Re: [Koha] Flippin' Yanks
+1 On 1 October 2013 23:25, glaws glaw...@rhcl.org wrote: This does, of course, present the perfect opportunity for a strong progressive organization outside the U.S. to step in and become the New Marc Master of the World. -- Greg Lawson Network Administrator Rolling Hills Consolidated Library 1912 N. Belt Highway St. Joseph, MO 64506 --- On 10/01/2013 06:16 PM, Robin Sheat wrote: BWS Johnson schreef op ma 30-09-2013 om 11:44 [-0700]: Thanks to our delicate system of governance bad stuff might soon happen to Library of Congress sites. So, if you're getting loc.gov related errors, (Such as setting your z39.50 target as LOC) it's not a Koha issue, it's a freggin U.S. government issue. Patches most welcome. And it looks like it has: http://www.loc.gov/home2/shutdown-message.html Good thing I don't need to be doing any MARC conversions right now...oh wait. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Upgrade from 3.12.03 to 3.12.04
Hi During the upgrade I get this error. /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib fix-perl-path.PL blib /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib rewrite-config.PL blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-conf.xml /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib rewrite-config.PL blib/KOHA_CONF_DIR/koha-httpd.conf /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib rewrite-config.PL blib/ZEBRA_CONF_DIR/etc/default.idx Can't open blib/ZEBRA_CONF_DIR/etc/default.idx for read at rewrite-config.PL line 187. make: *** [blib/ZEBRA_CONF_DIR/etc/default.idx] Error 2 Here is a listing of the files in /etc/koha/zebradb koha@lib:/etc/koha/zebradb/etc$ ls -l total 72 -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 1125 Aug 16 14:01 default.idx -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 8069 Jul 29 18:14 explain.abs -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 574 Jul 29 18:14 explain.att -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 5252 Jul 29 18:14 explain.tag -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 2833 Jul 29 18:14 gils.att -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 29 Jul 29 18:14 marc21.mar -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 31 Jul 29 18:14 normarc.mar -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 291 Jul 29 18:14 numeric.chr -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 10 Aug 16 14:01 passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 948 Jul 29 18:14 tagsetm.tag -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 31 Jul 29 18:14 unimarc.mar -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 230 Jul 29 18:14 urx.chr -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 29 Jul 29 18:14 usmarc.mar -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 4323 Jul 29 18:14 word-phrase-utf.chr -rw-r--r-- 1 koha koha 381 Jul 29 18:14 words-icu.xml I am using this procedure. http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/KOHA#KOHA_Upgrade How do I fix this? Cheers hg -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Updated upgrade to 3.12.04 from 3.12.03
Hi I have updated the wiki page link. See: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/KOHA#Koha_Upgrade The last step gives me this error. koha@lib:~/koha-3.12.04$ sudo make upgrade /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib fix-perl-path.PL blib /usr/bin/perl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib rewrite-config.PL blib/ZEBRA_CONF_DIR/etc/default.idx Can't open blib/ZEBRA_CONF_DIR/etc/default.idx for read at rewrite-config.PL line 187. make: *** [blib/ZEBRA_CONF_DIR/etc/default.idx] Error 2 What is the error and how can it be fixed? Cheers hg -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Updated upgrade to 3.12.04 from 3.12.03
Hi Mark I am testing the system for a possible deployment, all depends on support available etc.. We are not certain about Koha yet. Checking my Zebra setup now from the previous test install. Cheers hg On 26 August 2013 14:05, Mark Tompsett mtomp...@hotmail.com wrote: Greetings, Did you install properly? Are you trying to upgrade a system that is not installed? Just asking the obvious debugging questions. GPML, Mark Tompsett -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
[Koha] Koha - Libopedia
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Koha Hi All I have creates a new wiki page, called Koha not KOHA And I have noted the packages installation method. Now you can flame on me. I had to try both methods to determine the best support option. Cheers hg ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha - Libopedia
What SEO trick? On 26 August 2013 17:30, Tomas Cohen Arazi tomasco...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Hilton Gibson hilton.gib...@gmail.comwrote: http://wiki.lib.uns.ca.az/index.php/Kohahttp://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/Koha Stop this SEO trick. Contribute to the community's wiki instead of pretending we do quality control on yours. To+ -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Koha - Libopedia
When I did koha install it pulled in koha-common as a dependency. As the note says it is confusing. I agree with your simplifying the wiki page. It is what I expected when I first viewed the Koha wiki. For example, see: https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/081InstallationUbuntu as good example of an Ubuntu only install guide. Our webinar server is here: http://tex.sun.ac.za Cheers hg On 26 August 2013 17:22, Mark Tompsett mtomp...@hotmail.com wrote: Greetings, I had to try both methods to determine the best support option. Okay, I can understand installing the wrong way to see why it is the wrong way. Though, sharing your experiments is probably more confusion than help for the masses. As Owen Leonard pointed out, using and contributing to documentation on the Koha wiki is far more useful than writing your own. Now you can flame on me. Well, since you invited feedback. I have creates a new wiki page, called Koha not KOHA But you still have KOHA on the page. And I have noted the packages installation method. And you got it wrong, because if you read: http://wiki.koha-community.**org/wiki/Debian#Everyonehttp://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Debian#Everyone (scroll down to the second line of the second box) sudo apt-get install koha-common is the recommended command. Instead you have the unrecommended way, as noted by the last sentence of the same section in italics just above http://wiki.koha-community.** org/wiki/Debian#Quick_Starthttp://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Debian#Quick_Start It is not recommend that you use this package [referring to koha instead of koha-common] yet. There are other problems, but I just chose to highlight one, so that you can realize why linking to official documentation and the supplementary documentation you referenced to set up other things is much better than writing your own documentation and getting any details wrong. I would recommend writing your instructions like: Install Ubuntu (link to installing ubuntu), Install LAMP server (link to installing LAMP server), Install Mail Transfer Agent (link to installing MTA), Install Koha (link to installing koha). Your instructions will auto-update, because the links aren't likely to break and they will be kept current by someone more familiar with that part of the process. Every time there is a release, check your instructions. And if something breaks in a given part, ask the community for that part for updated instructions. This keeps your instructions always current, rather than having another frozen in time copy of archaic instructions out on the internet serving as a source of confusion. GPML, Mark Tompsett -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Don't pass out bad instructions (was Re: How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches)
Hi Magnus This depends, do you intend to have an original tarball installation wiki page? If so, will there be one for each stable version of Koha and a version for each upgrade? Cheers hg On 22 August 2013 09:42, Magnus Enger mag...@enger.priv.no wrote: On 22 August 2013 09:04, Hilton Gibson hilton.gib...@gmail.com wrote: What if you want to deviate from what the packages installation does? In the open source world, it has been my experience that a tarball installation is always preferred, since it allows you install anywhere, not just Debian. There is more than one way to do it, sure. And documentation is always welcome. But why not put it on the official Koha wiki, where it will receive (at least some degree of) peer review, improvements from the whole community and a lasting home? Having instructions created by individuals littered all over the web quickly leads to stale information, people following wrong or outdated instructions and in the end getting a bad impression of Koha. So maybe you could copy your wiki page over to the official wiki, link to it from your wiki, and we can all collaborate to ensure it has maximum usefullness? Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no PS: The correct name is Koha, not KOHA. ;-) ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Don't pass out bad instructions (was Re: How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches)
Yes. Koha is a word, not an acronym. This is why KOHA is wrong, unless you are attempting to shout the awesomeness of it. ;) Nope - it is just best practice to ensure that users know of the product. By the way - why is there a koha-community and a koha out there. Very confusing. On 22 August 2013 14:58, Mark Tompsett mtomp...@hotmail.com wrote: Greetings, There are tarball instructions on the Wiki for Ubuntu already. However, in an effort to get people to not go backwards, I am not providing the link. http://wiki.koha-community.**org/ http://wiki.koha-community.org/ is where the Koha wiki is. As Chris has pointed out, upgrading is so much easier with packages. This was the biggest selling point for me, because nothing says easy like: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install koha-common -- This will upgrade koha-common, and other related dependencies. This won't work for the dependencies if you've CPAN'd several of the libraries, but that's another lesson which goes to emphasize that installing from source, when you can install from packages, means installing from source indefinitely, which is time consuming! As Magnus has pointed out, littering the internet with stale instructions is bad in general, because it can cause people to get the wrong impression of Koha,when the real problem is poor, unreviewed documentation. Magnus wrote: PS: The correct name is Koha, not KOHA. ;-) Yes. Koha is a word, not an acronym. This is why KOHA is wrong, unless you are attempting to shout the awesomeness of it. ;) GPML, Mark Tompsett -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Don't pass out bad instructions (was Re: How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches)
Hi to all those who have replied and apologies for cross-posting. Please see: http://bit.ly/goodir That documentation is being actively used to install and setup DSpace world wide. The DSpace developers have official documentation and there is no animosity about anybody else having documentation as far as I know. In addition, please see: http://www.journals.ac.za for OJS and OCS. Same here, the PKP developers have no objections to this documentation. From the story of the trademark hijack, I can understand the grievance all my feel at what seems to be my intrusion. I apologise for any erroneous perceptions created. An old Roman adage goes, divide and conquer, or as Paul Maritz said, Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. These attacks are to be expected in our dysfunctional software world at the moment. Just thinking, would it have been too much trouble to trademark a new name and then carry on as usual? Regards Hilton PS: It normal procedure for me to create docs for things I install and setup. Linux is so stable, that I forget exactly how I did it months later ;-) On 22 August 2013 16:06, Tomas Cohen Arazi tomasco...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Hilton Gibson hilton.gib...@gmail.com wrote: What if you want to deviate from what the packages installation does? In the open source world, it has been my experience that a tarball installation is always preferred, since it allows you install anywhere, not just Debian. I agree with that point of view, but as I expressed before, we (the community) prefer people contributing to an up to date and peer-reviewed community wiki. We even have a wiki page for the same purpose you created your own. But you skip that part of the answers you receive... Preventing several documentation pages has historical reasons, mostly explained by Mark: in a few months instructions will be deprecated and people might reach them and get confused and frustrated. We've been there many times. As some people has replied, you should better contribute to the official wiki [1]. Regarding koha.org vs. koha-community.org there is some literature on the subject [2]. Regards To+ [1] I have to confess my first impression was that your email posting your own wiki was just a SEO trick, but tried to be polite anyway. [2] http://diligentroom.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-exemplar-of-stupid-koha-vs-liblime-trademark/ -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] How frequently to run zebra rebuild and what switches
About crons, maybe this will help: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/KOHA#Setup_Zebra On 20 August 2013 20:49, Olugbenga Adara gbengaad...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello Steven, Looking for some advice and recommendations. For a fairly small library running Koha 3.12.00.000 from the Debian squeeze packages, how often should the zebra_rebuild.pl script be executed and with exactly which switches? Right now I run it at 7:30 AM each morning with -run-as-root -b -r -v I am quite surprised you need to do that since you say you installed from Debian packages. All the installations I have done through the Debian packages always have the zebra incremental indexing properly set in cron and it is usually set to run every 5 minutes. You can check your cron settings to make sure that this is properly set and enabled to run regularly. I don't think you need to run it manually. That is as per my own experience. Cheers Olugbenga Adara ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Issues with sending emails in Koha
Hi I use postfix to deliver email. See: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/KOHA#Step_2_-_Setup_system_email_delivery On 20 August 2013 21:09, Olugbenga Adara gbengaad...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello all, I have explored this issue more and it seems it is a problem with ssmtp which I could not figure out. I am back to Exim which I have used several times in the past with success (though it seems as an overkill just to send emails to a smart host), and I can send emails out from the server now. I have a related question though, where can i change the wordings of the information informing the user to verify her accounts after self registration in the OPAC? I want to notify the user to possibly check their spam folder before concluding the email did not get through to them. Thanks. Olugbenga Adara Skype: gbengaadara Blog: http://gbengaadara.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/gbengaadara Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gbengaadara - Original Message - From: Olugbenga Adara gbengaad...@yahoo.com To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Cc: Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 2:54:37 PM Subject: [Koha] Issues with sending emails in Koha Hello all, Good day. I am trying to get a Koha instance to send email. I am using Koha 3.12.3 using package install on wheezy. I am using ssmtp as the MTA I can send emails successfully from the command line I have enabled the instance to send email I can see cron is processing the message queue I get emails from cron daemon telling me why the message queue cant be processed. The error is as follows instance_name: connect to localhost failed (Connection refused) instance_name: connect to localhost failed instance_name: connect to localhost failed (Connection refused) no (more) retries! instance_name: at /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/process_message_queue.plline 63 Any help to solve this issue is appreciated. Regards Olugbenga Adara Skype: gbengaadara Blog: http://gbengaadara.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/gbengaadara Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gbengaadara ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Seeking a KOHA expert for webinar QA
Hi Simon I am willing to talk about installation and setup using: http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/KOHA And also how to implement a disaster recovery regime. Cheers hg On 21 August 2013 09:58, Simon Ball simon.b...@eifl.net wrote: Hello all I apologise if this is a misuse of the list, but I wasn't sure how best to proceed otherwise. EIFL.net holds regular free webinars on free / open source library software, intended for our network of libraries in 48 developing and transition countries but open to all. Last year, as a follow-up to a webinar on VuFind, we invited the VuFind developer and expert Demian Katz to deliver a QA webinar - i.e. a short overview of new developments then a QA session with delegates, many of whom sent their questions in advance. In a survey, our libraries have told us that a similar QA webinar on KOHA would be much welcomed. So I am writing to see if there are any KOHA developers or expert users out there who might be prepared to deliver a one-hour QA webinar for librarians in developing and transition countries, perhaps in September? I'm afraid we cannot pay a fee but we can provide the webinar software and a keen audience! If you might be able to help, or know someone who might, please contact me directly (don't reply to the list unless appropriate as I don't want to clutter folks inboxes). Many thanks for your time - and again my apologies if this is off-topic for this list. Best wishes Simon -- Dr Simon Ball EIFL FOSS Programme Manager simon.b...@eifl.net Skype: simontechdis Twitter: @simonjball *EIFL: Knowledge Without Boundaries* http://www.eifl.net/ Follow *EIFL* on *Facebook* http://www.facebook.com/eIFL.net, *Twitter *http://twitter.com/eIFLnet and *RSS* http://www.eifl.net/rss-all. View *EIFL *photos and videos on *Flickr * http://www.flickr.com/photos/eifl/ and *YouTube* http://www.youtube.com/user/eiflnet/featured. Sign up for the *EIFL **newsletter* http://www.eifl.net/newsletter. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- *Hilton Gibson* Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator JS Gericke Library Room 1025D Stellenbosch University Private Bag X5036 Stellenbosch 7599 South Africa Tel: +27 21 808 4100 | Cell: +27 84 646 4758 http://library.sun.ac.za http://za.linkedin.com/in/hiltongibson http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
