Joomla Install Script

Submitted by ctdh on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:48

Hi When I try and run the Joomla! 1.6 install script I get this response: PHP module mysql is required .. Module is not available even after installation!

I have MySQL running it is installed here: /usr/bin/mysql and it shows up under the list of Servers in Webmin,
Virtual Servers are all configured to run mysql and showing mysql as enabled in the Edit Virtual Server | Enable Features tab.

OS: Ubuntu Linux 10.04.2 VM: 3.84 Pro

Global PHP configuration files are: /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini=Configuration for mod_php /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini=Configuration for scripts run via CGI /etc/php5/cli/php.ini=Configuration for command-line scripts

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Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 13:05

If you open the file etc/php.php under the domain's home directory, is there a line like :

extension=mysql.so

Also, what PHP execution mode is set for the domain at Server Configuration -> Website Options?

Submitted by ctdh on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 13:23

Hi Jamie

There is no file called /etc/php.php or anything similar in the virtual home directories

The php.ini file at /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini does include the line extension=mysql.so

Execution mode is set to run as Apache's user (- this may be causing me other issues I think, now you mention it as I was expecting suExec to be providing virtual server specific web user accounts)

Charles

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 15:25

I'd recommend switching to "Run as domain owner" mode (fcgi), as this is more secure and would probably solve this problem ..

Submitted by ctdh on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 17:40

Hi Jamie

I have installed FCGID and when I set

PHP script execution mode to FCGId (run as virtual server owner)

I get the following error:

Failed to save website options : The Suexec command on your system is configured to only run scripts under /var/www, but the Virtualmin base directory is /home. CGI and PHP scripts run as domain owners will not be executed.

Submitted by Locutus on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 18:11

How did you install FCGId? If I recall correctly, Virtualmin uses an adapted version of that package, which runs from the home directory instead of /var/www.

(I might be wrong though.)

When you type man suexec, does the synopsis read like so? "This is a customized version that can be configured with config files in /etc/apache2/suexec."

Submitted by andreychek on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 18:16

Suexec is actually a standalone package on Ubuntu and Debian.

What output do you receive if you type this command:

dpkg -l 'suexec'

Also, what are the contents of the file "/etc/apache2/suexec/www-data"?