Installing new languages

If you need to have Koha OPAC and staff client screens in another language, you will need to install the particular language. Here are the steps involved:

  1. Install Perl module prerequisite Locale::PO.
  2. Check availability of the corresponding language files in the Koha folder.
  3. Create new folders for the new language in the appropriate OPAC and staff client folders.
  4. Use Koha's program—tmpl_process2.pl to install the new language.
  5. Enable the new language via Koha's system preferences module.

As an example let us install the Spanish language.

Install Locale::PO module

We need the Perl module Locale::PO before we can install the new language. We use CPAN to install this module:

koha@li190-245:~/kohaclone$ cpan Locale::PO

Creating language ...

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