Install Koha on Ubuntu 16.

04
Install Ubuntu 16.04 and update

Koha can install on Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu/Lubuntu. Install the operating system

first. Then update the system using following commands:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Install lightweight text editor
apt-get install leafpad
Add Koha community repository
Add Koha software channel into Ubuntu.
echo deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha stable main | sudo
tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list
wget -O- http://debian.koha-community.org/koha/gpg.asc | sudo
apt-key add apt-get update
Install Koha
Following command will install latest release of Koha.
apt-get install koha-common
Server configuration
In this step, need to edit network information like domain name and port numbers.
sudo leafpad /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf
Here I change port number of Koha staff client to 8080. Find following line in the file
and make changes.
INTRAPORT="8080"
Install MySQL server
Apply following command to install MySQL server.
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Give a new password for root user while installation.

Koha instance creation

Apply following commands to create Apache configuration files.
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod cgi
sudo service apache2 restart
Create a Koha instance with the name library.
sudo koha-create --create-db library
Ubuntu MySQL security Tweak
Apply following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
[Enter the MySQL Root password]
Give the answer n (no) for the first question. Give Y (Yes) for other questions.
Adding ports
We have assigned 8080 port for Koha staff client and 80 for OPAC.
Open following file and add new port.
sudo leafpad /etc/apache2/ports.conf
Copy paste following line below Listen 80
Listen 8080
Restart Apache,
sudo service apache2 restart
Enable modules and sites
sudo
sudo
sudo
sudo

a2dissite 000-default
a2enmod deflate
a2ensite library
service apache2 restart

Change Koha default master password

See the following link
http://kohageek.blogspot.in/2013/05/how-to-change-master-password-of-koha.html

Install missing PERL modules

After install need to install some PERL PERL modules using CPAN.
Koha > About Koha > Perl Modules
Find missing PERL modules in different colors.
Open a terminal and apply following command to enable CPAN.
sudo su
cpan
To install a particular PERL module, e.g.
install Test::DBix::Class
How to start Koha
Open following links,
http://127.0.1.1:8080 (Stff client)
http://127.0.1.1:80 (Online catalogue)
Reference
Koha on Ubuntu Packages
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6 comments:
1.

Dr. Parthasarathi MukhopadhyayMay 14, 2016 at 2:13 PM

Dear

Vimal

Have you really tried/tested the steps. In Ubuntu 16.04, MySQL is

producing
error
reports.
See
https://bugs.kohacommunity.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16402
In
mysql

Ubuntu

16.04
-h

MySQL
localhost

details:
-V

mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.12, for Linux (i686) using EditLine wrapper

Koha

error

during

Web

Installer

Step

3:

mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be

insecure. ERROR 1171 (42000) at line 1385: All parts of a PRIMARY KEY
must be NOT NULL; if you need NULL in a key, use UNIQUE instead
2.

Reply

Sonam JamtshoMay 29, 2016 at 9:14 PM

Yes.. true. I also had the same issue. Any thought on that.
The following error occurred while importing the database structure:
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be
insecure. ERROR 1171 (42000) at line 1385: All parts of a PRIMARY KEY
must be NOT NULL; if you need NULL in a key, use UNIQUE instead
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3.

b outsideJune 5, 2016 at 6:34 PM

Koha does not work on Ubuntu Server 16.04, it does on Ubuntu Server
14.04. Learned the hard way. b outside
4.

Reply

Samak AidenJune 20, 2016 at 9:23 PM

The installation steps works on Ubuntu 16.04 if mariadb is used.
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5.

Seyoum WorknehJuly 5, 2016 at 3:52 AM

The following error occurred while importing the database structure:
[Tue Jul 5 13:36:35 2016] install.pl: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: BLOB,
TEXT, GEOMETRY or JSON column 'defaultvalue' can't have a default
value
at
/usr/share/perl5/DBIx/RunSQL.pm
line
273.
Please
contact
your
system
administrator.
I got the above error during koha installation on ubuntu 16.04 Please help
me
Reply
6.

Seyoum WorknehJuly 5, 2016 at 3:59 AM

I got the following error during installing koha on ubuntu 16.04. Please
help
me
Web
installer

Step
3
The following error occurred while importing the database structure:
[Tue Jul 5 13:36:35 2016] install.pl: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: BLOB,
TEXT, GEOMETRY or JSON column 'defaultvalue' can't have a default
value
at
/usr/share/perl5/DBIx/RunSQL.pm
line
273.
Please contact your system administrator
Reply