Cyber Cafe Management Software
 

Hello,

I am looking for a Cyber cafe management software for my Cyber cafe.
I tried to search on forum found some similar threads but they are very old and no final software found.
Is there any new or working software which I can use on Linux.

Thank you in advance.

Lots...did you try Google??? From the first page, there are several:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mkahawa/
http://www.cyber-cafe-software.com/Eng/Linux/

...and lots more, if you look.

Hi TB0ne,

Thank you for reply.

Yes, I searched on google a lot and found few softwares like mkahawa, gbilling but that didnt work.
khahawa is not installing giving some errors while installing while gbilling is not in English language. The Softvision Explorer is paid and very costly for me.

I am looking for something which is free or low cost and should work on Linux.

Please suggest if any…

Thanks in advance…

Saying things like "didn't work" or "giving some errors", tells us nothing. If you want to GET that software to work, then you will have to provide details (version/distro of Linux, what the errors were, etc.), and we can try to help you. Otherwise, you'll have to figure it out on your own.
Again, we will suggest that YOU search and look for things on your own, and pick something that YOU think will work for you. You haven't provided many details at all, so there's no way anyone here can tell you what will work for you. Do your own research and pick some software that you think will work...then try it out. If it doesn't work...try something else.

I am very new to Linux. I really dont know how to install the softwares.
There is one guy who sometimes help me but he is very busy with his life and cant support me. He tried to install that mkahawa software but he said it is not installing.

Today I searched on internet and found CybOrg software. I downloaded that and tried to follow the commands given in documentations. But It gave me below error and I got stuck there.

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

I am using Kubuntu 12.04 KDE

There are instructions with all the software...you need to read and follow them.
Again, "not installing" says nothing.
Oh? Which step in the documentation did you get that on? Because there aren't any steps that involve bash shell scripts, since they center around PostgreSQL database, and copying files.
The latest is 13.10, so you're SEVERAL versions behind at this point. If this is a new installation, start with the latest versions of things...and if this is going to be a server, do NOT use a fast-release distro. Load the latest version of CentOS instead.

During installation I followed following steps after downloading software

Unpack the CybOrg distribution file (cyborg-X.Y.Z.tgz) using the following
command (where X.Y.Z is the version number):

javier@hal:~> tar zxvf cyborg-X.Y.Z.tgz

After that, move to the directory cyborg-X.Y.Z:

javier@hal:~> cd cyborg-X.Y.Z/
javier@hal:~/cyborg-X.Y.Z/>

but after this command I am getting

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'

I found Requirements also for this software but how can I fulfill that..
eg. -
- HTTP server with CGI (both POST and GET) support.
- Perl.
- CGI.pm
- Template Toolkit
- String::Random
- DBI
- DBI driver: You must install some DBI driver for database access.

All you've done there is change directories to the cyborg directory. You haven't actually typed in a command to MOVE anything anywhere.
You fulfill the requirements by installing them. Since you need a web server, install Apache from your online repositories. Chances are you already have Perl, and the rest of the items are mentioned in the installation instructions. Again, read the instructions and follow them.

And AGAIN, you're using an OLD version of Kubuntu...load the latest version. And again, I would NOT use Kubuntu for a server...load CentOS instead.

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Are you suggesting CentOS only for server or for all terminals also?
I will download and install it today.

Just for the server.

Sure. I am trying it on one machine for the time being as I have not completely moved to Linux yet.
I am still trying to learn the Linux so if any customer get stuck anywhere I should be in a position to help.

I have installed CentOS on one machine. Finding it little different and difficult as it is not like Kubuntu or Mint or Ubuntu...
Thank you for advice.


I will try to Install the cyborg server on that machine to try it first before going live... I will post here if i face any problem.


Also please suggest me the Distro for other terminals. Please consider this while suggesting that, the most of my customers are either having very low computer knowledge or they are Windows users.

Again, Thanks for all your valuable support...

Now, i may not manage a cybercafe, but something like rhel or centos provides basics out of the box. Map users with selinux using the guest user mapping and by default they would only be able to use firefox and files will be wiped after logout. Same goes for ubuntu guest users but i would prefer the selinux context user to make sure no one takes advantage of privileges.

Thanks for reply.

Bro CentOS is very difficult to use. I am not even able to find the things which was available in Zorin or Kubuntu.

If I want to install Apache 1.2.30 how can I install that?

That is because CentOS is meant for SERVERS...those are machines that run in the background, 24/7, for YEARS. Kubuntu or Zorin are meant for desktops/users. They are different things.

And we realize that you are new to Linux...but please, try to do a basic bit of research on your own. Just typing "how do I install apache on centos" into Google pulls up LOTS:
http://dev.antoinesolutions.com/apache-server
http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Cl...shttpd-CA.html

Doing basic research on your own first, is always the best first-step. Also, why on EARTH would you install the very, VERY old Apache 1.2? The latest is 2.x....purposely installing something that is old with security holes isn't a good idea.

Hi,

I was trying to Install Apache 1.2 because it was mentioned in the requirements of Cyborg...
http://cyborg.sourceforge.net/docs.html.en
Can I use the updated version which is different than the requirement of software?