[Koha] Can anyone help a new Koha user?

[Hugo Agud]

Hi

Forget about windows :( it is old, not updated and unsupported by years...

Sorry  :(



2012/5/18 Stew Wilson <stewartrwilson at gmail.com>

> Hi everyone,
> I'm an English teacher at a high school in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.  I'm
> not a librarian, and have never used catalog software before.  I'm helping
> some other English teachers here put together an English library for the
> students, and I have been recommended Koha by a number of librarians.
>
> I am not very technically proficient.  I have never used Linux, so have
> opted for a Windows install.  I used Raja Biswas' Youtube
> video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7WgoeSmOc>as a guide.  The
> installers I used are:
>
>  - ActivePerl 5.8.8.820-MSWin32-x86-274739
>  - Apache 2.0.59-win32-x86-nossl
>  - MySQL-4.0.26-win32
>  - Koha2.2.8-W32-R0
>
> I found that using these installers that Koha would actually install
> (previous attempts with the latest versions of Perl, SQL etc failed).
>
> So, it installed fine, but when I type in "intranet" or "opac" it gives me
> the dreaded 500 server error:  "Premature end of script headers:
> mainpage.pl
> ".
>
> I know from my reading of this listserve, and from other websites, that
> this is the most common error.  I cannot find a consensus answer - or even
> an answer that makes sense to me!
>
> Rob Weir's handy troubleshooting
> guide<http://www.koha.rwjr.com/Koha_on_Windows.html#d0e755>suggests
> that I post the error log "opac-error_log" or "intranet-error_log"
> into a forum for assistance.  A search of my computer reveals neither of
> these files.  I have to assume that something isn't running.  I do have an
> error log for Apache, but it seems to be ok.  When I type in localhost, I
> get the message "it works!", so I'd think Apache should be fine.  I read
> that error 500 is sometimes caused by a lack of permissions in ActivePerl,
> but I have yet to find a way to fix this that makes even the remotest sense
> to me.
>
> I've had a look at the "WinMySQL" program that is located in the Koha
> folder of the start menu.  When I right-click and select "start service",
> the traffic light goes green for about a second and then goes red again.  I
> hope that's useful!
>
> Sorry to be a pain with the same old error that everyone strikes.  But if
> anyone could help me in the right direction that would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
>
> Stew Wilson
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