Greetings, My name is Yared, I'm from Ethiopia, I want to use Koha for our University library information system. I have an idea about Linux and I want to install Koha on Linux. Q? On which Lunix distribution is Koha best for installation and Usage? What are the dependencies and from where could find them? only from the Internet or from the Installation CD of the Operating System? I saw From koha site and the information given is not that much on dependencies. From where can I find detail list of dependencies and detail installation steps? Thank you very much, I expect your immediate response. --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.
Hi Yared,
1. On which Lunix distribution is Koha best for installation and Usage?
I think a lot of people here use debian for koha, but at my institute we are running suse. Basically most linuxes should work, as long as they come with the right versions of software. (mysql4, for example)
1. What are the dependencies and from where could find them? only from the Internet or from the Installation CD of the Operating System?
For dependencies, see the documentation here: http://www.kohadocs.org/ I always prefer installing as many of the requirements as possible from the distribution media. (because that way security updates happen 'automatically' with the operating system, and you don't have to keep track of those yourself) However, not all requirements are included in the distribution, so you have to download some from the internet.
1. I saw From koha site and the information given is not that much on dependencies. From where can I find detail list of dependencies and detail installation steps?
http://www.kohadocs.org/ -> http://www.kohadocs.org/Installing_Koha_on_Debian_sarge.html Good luck! Mourik Jan
On Friday 16 November 2007 8:50 am, yared berhanu wrote:
On which Lunix distribution is Koha best for installation and Usage?
I've just reinstalled ours on FC8 - we might well be the first Koha site running FC8; previously we were running on FC3. There is no "best" Linux distro for Koha. You should ask yourself "Which distro am I happiest supporting?". We are a Fedora/Redhat 9 site (my choice) hence we used Fedora for our Koha machine.
What are the dependencies and from where could find them? only from the Internet or from the Installation CD of the Operating System? I saw From koha site and the information given is not that much on dependencies. From where can I find detail list of dependencies and detail installation steps?
The dependancy list on the koha site is a start but it is incomplete. Running the installer identified other dependances. See my install log at http://www.openhgs.org.uk/it.cgi/koha for a complete list. http://www.kohadocs.org/ has instructions for installing on several distos. -- Regards Martin Woolley ICT Support Handsworth Grammar School Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna ************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify postmaster@bgfl.org The views expressed within this email are those of the individual, and not necessarily those of the organisation *************************************************************
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