[support] Installing php/mysql issues

[Pat Collins]

What you need to do is make use of yum.  That is the default package manager
for centos.  Doing something like 'yum search mysql' or 'su -c "yum search
mysql"'  should give you a list of packages with mysql in it to install. 
More help is available on the http://www.centos.org site.   I recommend that
you use the pre-compiled packages to make it easier to maintain your sites.

Pat

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:11:58 -0500, "Tom Holmes Jr." <tom at tomholmes.net> wrote :

> 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 ...
> 

I believe that rpm requires the full package name to install.

> 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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