Thank you, John and Jonathan! I may not have installed as I should have. I look forward to tackling it with your installation guide soon!
Thanks and Best Regards, On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 9:24 AM John Sterbenz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Christos! > > It sounds like you got as far as I got in 2015 when I was experimenting > with Koha for the first time. > > Please do consider viewing my installation guide, found here (this is the > same document as hosted on the koha-US website): > > bit.ly/201907kohainstall > > This should give you the information you need (the later pages in > particular). Do read it carefully--especially "What will I have when I'm > done here", as this outlines how/why some of the configuration files are > edited like they are. The section regarding the Web Installer is NOT > OS/Koha version specific and should work even if you're not using Ubuntu > 18.04 / Koha 19.05.xx. > > The Web Installer will do a number of things for you when you run > it--these are also outlined in this document, as well as several other > things I've found useful to select/not select in running the Web Installer > many many many times across different versions of both OS and Koha > software. > > YES--you can use a barcode of "1" (you don't specify a barcode system and > can basically enter anything you want into this field). Setting up an > initial "superlibrarian" for your system will take place as the last step > of the Web Installer--you'll create an individual patron record, then staff > login linked to that record for your system. This staff login does not > reference barcode number at all--it's just that barcode number is a > required field and system access in Koha is linked directly to patron > records (for me, this was a change over the way our Millennium server did > things). Since we don't have a circulating collection or patrons anymore, > I just used sequential numbers for the 3 staff people that needed > access--and as the system creator and manager, I am "1" in my system (and > any system I create). > > Feel free to write me off-list if you'd like--I'm glad to be able to help > if I can! > > John > > -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- -=<*>=- > John E. Sterbenz, Jr. > Senior Associate Librarian > Manager, Electronic Collections Administration > 700 East University Avenue > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/700+East+University+Avenue?entry=gmail&source=g> > Kresge Hall, 4th Floor East > Suite K4511 > Kresge Library Services > The University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 48109-1234 > > TEL: (734) 764-5746 > > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 8:49 AM Christos Hayward < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> How, with create_superlibrarian.pl or other tools, can I create a >> superlibrarian that will be recognized by the webinstaller? >> >> Are --branchcode and --category code pulled from tables in MariaDB? >> >> Is a cardnumber of 1 permissible, or pulled from MariaDB, or something >> else? >> >> >> Many Thanks, >> >> -- >> Christos Hayward >> > _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> [email protected] >> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > -- Christos Hayward _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
