In this chapter, our goal will be to install Koha's software stack—the Koha application itself and the various system and Perl packages it uses. Installing the stack in itself is not enough to be able to use Koha, but is an important first step.
This task can be quite challenging, especially for novice Linux users. You will need to get familiar with using the Linux terminal and multiple installation tools. Expect problems with Perl modules, as troubleshooting these can be especially difficult.
We cover the chapter in three stages—first an orientation, next preparatory steps, and finally a demonstration of the installation. Throughout this book we will use two Linux distributions—Debian and openSuSE; the two combined are representative of most other distributions.