Hi Ben,

This was alluded to but to be clear, Evergreen isn't Windows software.
Evergreen was built to run on Linux and is commonly run on Debian though I
know it's used successfully on other distributions as well.  Honestly, as
much as I love to spread the love of Evergreen from what I can infer from
your post I don't think this would be the right direction for you.

Running a production system on a VM is dubious though possible but then
connecting clients, doing the configuration, etc... these are going to
require a big investment of time and energy on the part of staff.




On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Ben T. <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I volunteer for a tiny library that is growing.  At this point we're
> looking for a way to manage our check-outs/returns some way more efficient
> than paper and pencil.  Evergreen seems like it could be a good solution
> for us, however we are not able to afford a server at this point nor a
> subscription (we basically have no money).  Is there any way (hopefully a
> simple one) to run Evergreen just on a single Windows (7) machine, keeping
> the catalog and patron information locally?
>
> Sincerely,
> Ben
> Librarian Volunteer
> Kendall Clawson Library
>
> p.s. I am decently tech savvy, but not VERY tech savvy.  I won't be able
> to do any major amount of coding on my own.
>



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