[support] Installation issue on OpenBSD 4.6

[Dave Frazier]

Thanks for the help!

PHP5-mysql wasn't installed. I added the package and a symlink, restarted
apache and mysqld and I got past the error.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Jamie Holly <hovercrafter at earthlink.net>wrote:

> Most likely this is because of the "minimalistic" approach of *BSD. I
> handle a couple of sites on FreeBSD and NetBSD, and you almost always
> have to install items as extras that are supposed to be PHP defaults.
> Most likely you need to get the php5-mysql port installed. If you are
> using Drupal 7 then you need the php5-pdo and php5-json, and
> php5-pdo_mysql ports also. If you want to do any image manipulation then
> grab php5-gd. You might as well grab php5-curl also since there are
> quiet a few modules that use curl.
>
> And I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things. I always do when I deal with
> *BSD.
>
> Yup I did - php5-session also LOL.
>
> Jamie Holly
> http://www.intoxination.net
> http://www.hollyit.net
>
>
>
> Dave Frazier wrote:
> > I've installed PHP 5 and MySQL 5 per the documented requirements. I
> > have the Drupal 6.14 files in the Apache DOCROOT as instructed. I've
> > created the database and started mysqld. When I get into the Drupal
> > installation script, after "Choose language" and "Verify
> > requirements," in "Set up database," I'm getting this message:
> >
> > Your web server does not appear to support any common database types
> >
> > I'm hosting my site on a local server, NATing port 80 traffic on my
> > firewall to a private IP (and of course I can hit the installation
> > script as well as index.html from a browser on another local machine.)
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > Thanks.
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