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