[ubuntu-za] Superuser

[Corrie Strydom]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Darrel <darrel at celebrationsfs.co.za> wrote:

> On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 12:06 +0200, William Walter Kinghorn wrote:
> > Hi Darrel,
> >
> > After doing what Hannes has suggested :
> > open terminal
> > sudo tasksel
> > select LAMP - use arrow keys to get there, then space bar to select
> >  press OK  - use <TAB> to get there
> >
> > once this is installed, then install phpmyadmin via synaptic or in the
> terminal  : sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
> >
> > phpmyadmin is in the repositories
> >
> > William
> > ________________________________________
> > From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [
> ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Hannes Coetzee [
> scorpking at scorpking.za.org]
> > Sent: 04 March 2010 11:07
> > To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Superuser
> >
> > On 04/03/2010 10:40, Darrel wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 10:16 +0200, Raoul Snyman wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:07:36 +0200, Darrel wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I used Synaptic, before upgrading to Ubuntu I used Wamp running XP.I
> > >>> looked for a "complete" LAMP package to load but failing to find a
> > >>> package called "LAMP" I decided the next best thing was to load
> > >>> phpmyadmin.
> > >>>
> > >> LAMP is a group of applications, not a package.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Although there is a glitch when I try to access phpmyadmin, Apache
> > >>> appears to be working as I recieve the default " ITS WORKING" message
> > >>> when pointing the browser at localhost.
> > >>>
> > >> You want to install libapache2-mod-php5 and php5-mysql in order to get
> PHP
> > >> running in Apache, and MySQL support in PHP respectively.
> > >>
> > >> One you have these installed, you can access phpMyAdmin via
> > >> http://localhost/phpmyadmin
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering)
> > >> Saturn Laboratories
> > >> e: raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za
> > >> w: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/
> > >> b: http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/
> > >>     http://raoulsnyman.co.za/
> > >>
> > >>
> > > Ok Raoul a quick check on Synaptic shows that both libapache2-mod-php5
> > > and php5-mysql are installed.
> > > http://localhost/phpmyadmin brings up the pretty GUI requiering a
> > > username and password.
> > >
> > > After entering the password I get #2002 - The server is not responding
> > > (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
> > >
> > > http://localhost brings up "IT WORKS!" which is the default html file
> > > residing in /var/www
> > >
> > > My first priorty is to ensure that Apache is working and then to access
> > > the www file.
> > >
> > > Darrel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > To install a LAMP server run sudo tasksel in terminal or konsole, select
> > LAMP (use <SPACEBAR> to select) and press OK (use <TAB> to get there).
> >
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> Thanks Hannes,William and Raoul I will be trying all your suggestions
>
> Raoul I started with php and liked the idea of integrating script into
> an html doc. and it just seemed to work for me.
>
> I would like to try Python but first want to spend time learning more
> about Linux.
>
> Talking of which what am I doing wrong here?
>
> root at point:~# sudo cp /home/darrel/Websites/sapis /var/www/
> cp: omitting directory `/home/darrel/Websites/sapis'
>
>
> sapis is a folder containg files for a website
>
> Darrel
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Darrel, try "sudo cp -R /home/darrel/Websites/sapis /var/www/"

Corrie
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