Help! Mysql support and Joomla

[Chris Mohler]

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 1:42 PM, KING Farrel <kingofpc001 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I was trying to install Joomla on my laptop with Ubuntu installed, and when
> I reach at the Pre-installation Check page I saw -MySQL Support - No and
> when I proceed towards the FTP Configuration Page I also saw this message:
> Unable to connect to the database:The MySQL adapter "mysql" is not
> available.
>
> But I have MySQL-Server installed. I don't know whether there is any
> configuration I have to do first with MySQL-Server.

You need to install the php-mysql package usinf Synaptic or apt-get,
and then restart the web server.

Chris