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After installing the Ubuntu via using a bootable drive, the following steps will help you to install Koha by running some commands.
Open the Terminal and change the user to root (from $ to #)
sudo su
(enter your Linux root password)
Update Ubuntu
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Install mousepad editor
apt-get install mousepad
Add Koha repository
apt install -y software-properties-common dirmngr file-roller
Add Koha Community Repository & Trusted Repository Key
echo 'deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha oldstable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list
wget -O- http://debian.koha-community.org/koha/gpg.asc | sudo apt-key add -
Update Ubuntu
apt-get update
Install Koha
apt install -y koha-common
Change the port no for server (Staff client)
mousepad /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
Here I have changed the port no to 8080 for client, find the line INTRAPORT="80" and change to
INTRAPORT="8080"
Install MariaDB client and server
apt install mariadb-client-10.6
apt install mariadb-server
Assign Root password for MariaDB, here I have given 'library'
mysqladmin -u root password library
Koha instance creation, Apply the following commands to create Apache configuration files
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod cgi
service apache2 restart
Create a Koha instance with the name 'library'
koha-create --create-db library
Configure the assigned ports, We have assigned 8080 port for the Koha staff client and 80 for OPAC
Open the following file and configure the port
mousepad /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Copy-paste following line below Listen 80
Listen 8080
Restart Apache
service apache2 restart
Enable modules and sites by running the following commands
a2dissite 000-default
a2enmod deflate
a2ensite library
service apache2 restart
Install the Perl modules
apt install liblocale-codes-perl
Enable & Start Plack for Koha Performance Improvement
koha-plack --enable library && sudo koha-plack --start library
Install Perl modules Koha Supporting
perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::KohaSupport'
Restart the Memcached service to open Koha web installer
service memcached restart
Change the password of koha_library database
mysql -uroot -p [enter the MySQL Root password]
use mysql;
SET PASSWORD FOR 'koha_library'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('koha123');
flush privileges;
quit;
Now change new password in Koha configuration file
mousepad /etc/koha/sites/library/koha-conf.xml
Open the following link in the web browser to open the staff client of Koha and set up the library
Client- http://127.0.1.1:8080
OPAC- http://127.0.1.1:80
You may take help from the following video guide also-
Reference:
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_ubuntu_-_packages
https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
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