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Installing the Software Stack
Choosing between Linux Perl packages and
CPAN modules
CPAN is the largest archive of Perl modules. Perl modules are always available on
CPAN. Many, but not all of Koha's Perl prerequisites are available as packages in a
distribution's sources.
The recommended approach in such a scenario is to use Linux packages where
available. If you don't find packages for a certain module, then use CPAN to
install it.
The Linux package manager can manage all prerequisites of a module. CPAN only
knows about Perl prerequisites, and cannot install any non -Perl prerequisites. For
this reason, you will likely have smoother installations with the package manager in
comparison to CPAN.
Choosing a Linux distribution
It appears that Debian is the most popular when it comes to Koha. Some of
the installation tasks are simpler in this distribution. Also you might get better
community support from a large pool of Debian Koha users.
However, if you are skilled on another distribution, it might make sense to use that.
Installation on Ubuntu is very similar to that on Debian. There are many Koha users
on Fedora, CentOS, or openSuSE. Installation documents, live CDs, and other sorts
of help are becoming available for these distributions as well.
In any case, once you are past the installation stage, it does not really matter
distribution you are on.
Getting help
Koha's community resources
If you face trouble with the installation, Koha's community resources can be of
excellent help:
Mailing lists: Koha's mailing lists are very active and you are likely to get
timely help. Join the mailing lists via this page:
http: / /koha- community.
org /support /koha -mailing - lists /.
Mailing lists archives: Many of the discussions are indexed by search engines.
If you run into trouble, it is likely someone else had a similar problem before
you, so just search for solutions using your favourite search engine.
IRC chat: Many of Koha's developers are available on this live chat forum.
Join here:
http: / /koha- community . org/support/.
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