Public bug reported: After upgrading to Ubuntu-17.10, mythweb did not run, and had the following error message:
You are missing a php extension for mysql interaction. Please install php-mysqli Eventually, I moved to add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/30 and still had to remove php7.0 packages: sudo aptitude remove php7.0 After this step, and restarting apache2 systemctl restart apache2 mythweb works again ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: mythweb 2:30.0~master.20171026.8e78e24-0ubuntu0mythbuntu2 [origin: LP-PPA-mythbuntu-30] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: mythbuntu Date: Thu Jan 4 14:51:05 2018 Installed_mythtv_dbg: 2:30.0~master.20171026.8e78e24-0ubuntu0mythbuntu2 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mythtv UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-01-04 (0 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.mythweb: [cfg] enable = only = username = password = mtime.conffile..etc.default.mythweb: 2018-01-04T14:26:12.600503 ** Affects: mythbuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-hook-error artful third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741362 Title: mythweb fails with You are missing a php extension for mysql interaction. Please install php-mysqli Status in Mythbuntu: New Bug description: After upgrading to Ubuntu-17.10, mythweb did not run, and had the following error message: You are missing a php extension for mysql interaction. Please install php-mysqli Eventually, I moved to add-apt-repository ppa:mythbuntu/30 and still had to remove php7.0 packages: sudo aptitude remove php7.0 After this step, and restarting apache2 systemctl restart apache2 mythweb works again ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: mythweb 2:30.0~master.20171026.8e78e24-0ubuntu0mythbuntu2 [origin: LP-PPA-mythbuntu-30] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-21.24-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: mythbuntu Date: Thu Jan 4 14:51:05 2018 Installed_mythtv_dbg: 2:30.0~master.20171026.8e78e24-0ubuntu0mythbuntu2 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mythtv UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2018-01-04 (0 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.mythweb: [cfg] enable = only = username = password = mtime.conffile..etc.default.mythweb: 2018-01-04T14:26:12.600503 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/1741362/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : mythbuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp