[Koha] Introduction and authority import question

[tajoli]

Dear John,

[...]
>I found out about the Koha virtual appliances created by
> Kyle Hall and was able to get Koha up and running in VirtualBox on my
> MacBook.
[...]
> 
> So, that's why I'm here.  Now, my question is this:  I would like to
import
> authority records that I download form the US Library of Congress.  It is
> my
> understanding that the only way to do this in Koha is using the
> bulkauthimport.pl script, right?  

As I now, yes.
In fact you need to learn the command-line on your Mac Book.
You can start from here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=532104
http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/04/unix-terminal-command-line-tip.html
http://osxdaily.com/2006/12/11/how-to-customize-your-terminal-prompt/
Search help and how-to about 'bash' (the standard command line shell for
Mac)
And this is the book for you: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596009151/

Bye
Zeno Tajoli