[Koha] Install for Dummies

Paul paul.a at aandc.org
Mon Jan 23 04:03:07 NZDT 2012 

At 08:27 PM 1/21/2012 -0500, Bruce A Metcalf wrote:
>Paul wrote:
[snip]
>>koha at nelson:/usr/share/koha$ KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml 
>>PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib ./bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -a -r -v
>>koha at nelson:/usr/share/koha$ KOHA_CONF=/etc/koha/koha-conf.xml 
>>PERL5LIB=/usr/share/koha/lib ./bin/migration_tools/rebuild_zebra.pl -b -r -v -x
>
>This appears to do *something*. It runs a number of lines of code, ending 
>with "CLEANING".

OK - [assuming no warning messages] zebra appears to have completed the 
indexing ...

>Still no books revealed in the OPAC.

In your staff interface (koha-admin), if you put the single letter "a" (no 
quotes) in the  "Search catalogue" box, what do you get?  Please ensure 
that in Home> Administration> System Preferences> Searching> that the 
"Nozebra" preference is set to _Use_ the Zebra search engine.

Paul


>Thanks,
>/ Bruce /
>Bruce A. Metcalf
>Library Director
>Augustan Society Library
>
>
>>At 12:17 PM 1/21/2012 -0500, Chris Nighswonger wrote:
>>>Hi Bruce,
>>>
>>>The correct paths for your installation would have been given in the 
>>>notes produced at the end of running Makefile.PL (not sure where this 
>>>would show up if you used the deb packages). These paths will *have* to 
>>>be correct in order for Koha related cli scripts to run properly. 
>>>Perhaps someone more familiar with the deb packages could help if that 
>>>is, indeed, what you used.
>>>
>>>If the paths you selected are correct, then I'm out of ideas for the moment.
>>>
>>>Kind Regards,
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Bruce A Metcalf 
>>><Consuls at augustansociety.org <mailto:Consuls at augustansociety.org>> 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 
>>><http://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 <http://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>
>>>     <mailto:bruce.metcalf at figzu.com>> wrote:
>>>        Eric Bégin wrote:
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â All three commands fail with a variety of
>>>     messages, but all     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â include "file not found".
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â Indeed, that doesn't look good.
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â Can you provide the full output of the rebuild_zebra -b
>>>     -r -v
>>>     Â  Â 
>>> bruce at library:/usr/share/__koha4/bin/migration_tools$     Â  Â 
>>> rebuild_zebra.pl <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>
>>>     <http://rebuild_zebra.pl <http://rebuild_zebra.pl/>> -b -r -v
>>>     Â  Â Can't locate Koha.pm in @INC (@INC contains: 
>>> /etc/perl     Â  Â /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1
>>>     /usr/lib/perl5     Â  Â /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 
>>> /usr/share/perl/5.10     Â  Â /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at 
>>> ./rebuild_zebra.pl
>>>     <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>     Â  Â <http://rebuild_zebra.pl 
>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl/>> line 5.
>>>     Â  Â BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./rebuild_zebra.pl
>>>     <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>     Â  Â <http://rebuild_zebra.pl 
>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl/>> line 5.
>>>     Â  Â Hope that helps,     Â  Â Bruce
>>>
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â On 2012-01-19 09 <tel:2012-01-19%2009>
>>>     <tel:2012-01-19%2009>:41, Bruce Metcalf 
>>> wrote:     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Bruce Metcalf wrote:
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â I am a new user of Koha, and 
>>> have had
>>>     my Linux guru     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â (who had 
>>> not     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â seen Koha prior to this 
>>> work) install
>>>     version 3.6.2     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â under 
>>> Debian     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Squeeze on an 
>>> otherwise empty virtual
>>>     server.
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â All appears to be going 
>>> exactly as it
>>>     should.
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â owever, the public OPAC shows no
>>>     books in the     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â collection.
>>>                Eric Bégin wrote:
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Get a look at this link. It shows 
>>> the most
>>>     common     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â problems when 
>>> you     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  get not result in the OPAC.
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â
>>>     http://koha-community.org/__documentation/faq/searching/
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â
>>>     <http://koha-community.org/documentation/faq/searching/>
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Don't hesitate to come back and ask for
>>>     more info if     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â this link doesn't 
>>> solve your problem.
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â This page seems to suggest:
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â zebraidx -x /.../zebra-biblios.cfg drop biblios
>>>     zebraidx -c     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â /.../zebra-biblios.cfg 
>>> commit rebuild_zebra.pl
>>>     <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â 
>>> <http://rebuild_zebra.pl>>     <http://rebuild_zebra.pl/>> -b -r -v
>>>
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â All three commands fail with a variety of
>>>     messages, but all     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â 
>>> include     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â "file not found".
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â I'm thinking that there is an important
>>>     configuration or     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â initialization that 
>>> hasn't been completed?
>>>     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Regards, / Bruce / Bruce A. Metcalf Executive
>>>     Director The     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â 
>>> Augustan     Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â Society Library
>>
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