Matt, I agree with others, the way forward is to install Virtual Box onto windows, create a virtual machine and install Debian Linux onto it, then install Koha onto Debian following the instructions at https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Debian
I am no Koha expert but I have successfully migrated our catalogue, our patron data, and our list of currently issued books from an Excel spreadsheet into Koha. Basic process is: 1. Export relevant sheets of the spreadsheet as CSV or Tab-separated files 2. Tweak the files into the format that Koha needs (I used little awk scripts for this; Python would be another good choice) 3. In the case of the catalogue data I then used marcedit to convert the CSV file into MARC records ready for import Coming to this as a non-librarian by far the hardest part was figuring out which MARC fields we needed to populate. I would suggest that even though you might be hosting the VM on Windows, this is going to be primarily a Linux-flavoured experience for you. Contact me directly if you want; I might be able to offer further help. Best Regards, Chris Brown On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Matt Rose <libr...@halswaymanor.org.uk> wrote: > Hi folks, I am new to Koha and the mailing list. I would like to find out > how I can install Koha on a Windows PC via Linux(?) Is it possible? Is > there a guide online? I am trying to convert a library catalogue Excel > spreadsheet into Koha . yours in desperation, Matt www.halswaymanor.org.uk > <http://www.halswaymanor.org.uk/> > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
