> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Apache/MySQL/PHP working together for mediawiki > From: Rod Roark <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, July 05, 2010 3:40 pm > To: lugod's technical discussion forum <[email protected]> > > > Using Ubuntu you just need to install the php5-mysql package. No > compiling required.
Perfect! Thank you. > > Rod > > On 07/05/2010 03:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Dear LUGOD, > > > > My Linux installation came with Apache, MySQL, and PHP working; however, > > only Apache and PHP are working together. From Apache I can execute PHP; > > however, PHP doesn't connect to MySQL, which is running. > > > > I'm trying to install mediawiki which requires all three to work > > together. The mediawiki installation process has me executing: > > http://localhost/mediawiki/config/index.php > > > > However, the resulting HTML page contains this error: > > # PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10 installed > > Could not find a suitable database driver! > > > > * For MySQL, compile PHP using --with-mysql, or install the mysql.so > > module > > > > This seems to require for me to reinstall PHP from source or to install > > a dynamically linked object module. I'm going through the steps to > > install PHP from source, but it seems to want me to install Apache > > first: > > http://us.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php > > > > Look for the snippet that says: > > cd ../php-NN > > ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql > > make > > make install > > > > I don't have apxs. "locate apxs" returns nothing. So googling it sends > > me here: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/apxs.html > > > > This is too far from where I want to be. Any hints? Thank you. > > > > -- > > Tim Riley > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
