can I use yum to install mysql and php

rscott · 05-29-2005, 05:49 PM

I'm trying to set up apache / php/ mysql on a dual boot dell latitude {XP and Fedora 2.4} so I can learn about creating data driven websites. This is my first time using linux and I was unable to determine if these things were already installed, which I thought they would be.

I installed apache and it seemed to go fine, but then had problems with mysql and an error saying it couldn't find Perl DBI.

After more reading I used yum for the first time to update just about everything, then tried a yum install mysql and yum install php. There were no errors, but now I don't know how to check if either of these installed, or test them.

Thank you for your time.

leonscape · 05-29-2005, 06:03 PM

If apache is up and running try accessing http://localhost/ or 127.0.0.1 It should bring up the default apache page.

Usually Apache webpages are in /var/www/ you can alter them there.

For php try creating a simply php file say store a file called index.php with something like

Code:

<html>
  <head>
   <title>PHP Test</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>
 </body>
 </html>

put it into /var/www and try http://localhost/index.php and see if php parses the file.

rscott · 05-29-2005, 06:18 PM

Thank you for the reply.

I was able to get to the apache default page, so it looks like that is working. When I put together thet index.php script, I was not able to get that to display through http://localhost/index.php

Any more advice?

leonscape · 05-29-2005, 06:28 PM

Have you installed the php modules for apache?

rscott · 05-29-2005, 06:41 PM

no, I haven't done anything else to apache.

Would that be editing the httpd.conf file? or is there something else as well?

leonscape · 05-29-2005, 06:45 PM

Yes you may have to add a LoadModule directive, and a IfModule addtype. Its hard to be more specific as distributions setup Apache diffrently plus theres diffrent versions of apache, and of php. Plus you may have some more packages to install.

rscott · 05-29-2005, 07:15 PM

understandable.

Can I scrap this and start again? Is there a better way them me sitting here with books and browser windows open wasting the time of somebody half way across the world? It seems that there should be a resaonsalbe way to get this up and running, and that I've done something wrong.

Everything I read gets me about 80% there then says "ok, now that it's working . . ."

With this and the ridiculous time I had getting the ethernet to work {I stopped trying for the wireless long ago}, I've banked a few too many hours. I dont' mind doing the searches or reading the books, but now I don't even know what to search for.

leonscape · 05-29-2005, 07:29 PM

Your probably very close, its probably either just a missing apache-module, or a slight alteration to your configuration, look in /etc/apache2/ and see what files are available.

On Debian it was simply a command to activate the module a2enmod php theres probably a similar command on fedora.