I installed wordpress on OpenBSD entirely following the steps here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
What step are you on? On 11/3/07, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > I am getting an error when I try to run the wordpress > wp-admin/install.php script: > > Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is > required for WordPress. > > > This is OpenBSD 4.2 with: > > mysql-client-5.0.45 multithreaded SQL database (client) > mysql-server-5.0.45 multithreaded SQL database (server) > p5-DBD-mysql-3.0008 MySQL drivers for the Perl DBI > p5-DBI-1.53 unified perl interface for database access > p5-Net-Daemon-0.39 extension for portable daemons > p5-PlRPC-0.2018p0 module for writing rpc servers and clients > php5-core-5.2.3 server-side HTML-embedded scripting language > php5-extensions-5.2.3 informational package about PHP5 extensions > php5-mysql-5.2.3 mysql database access extensions for php5 > php5-mysqli-5.2.3 mysql database access extensions for php5 > > > I have created a blank mysql database, and given it a password. > MySQL starts on boot fine, and I can use mysqladmin to my heart's > content. I used phpxs to load php5-mysqli (and php5-mysql, after I > got desperate). > > Loading a phptest.php file on the webserver demonstrates that php is > working just fine. > > I have configured the wp-config.php file to point to the database that > I have created. I even specified the mysql.default.port = 3306 in the > php.ini file after I found someone fixed their problem by doing this > on a fedora system. > > I am sure (well, I am hoping!) that there is something obvious and > dumb that I've overlooked. Or that I didn't find documented, but that > some of the genii in misc can help me with. > > TIA > > nuffi
