[Koha] Install for Dummies

[Bruce A Metcalf]

Eric Bégin wrote:

>> I set:
>>
>> KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
> This looks ok to me.
> 
>> PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
> If you did the default installation, the PERL5LIB should then be 
> /usr/share/koha

Tried this. Got the same failure message. Must be something else I did wrong or 
failed to do.

Thanks again,
/ Bruce /
Bruce A. Metcalf
Library Director
Augustan Society Library


> On 12-01-21 10:16 AM, Bruce A Metcalf wrote:
>> Chris Nighswonger wrote:
>>> Have a read at these FAQ's:
>>>
>>> http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/searching/
>>> Pay careful attention to the solution for question #4. It appears 
>>> you've not exported the proper env vars.
>>
>> It sounds like you're recommending:
>>
>>> 1. Check that you are exporting the two environmental variables
>>> necessary to run Koha scripts from the command line. These are (modify
>>> to fit paths on your system):
>>>
>>> PERL5LIB=/path/to/koha
>>> KOHA_CONF=/path/to/koha-conf.xml
>>
>> Which sounds not unreasonable. I set:
>>
>> KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml
>>
>> Which seems reasonable. I then set:
>>
>> PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib
>>
>> I chose this because the failure message for rebuild_zebra.pl claims 
>> it can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC, which includes /etc/perl, and 
>> where that file can be found.
>>
>> It would appear that these choices were incorrect, or that I've made 
>> some other important error, as these two changes make no change in the 
>> failure message when I run rebuild_zebra.pl.
>>
>> I *did* warn y'all I was a newbie....
>>
>> With thanks,
>> / Bruce /
>> Bruce A. Metcalf
>> Library Director
>> The Augustan Society Library
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Bruce Metcalf 
>>> <bruce.metcalf at figzu.com <mailto:bruce.metcalf at figzu.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Eric Bégin wrote:
>>>
>>>             All three commands fail with a variety of messages, but all
>>>             include "file not found".
>>>
>>>         Indeed, that doesn't look good.
>>>
>>>         Can you provide the full output of the rebuild_zebra -b -r -v
>>>
>>>     bruce at library:/usr/share/__koha4/bin/migration_tools$
>>>     rebuild_zebra.pl <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> -b -r -v
>>>     Can't locate Koha.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
>>>     /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 
>>> /usr/lib/perl5
>>>     /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10
>>>     /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at ./rebuild_zebra.pl
>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> line 5.
>>>     BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./rebuild_zebra.pl
>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> line 5.
>>>
>>>     Hope that helps,
>>>     Bruce
>>>
>>>         On 2012-01-19 09 <tel:2012-01-19%2009>:41, Bruce Metcalf wrote:
>>>             Bruce Metcalf wrote:
>>>
>>>                     I am a new user of Koha, and have had my Linux guru
>>>                     (who had not
>>>                     seen Koha prior to this work) install version 3.6.2
>>>                     under Debian
>>>                     Squeeze on an otherwise empty virtual server.
>>>
>>>                     All appears to be going exactly as it should.
>>>
>>>                     owever, the public OPAC shows no books in the
>>>                     collection.
>>>
>>>             Eric Bégin wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Get a look at this link. It shows the most common
>>>                 problems when you
>>>                  get not result in the OPAC.
>>>
>>>                 http://koha-community.org/__documentation/faq/searching/
>>> <http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/searching/>
>>>
>>>                 Don't hesitate to come back and ask for more info if
>>>                 this link doesn't solve your problem.
>>>
>>>             This page seems to suggest:
>>>
>>>             zebraidx -x /.../zebra-biblios.cfg drop biblios zebraidx -c
>>>             /.../zebra-biblios.cfg commit rebuild_zebra.pl
>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl> -b -r -v
>>>
>>>             All three commands fail with a variety of messages, but all
>>>             include
>>>             "file not found".
>>>
>>>             I'm thinking that there is an important configuration or
>>>             initialization that hasn't been completed?
>>>
>>>             Regards, / Bruce / Bruce A. Metcalf Executive Director The
>>>             Augustan Society Library