Can not install Drupal 8.0.1 due to Requirements problem

Submitted by jorgecardenas1 on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 08:52 Pro Licensee

Hello, I have installed PHP 5.5 with below steps in order to install Drupal 8.0.1

https://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/web/multiplephp

Now that Drupal is downloaded and installed, the setup identified that I need to do some setup in the server, would you please help me to setup what is missing, here is the Drupal's report:

Requirements problem

PHP 5.5.21 Error PHP extensions Disabled

Drupal requires you to enable the PHP extensions in the following list (see the system requirements page for more information): gd

Warning PHP OPcode caching Not enabled

PHP OPcode caching can improve your site's performance considerably. It is highly recommended to have OPcache installed on your server.

Warning Unicode library Standard PHP

Operations on Unicode strings are emulated on a best-effort basis. Install the PHP mbstring extension for improved Unicode support.

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 09:28

Howdy -- I would ignore the last two for now, as those are just notices.

The first one is a requirement though.

You can install the first one from the SCL repository using this command:

yum install php55-gd

Submitted by jorgecardenas1 on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 11:03 Pro Licensee

It appears that the php gd package is not available on the current repos for php 5.5:

yum repolist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.adams.net * extras: mirror.sesp.northwestern.edu * updates: centos.mirror.lstn.net repo id repo name status base/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Base 8652 extras/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Extras 281 rhscl-php55-epel-7-x86_64 PHP 5.5 - epel-7-x86_64 45 updates/7/x86_64 CentOS-7 - Updates 1726 virtualmin/7/x86_64 RHEL/CentOS/Scientific 7 - x86_64 - Virtualmin 162 virtualmin-universal Virtualmin Distribution Neutral Packages 63 repolist: 10929

yum install php55-gd Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.adams.net * extras: mirror.sesp.northwestern.edu * updates: centos.mirror.lstn.net No package php55-gd available. Error: Nothing to do

yum install php5-gd Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.adams.net * extras: mirror.sesp.northwestern.edu * updates: centos.mirror.lstn.net No package php5-gd available. Error: Nothing to do

Submitted by andreychek on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 11:05

Hmm, what is the output of this command:

yum search php55

Submitted by jorgecardenas1 on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 09:35 Pro Licensee

That command gave me the list of the three packages that I needed, php55-php-gd....

After installing them I had a white screen of death, I increased PHP memory and the it was an issue with the database password apparently but did not gave me incorrect password.

Finally Drupal 8.0.1 is completey setup and a very basic website is running on it and it is a work in progress.

Thanks a lot!!!

Submitted by andreychek on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 09:45

Oh, sorry about that, sounds like I got the package name incorrect!

I'm glad you were able to install it though, and that Drupal 8 is working for you now!