[support] Installing php/mysql issues

[Tom Holmes Jr.]

It's RedHat CentOS, not sure what version.     So I am looking for the 
right rpm to download ....

should be rpm -i mysql-devel, but it's not finding it ...

When I go to:  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/php/
Seems like that one is for Windows only.

Pat Collins wrote:
> Tom,
>
> What OS is this machine?  Maybe there is already a pre-compiled mysql
> package for mysql and php for your particular OS.
>
> Pat
> PS I've changed the subject line to better reflect your issue.
>
> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:48:02 -0500, "Tom Holmes Jr." <tom at tomholmes.net> wrote :
>
>   
>> ok ..............  deep breaths .... (in through nose, out through 
>> mouth) ......
>> (in through nose, out through mouth) ......
>> (in through nose, out through mouth) ......
>>
>> Per the many suggestions ... I've spent the last three hours trying to 
>> get Apache/PHP setup.
>> Apache 2.2.6 is working fine ....
>> I downloaded gunziiped PHP 5.2.5 ... untarred, and started to go through 
>> the Apache2/PHP Unix installation as found here:
>> http://us.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php
>>
>> The instruction say ....
>> ./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql
>>
>> So, I did this and got the error message:
>> "configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under yes."
>>
>> On the thread located on this page, one user quoted .....
>> "| There is little or no documentation regarding the fact that MySQL 
>> Client Library isn't bundled with PHP anymore.  The installation 
>> instructions need to be changed with, at the very least, some 
>> instructions for how to get PHP to recognize that the client library is 
>> installed.  I realize that this may be a problem with licensing and as 
>> such, it's not possible to document too much regarding MySQL..."
>>
>> Other messages seem to indicate that either:
>> a) MySQL has to be on that box now in order to get the libraries
>> b) you have to download mysql and compile it in order to get the libraries.
>>
>> Can some PLEASE (and I am beggin now) please point me where I can get 
>> the PHP MySQL libraries so I can finish configuring my PHP with Apache, 
>> so I can correctly test Drupal 5.3 on that system ....
>> Or ................. should I just use an older version of PHP 5.x that 
>> DOES have these mySQL libraries ....
>>
>>
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>> As you might remember from previous messages ... I did two installs of 
>> Drupal 5.3 on Resin.
>> One one machine (my laptop) Drupal-Resin-MySQL were all on one machine 
>> and it ran without issues.  Perfectly fine!
>>
>> In our real-world work environment ... reasonably so, the MySQL Server 
>> is on another machine/server and run by MySQL DBA's.
>> And when I did a Resin/Drupal install ... it worked ... but then started 
>> to break ....
>> but that could have been on modules issues or something else ....
>>
>> I certainly know (ok, i presume) that Drupal 5.x will perfectly work on 
>> Apache/PHP on one machine while the database resides on another machine.
>> Right!
>>
>> I've provided as much information as I have ... if you need more  ... 
>> please ask me nicely ....
>>
>> Please ... I am begging again ... help me with install PHP with the 
>> Mysql Libraries so I can finish configuring it and setting it up.
>>
>>
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