[Koha-devel] koha 3 installation, some battles won, but war seems lost still...

[Ignacio Javier]

I finally ran all installation instructions (*), and stalled (**) myself at
the frontier of the unsuccessfulness:

0. export DB_PASS=thePasswordYouChose
 :: OK
1. perl Makefile.PL
 :: OK
2. make
 :: OK
3. sudo make install
 :: OK
4. ln -s /usr/share/koha/etc/koha-httpd.conf
/etc/apache2/sites-available/koha
 :: OK
5. a2enmod enable rewrite
 :: OK
6. a2ensite koha && /etc/init.d/apache2 reload 
 :: OK, but was additionally  needed to add to apache.conf a Listen 8080
directive
7. zebrasrv -c /usr/share/koha/etc/koha-conf.xml 
 :: OK (*)

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>>Start of Problematic<<
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8. Browse to http://servername:8080/ and answer the questions 

Fails twice:

 1:: ** FAILED BUT SOLVED **, was a ZOOM module not found (perhaps should be
detected in Makefile.PL). This requires libyaz-dev (debian standard distro)
**NOT libyaz2** .I uninstalled previously installed libyaz2 from:
http://www-id.imag.fr/Laboratoire/Membres/Danjean_Vincent/deb.html,
....which seems incompatible with libyaz and so with zebra.

 ...and when solved:

 2:: ** FAILS AND REMAIN UNSOLVED **: with this raw CGI::Carp output of the
failure:

Can't call method "selectrow_array" on unblessed reference at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Context.pm line 426.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Biblio.pm
line 30.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Biblio.pm line 30.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Reserves.pm
line 29.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Reserves.pm line 29.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Members.pm
line 29.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Members.pm line 29.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Auth.pm line
31.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.8/C4/Auth.pm
line 31.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl
line 24.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl
line 24.

Seems lack of object existence, lack of a $dbh, me again in the "nerd, deep
and obscure paths of unconsciousness"...

** Is there something that must be done in addition of steps 1. to 8. in the
README.txt ok koha 3.00.00.030?

Thanks and Greetings!

Ignacio

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(*) have to mention I replaced everything involving configuration with
/usr/share by /usr/local/share, OK.

(**)    More or less like a repetitive "...is So Heavy", hopefully before
"Here comes the sun":
wikipedia::Abbey_Road_(album)#.22I_Want_You_.28She.27s_So_Heavy.29.22