On 22 June 2012 11:11, jp_powell <nice2odie@gmail.com> wrote:

I am running on Debian Squeeze.   I have made a complete system backup (just in case things don't go the way it should), and dumped the library database into a SQL file.

I posted once before for instructions on how to upgrade Koha on Debian and I received 1 response but the person cautioned that it was untested.  I was waiting for that person to confirm the process.

After reading that response a few times, I really had a hard time trying to follow the process.  So, I am reposting the request for step-by-step please. I plan to work on this server this coming weekend so a response would be helpful.

If someone would rather work with me via instant messaging, please send email directly to my email address nice2odie at gmail dot com.  I live in USA, in the Central Daylight time.

Request;  I need to be able to upgrade a PRODUCTION KOHA system to the latest version.  There should be a process in place to make this easy.

Exactly what version are you running, and how did you install it? The answer to both these questions has a huge bearing on how you upgrade. If you installed via the packages, then apt-get upgrade is all you need to do. If you installed via the tarball and are running a version of Koha released in the last few years (3.2.x or later). Then in the INSTALL file are the instructions on how to upgrade. Of course you should always do your upgrade of any software on your staging server first, and then production. Koha is no exception to that rule. I would have a staging server running the exact version you have on production, then upgrade that. If it all goes well, do it on production.

From the INSTALL file in the tarball or in git

"UPGRADE ======= If you are running in another language other than english, please switch to english before doing the upgrade, the templating system has changed and the templates will need to be regenerated. Once you have upgraded, please regenerate your templates in your chosen languages. If you are upgrading from a previous installation of Koha 3.x, you can use the following: ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m # to identify new Perl dependencies Install any missing modules IMPORTANT: Koha 3.4.0 and greater uses Template::Toolkit, this must be installed before the webinstaller can run On debian/ubuntu sudo apt-get install libtemplate-perl Other Linux/Unix platforms Use the packaged version or install from CPAN cpan Template perl Makefile.PL --prev-install-log /path/to/koha-install-log make make test sudo make upgrade Koha 3.4.x or later no longer stores items in biblio records. If you are upgrading from an older version ou will need to do the following two steps, they can take a long time (several hours) to complete for large databases misc/maintenance/remove_items_from_biblioitems.pl --run misc/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r " Hope this helps Chris