[Koha] Koha 3 on ubuntu 7

[MJ Ray]

Ramon Andinach <custard at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> On 20/05/2008, at 7:20 AM, BWS Johnson wrote:
> > or too. I hope that eventually we attract someone that can jigger up  
> > one of them there packages for Koha. Unfortunately, they don't grow  
> > on trees.
>
> Would not that then require some attempt to follow ubuntu/debian's  
> file system rules? (ie, make it definitely different to all other Kohas)
> I suppose that's only the case if it wanted to get into the  
> distribution.

Yes, I want it in the debian distribution, so there's an installation
method (called standard, IIRC) which will follow the File Hierarchy
Standard when it works.  My koha.git tree has a branch called
"debianised" but I've not worked on it in a fairly long time due to
paid work taking priority.

> Would the brave volunteer need also to find/make debianised/ubuntuised  
> perl packages for the perl bits that still need installing by hand?

Yes and they're almost there.  See recent posts on koha-devel.

> or would it be possible to script in the installation through the perl  
> shell?

This is always possible.  install-CPAN.pl tries to do it too.

Hope that explains,
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