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Updated README.txt to include PostgreSQL notes
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Signed-off-by: Chris Cormack <crc@liblime.com>
Signed-off-by: Joshua Ferraro <jmf@liblime.com>
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cnighswonger authored and Joshua Ferraro committed Nov 13, 2007
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Expand Up @@ -31,13 +31,23 @@ how to customise CPAN-installed modules, the same things should work
for you with Koha. If not, don't worry. If you want to customise the
installation more than described below, run "man ExtUtils::MakeMaker"

You need to have a server running MySQL 5, Zebra and some webserver
(preferably Apache) before installing Koha. Create a database in
MySQL called koha, owned by a kohaadmin user, with a password set.
Koha 3.0 introduces multi-dbms support. With this release you may elect
to install over MySQL 5 or PostgreSQL 8.2.5. Further databases will
be added over time.

You need to have a server running MySQL 5 or PostgreSQL 8.2.5, Zebra
and some webserver (preferably Apache) before installing Koha.

MySQL 5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must have at least the
following privileges: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP.

PostgreSQL 8.2.5: Create a database called 'koha,' owned by 'kohaadmin'
user, with a password set. Note: kohaadmin must be a superuser.

Default installation instructions:

0. export MYSQL_PASS=thePasswordYouChose
0. export DB_PASS=thePasswordYouChose
1. perl Makefile.PL
2. make
3. sudo make install
Expand All @@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ different directory like /opt/koha, then replace step 1 with:
1c. export LOG_DIR=/opt/koha/log
1d. perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/opt/koha

You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as MYSQL_HOST.
You can change most of the defaults in a similar way, such as DB_HOST.
For full instructions on how to override the default settings, run
perldoc rewrite-config.PL

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