dependency woes

elfoozo · 11-05-2005, 11:56 PM

I have a special need to run MySQL 3.23.58 and I want to use phpMyAdmin with it.

When I go to my page http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/ it complains with:
cannot load mysql extension;
please check PHP configuration
Documentation

I read the documentation and it says:
To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP distribution (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is probably mysql.so or php_mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension but failed.

Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called "PHP-MySQL" or something similar.

So I try to apt-get install php4-mysql but that tells:
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmysqlclient14 mysql-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libmysqlclient14 mysql-common php4-mysql

Obviously I don't want mysql-common....

So I did apt-get install php4-mysql --print-uris and then wget just the deb package for php4-mysql. Except when I dpkg -i php4-mysql_4.4.0-4_i386.deb... the system tells me:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php4-mysql:
php4-mysql depends on libmysqlclient14; however:
Package libmysqlclient14 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing php4-mysql (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
php4-mysql

Then I apt-get remove php4-msql and try dpkg -i ./php4-mysql_4.4.0-4_i386.deb --force-yes the system still complains with:
Unpacking replacement php4-mysql ...
dpkg: error processing --force-yes (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of php4-mysql:
php4-mysql depends on libmysqlclient14; however:
Package libmysqlclient14 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing php4-mysql (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
--force-yes
php4-mysql

I'm probably doing something really dumb since I'm fighting it all evening... but how the heck do you shove a package on to a system???? Praise Debian for saving me from myself, but all I want is that stinkin *.so file so my phpMyAdmin will launch. ha-ha!

Ideas?

uberNUT69 · 11-06-2005, 12:15 AM

So I try to apt-get install php4-mysql but that tells:
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmysqlclient14 mysql-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libmysqlclient14 mysql-common php4-mysql

Obviously I don't want mysql-common....

Why not?
Isn't this the crux of your problem?

elfoozo · 11-06-2005, 12:33 AM

Well since I have a special need to run MySQL 3.23.58 which I have compiled and installed from source(from mysql's site), I'm assuming that installing the package "mysql-common" will taint my 3.23.58 by putting newer (or different?) MySQL related files into my test system.

Is this not true?

uberNUT69 · 11-06-2005, 12:35 AM

In that case, perhaps you could install mysql-common to keep
PHP happy and then just overwrite it with your custom install?

elfoozo · 11-06-2005, 12:42 AM

Yes, that's one way. But MySQL is already up and running so that'd be less desired.

Is there maybe a way to pull individual files out of a deb package?

uberNUT69 · 11-06-2005, 02:14 AM

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation
shows:
MySQL 3.23.32 or newer

ref: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentat...qmysqlversions

I suggest you build your remaining requirements from source.

elfoozo · 11-06-2005, 09:57 AM

3.23.58 is newer than 3.23.32.

I found a buddy with a similarly built Linux box so were going to install the needed packages on his box and rob the individual files as needed. If that doesn't work, I'll try the install mysql-common and then re-install MySQL over it from source.

Thanks for the suggestions.