[Koha] Install for Dummies

Bruce A Metcalf Consuls at AugustanSociety.org
Mon Jan 23 11:14:25 NZDT 2012


Paul wrote:
> 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?

"No results found"


> Please ensure that in Home> Administration> System Preferences> Searching>
> that the "Nozebra" preference is set to _Use_ the Zebra search engine.

Check. At least I got that part right!

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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