Koha Requirements
To install Koha for immediate use we recommend
- A Linux server – Debian is what most people use
- Apache
- MySQL
- Perl
- Root access to the server
- A reasonable level of comfort with the command line
- Database administration skills
Koha is free software and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Get Koha
There are often two versions of Koha being released here during the same period of time: one is the current release and the other is the previous release. The current release is 3.8, until at least October 2012, and the previous releases still being supported are 3.4 and 3.6.
Current Release
Debian packages are available – Repository configuration and installation instructions
Ubuntu users can find instructions on our wiki for how to use the Debian packages on Ubuntu.
From download.koha-community.org – Current Stable Release (.tar.gz)
Older Versions, including prior stable and maintenance releases
List of all released versions of Koha
Install Koha
Once you have downloaded Koha, please unpack it and find the installation and upgrade instructions in the INSTALL file for your system, or the general INSTALL file.
