Hi Jim, i'll forward your suggestion to the Koha lists (regular and developer). It sounds like a good idea, and we've had Koha easier to install in the past as part of Debian, but of course every time Koha changes you have to do a new one. I suspect all the project needs to do this, is someone keen to do it. Cheers Rachel Jim Kronebusch wrote:
I am not sure who to contact here, your name was at the top of the list so here we go.
Every time I try and configure Koha there are dependency problems and issues with versions of those dependencies. I see the same problems with users all over from both the mailing lists and general internet browsing.
It seems to me that a very easy way to distribute Koha and allow users to easily get it up and running would be via a virtual appliance. Is it possible that Koha could create a standard Koha installation with VMware and allow the download of a completely setup virtual appliance ready to go for any user?
From what I see Koha is usually built and tested on Debian. I would think it very simple for the developers to build a minimal debian install, configure koha and all dependencies with a default set of usernames and domain, then distribute that Virtual image for the public to run under VMware.
Please consider this as it would make implementing Koha so much easier.
Thanks,
Jim Kronebusch Cotter Tech Department 453-5188
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