on it. I already have apache13 installed. Is there a port for for koha in FreeBSD ports collection? If not how can I install it? Is there anybody have step by step to set it up on FreeBSD machine? Thanks in advance for your help. David -- CIUEM WebMail (http://www.ci.uem.mz)

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Koha 2.0 settings
by Bernadette Cassidy 19 May '04

19 May '04

Hi, Koha times out very quickly in version 2.0 particularly when in circulation (requesting password etc), is it possible to adjust the settings so that this doesn't happen? Kind regards, Bernadette ___________________________________________ Bernadette Cassidy Library & Learning Coordinator Allan Bean Centre for Research and Learning in Rehabilitation Private Bag 4708 Burwood Hospital Christchurch New Zealand Tel: (03) 383 9492 Fax: (03) 383 7500

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