The first step is to get a copy of the koha tree from CVS; there are directions for how to do this on the CVS section of Koha's SourceForge project page. I will call this directory <cvs>. For example, mine is currently at /home/mike/cvs/koha , Thus, if there is a script at say /home/mike/cvs/koha/script.pl, I will refer to it as <cvs>/script.pl .

You also need an installed copy of 1.9.x (I am pretty sure this process will also work for anything up through the 2.0 series, but I am not positive that there will be no major changes in the filesystem layout). I will call this directory <inst>. For example, mine is installed at /usr/local/koha. In this document, I will refer files(/directories) such as /usr/local/koha/intranet as <inst>/intranet.

In order to run these commands, you may need to run as root. Also, <cvs> and its contents need to be readable by the user under which apache runs.

Please note that I am not totally positive that doing things this way will not introduce any new problems. I run this on my system and have not found anything wrong, but I make no guarantees. If you see anything wrong or know how to improve this document, feel free to either change it yourself or send me an e-mail at mwhansenAThmc.edu. Thanks.

• First, we need to replace all of the major intranet scripts that reside in <inst>/intranet/cgi-bin with the ones from the CVS tree. To do so, we make a symlink from <cvs> to <inst>/intranet/cgi-bin . To accomplish this, you would use the following commands
  • rm -rf <inst>/intranet/cgi-bin
  • ln -s <cvs> <inst>/intranet/cgi-bin
• Next, we need to get the Koha installation to use the current CVS templates. The templates should be installed at <inst>/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl. We will want to symlink <cvs>/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl to this. The commands are as follows
  • rm -rf <inst>/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl
  • ln -s <cvs>/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl <inst>/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl
• We now need to set up the modules by symlinking <cvs>/C4 to <inst>/intranet/modules/C4. The commands are as follows
  • rm -rf <inst>/intranet/modules/C4
  • ln -s <cvs>/C4 <inst>/intranet/modules/C4

• First, we need to replace the scripts under <inst>/opac/cgi-bin with the ones under <cvs>/opac. To do so, run the following commands
  • rm -rf <inst>/opac/cgi-bin
  • ln -s <cvs>/opac <inst>/opac/cgi-bin
• Next, we need to update the templates under <inst>/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl with the ones under <cvs>/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl. The commands are as follows
  • rm -rf <inst>/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl
  • ln -s <cvs>/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl <inst>/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl

• You might need to set your webserver to follow symlinks, like I (vlankhaar) had to. To accomplish this, you need to add the following to your httpd.conf, if you're running Apache:
  • <Directory <inst> >
  • Options ```+FollowSymLinks```
  • </Directory>

Barring any major problems, you should have successfully updated your install of Koha to use the most current versions of the scripts/modules/templates available via CVS. Good luck with testing!