Hi Zeno, thank you very much for all the suggestions and the clarifications!
So, I will try to do different tests with a personal VM, and keep the community updated (maybe it will be helpful for someone in the future). Thanks a lot and have a nice day! Alessandro Il giorno gio 14 apr 2022 alle ore 11:41 Zeno Tajoli <ztaj...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hi Alessandro, > if you must use AlmaLinux you can start from here: > https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.22_on_Fedora_23 > https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.10_on_Centos_6.3_x86_64_en > The real problem is to install dependencies. > I suggest you create a personal VM and do many tests and trials > > The Docker solution is to install a full debian inside a docker > container and here install Koha. > If your SysOps don't want Debian probably they don't like a solution like > this. > In fact a docker container is very similar to a VM. > So AlmaLinux (a VM probably) with Docker runs a Docker container with > Debian. > A VM inside a VM in fact. > > Bye > Zeno Tajoli > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 9:03 AM Alessandro Tedesco < > alessandrotede...@seminario.milano.it> wrote: > >> Hi Joel, >> >> thank you for your suggestions! >> >> I am aware of the RedHat vs Debian issue related to Koha, but >> unfortunately >> I am obliged to use AlmaLinux. >> Precisely for this reason I was wondering if anyone had had any direct >> experience of installing Koha on Red-Had (and in particular on AlmaLinux). >> >> Regarding Docker, would you recommend a few in particular? >> >> Thanks a lot and have a nice day! >> Alessandro >> >> >> Il giorno mer 13 apr 2022 alle ore 18:59 Coehoorn, Joel < >> jcoeho...@york.edu> >> ha scritto: >> >> > One thing to understand here is, while there are many linux >> distributions, >> > they mostly fall into two main families: RedHat -based and Debian >> -based. >> > >> > Koha work is mainly done in Debian -based platforms. AlmaLinux is RedHat >> > -based. It should still be possible to make it work, but it is not >> going to >> > be as easy or simple. >> > >> > Your best option might be a container (Docker) installation, which can >> > help smooth over some of the dependency and platform differences. But >> even >> > then I would not expect to be successful unless I really knew linux >> well. >> > >> > Joel Coehoorn >> > Director of Information Technology >> > York College of Nebraska >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 7:48 AM Alessandro Tedesco < >> > alessandrotede...@seminario.milano.it> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I have to install Koha on AlmaLinux 8 and I wonder if anyone has tried >> to >> >> do such a thing, or if anyone can suggest some documentation. >> >> >> >> Thanks and have a good day! >> >> >> >> Alessandro >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
