Hi all, I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation. Thanks and have a good day! Alessandro
One thing to understand here is, while there are many linux distributions, they mostly fall into two main families: RedHat -based and Debian -based. Koha work is mainly done in Debian -based platforms. AlmaLinux is RedHat -based. It should still be possible to make it work, but it is not going to be as easy or simple. Your best option might be a container (Docker) installation, which can help smooth over some of the dependency and platform differences. But even then I would not expect to be successful unless I really knew linux well. Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology York College of Nebraska On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:48 AM Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
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Hi Joel, thank you for your suggestions! I am aware of the RedHat vs Debian issue related to Koha, but unfortunately I am obliged to use AlmaLinux. Precisely for this reason I was wondering if anyone had had any direct experience of installing Koha on Red-Had (and in particular on AlmaLinux). Regarding Docker, would you recommend a few in particular? Thanks a lot and have a nice day! Alessandro Il giorno mer 13 apr 2022 alle ore 18:59 Coehoorn, Joel <jcoehoorn@york.edu> ha scritto:
One thing to understand here is, while there are many linux distributions, they mostly fall into two main families: RedHat -based and Debian -based.
Koha work is mainly done in Debian -based platforms. AlmaLinux is RedHat -based. It should still be possible to make it work, but it is not going to be as easy or simple.
Your best option might be a container (Docker) installation, which can help smooth over some of the dependency and platform differences. But even then I would not expect to be successful unless I really knew linux well.
Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology York College of Nebraska
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:48 AM Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi Alessandro, if you must use AlmaLinux you can start from here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.22_on_Fedora_23 https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.10_on_Centos_6.3_x86_64_en The real problem is to install dependencies. I suggest you create a personal VM and do many tests and trials The Docker solution is to install a full debian inside a docker container and here install Koha. If your SysOps don't want Debian probably they don't like a solution like this. In fact a docker container is very similar to a VM. So AlmaLinux (a VM probably) with Docker runs a Docker container with Debian. A VM inside a VM in fact. Bye Zeno Tajoli On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 9:03 AM Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi Joel,
thank you for your suggestions!
I am aware of the RedHat vs Debian issue related to Koha, but unfortunately I am obliged to use AlmaLinux. Precisely for this reason I was wondering if anyone had had any direct experience of installing Koha on Red-Had (and in particular on AlmaLinux).
Regarding Docker, would you recommend a few in particular?
Thanks a lot and have a nice day! Alessandro
Il giorno mer 13 apr 2022 alle ore 18:59 Coehoorn, Joel < jcoehoorn@york.edu> ha scritto:
One thing to understand here is, while there are many linux distributions, they mostly fall into two main families: RedHat -based and Debian -based.
Koha work is mainly done in Debian -based platforms. AlmaLinux is RedHat -based. It should still be possible to make it work, but it is not going to be as easy or simple.
Your best option might be a container (Docker) installation, which can help smooth over some of the dependency and platform differences. But even then I would not expect to be successful unless I really knew linux well.
Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology York College of Nebraska
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:48 AM Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
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Hi Zeno, thank you very much for all the suggestions and the clarifications! So, I will try to do different tests with a personal VM, and keep the community updated (maybe it will be helpful for someone in the future). Thanks a lot and have a nice day! Alessandro Il giorno gio 14 apr 2022 alle ore 11:41 Zeno Tajoli <ztajoli@gmail.com> ha scritto:
Hi Alessandro, if you must use AlmaLinux you can start from here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.22_on_Fedora_23 https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.10_on_Centos_6.3_x86_64_en The real problem is to install dependencies. I suggest you create a personal VM and do many tests and trials
The Docker solution is to install a full debian inside a docker container and here install Koha. If your SysOps don't want Debian probably they don't like a solution like this. In fact a docker container is very similar to a VM. So AlmaLinux (a VM probably) with Docker runs a Docker container with Debian. A VM inside a VM in fact.
Bye Zeno Tajoli
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 9:03 AM Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi Joel,
thank you for your suggestions!
I am aware of the RedHat vs Debian issue related to Koha, but unfortunately I am obliged to use AlmaLinux. Precisely for this reason I was wondering if anyone had had any direct experience of installing Koha on Red-Had (and in particular on AlmaLinux).
Regarding Docker, would you recommend a few in particular?
Thanks a lot and have a nice day! Alessandro
Il giorno mer 13 apr 2022 alle ore 18:59 Coehoorn, Joel < jcoehoorn@york.edu> ha scritto:
One thing to understand here is, while there are many linux distributions, they mostly fall into two main families: RedHat -based and Debian -based.
Koha work is mainly done in Debian -based platforms. AlmaLinux is RedHat -based. It should still be possible to make it work, but it is not going to be as easy or simple.
Your best option might be a container (Docker) installation, which can help smooth over some of the dependency and platform differences. But even then I would not expect to be successful unless I really knew linux well.
Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology York College of Nebraska
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:48 AM Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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The Koha source code contains a cpanfile, which can be used to pull the perl dependencies. The rest should be an old school dev install. I think the instructions you were given should work for most of it. El mié, 13 abr 2022 9:48, Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> escribió:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi all, it seems that I cannot use a VirtualBox solution, so I will try a dev install, and keep the community updated. Thanks and have a good day! Alessandro Il giorno ven 15 apr 2022 alle ore 16:53 Tomas Cohen Arazi < tomascohen@gmail.com> ha scritto:
The Koha source code contains a cpanfile, which can be used to pull the perl dependencies.
The rest should be an old school dev install.
I think the instructions you were given should work for most of it.
El mié, 13 abr 2022 9:48, Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> escribió:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Sorry to hear that the specific solution I suggested was not helpful, but very happy to hear that you are moving forward with something that does work for you! Br. C.S. Hayward, https://cshayward.com ------- Original Message ------- On Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 3:53 AM, Alessandro Tedesco <alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi all, it seems that I cannot use a VirtualBox solution, so I will try a dev install, and keep the community updated. Thanks and have a good day!Alessandro Il giorno ven 15 apr 2022 alle ore 16:53 Tomas Cohen Arazi <tomascohen@gmail.com> ha scritto:
The Koha source code contains a cpanfile, which can be used to pull the perl dependencies. The rest should be an old school dev install. I think the instructions you were given should work for most of it. El mié, 13 abr 2022 9:48, Alessandro Tedesco <alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> escribió:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi all, thanks again for all the suggestions: I will try and keep you updated. Thanks and have a good day! Alessandro Il giorno lun 18 apr 2022 alle ore 12:20 C.S. Hayward < c.s.hayward@protonmail.com> ha scritto:
Sorry to hear that the specific solution I suggested was not helpful, but very happy to hear that you are moving forward with something that does work for you!
Br. C.S. Hayward, https://cshayward.com
------- Original Message ------- On Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 3:53 AM, Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> wrote:
Hi all, it seems that I cannot use a VirtualBox solution, so I will try a dev install, and keep the community updated. Thanks and have a good day!Alessandro Il giorno ven 15 apr 2022 alle ore 16:53 Tomas Cohen Arazi < tomascohen@gmail.com> ha scritto:
The Koha source code contains a cpanfile, which can be used to pull the perl dependencies. The rest should be an old school dev install. I think the instructions you were given should work for most of it. El mié, 13 abr 2022 9:48, Alessandro Tedesco < alessandrotedesco@seminario.milano.it> escribió:
Hi all,
I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried to do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
Thanks and have a good day!
Alessandro _______________________________________________
Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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