[Koha] Install for Dummies
Bruce A Metcalf
Consuls at AugustanSociety.org
Sun Jan 22 14:27:24 NZDT 2012
Paul wrote:
> Having experienced a few glitches ourselves, here are some extracts from
> our "cheat sheet" (nelson is the name of our Debian/Ubuntu server with
> Koha 3.6.1 installed and happily working):
>
> *** do mysql dump FIRST ***
Only six records in the system, so I skipped this.
> *** do not go near link_bibs_to_authorities.pl ***
Don't even know where that is.
> Now su to the proper user:
>
> paul at nelson:/usr/share/koha$ su koha
Tried by as myself as su and as koha.
> 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".
Still no books revealed in the OPAC.
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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