[Koha] Install Koha on AlmaLinux 8

[Alessandro Tedesco]

Hi!

Thank you very much for this suggestion!
I will evaluate if this solution is possible with my hosting provider.

Thanks a lot and have a nice day!
Alessandro




Il giorno ven 15 apr 2022 alle ore 13:06 C.S. Hayward <
c.s.hayward at protonmail.com> ha scritto:

> Are you familiar with VirtualBox and VMware?
>
> VirtualBox (https://virtualbox.org) and VMware (
> https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player.html) will let you run
> any Windows or Linux operating system as a guest under any Windows, Linux,
> or (with a different download,
> https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/fusion-evaluation.html) Mac host,
> natively installed operating system.
>
> More specifically, it will let you run Debian under AlmaLinux, and
> VirtualBox will do it without a paid license.
>
> (I am running Debian under VirtualBox on Windows 10 because my
> manufacturer did something silly about UEFI and Safe Boot.)
>
> Unless you have been forbidden to run Koha on a guest operating system, I
> would encourage you to explore running Koha on Debian on a virtual machine
> hosted under AlmaLinux (or some other host operating system).
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Br. C.S. Hayward
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, April 14th, 2022 at 3:02 AM, Alessandro Tedesco
> alessandrotedesco at seminario.milano.it wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Joel,
> >
> > thank you for your suggestions!
> >
> > I am aware of the RedHat vs Debian issue related to Koha, but
> unfortunately
> > I am obliged to use AlmaLinux.
> > Precisely for this reason I was wondering if anyone had had any direct
> > experience of installing Koha on Red-Had (and in particular on
> AlmaLinux).
> >
> > Regarding Docker, would you recommend a few in particular?
> >
> > Thanks a lot and have a nice day!
> > Alessandro
> >
> > Il giorno mer 13 apr 2022 alle ore 18:59 Coehoorn, Joel
> jcoehoorn at york.edu
> >
> > ha scritto:
> >
> > > One thing to understand here is, while there are many linux
> distributions,
> > > they mostly fall into two main families: RedHat -based and Debian
> -based.
> > >
> > > Koha work is mainly done in Debian -based platforms. AlmaLinux is
> RedHat
> > > -based. It should still be possible to make it work, but it is not
> going to
> > > be as easy or simple.
> > >
> > > Your best option might be a container (Docker) installation, which can
> > > help smooth over some of the dependency and platform differences. But
> even
> > > then I would not expect to be successful unless I really knew linux
> well.
> > >
> > > Joel Coehoorn
> > > Director of Information Technology
> > > York College of Nebraska
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:48 AM Alessandro Tedesco <
> > > alessandrotedesco at seminario.milano.it> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has
> tried to
> > > > do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and have a good day!
> > > >
> > > > Alessandro
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