User manual

Installing the Software Stack
Configuring Koha's installation: Makefile.PL
After we have installed required system and Perl packages and set up the database,
we are ready to install Koha. The first step is to run
Makef i le . PL
to configure
Koha's installation. We will need to supply responses to questions such as mode of
installation or database name:
koha @linux: /home /koha /kohaclone # perl Makefile.PL
Enter responses to configuration questions as follows:
Installation mode should be
dey
if you wish to use Git to apply patches.
Installation mode (dey, single, standard)
[standard] dey
User koha must have write access to the configuration directory to avoid
permissions problems:
Configuration directory:
[ /home /koha /koha -dey]
Choosing
mysgl, Pos tgre
support in Koha is experimental:
DBMS to use (Pg, mysgl) [mysgl]
Here we specify the name of the database we created in an earlier step:
Please specify the name of the database to be used by Koha [koha]
Specify the MySQL user that has privileges over the database; we created this user
in an earlier step:
Please specify the user that owns the database to be used by Koha
[kohaadmin]
Specify the password of this user:
Please specify the password of the user that owns the database to be used
by Koha [katikoan] katikoan
Say yes to Zebra - Koha's powerful catalog search engine; Although Koha can
function without Zebra by using database indexes, Zebra's superior capabilities
make it an important part of your installation:
Install the Zebra configuration files? (no, yes)
[yes]
For other questions, the default value should be fine. Simply press the Return key to
proceed to the next step.
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