Verified on:

• Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon)
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)

This repository contains the instructions to install the Koha on Ubuntu distributions with setup and support scripts.

On Ubuntu / Debian

Ensure that curl is installed on your system:

sudo apt-get install -y curl

Run the setup script directly with sudo

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saiful-semantic/KohaOnUbuntu/main/koha_setup.sh | sudo -E bash

Alternatively, download and run the Koha setup script with sudo

curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saiful-semantic/KohaOnUbuntu/main/koha_setup.sh
sudo bash koha_setup.sh

# To install a specific Koha release (e.g. `oldstable`):
# sudo KOHA_RELEASE=oldstable bash koha_setup.sh

Install Koha

sudo apt-get install -y koha-common

Install MariaDB or MySQL and enable required Apache modules

sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server
sudo a2enmod rewrite cgi headers proxy_http ssl
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Proceed with creating a new Koha instance

sudo koha-create --create-db <instance_name>