<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Darrel <<a href="mailto:darrel@celebrationsfs.co.za">darrel@celebrationsfs.co.za</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">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: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a> [<a href="mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>] On Behalf Of Hannes Coetzee [<a href="mailto:scorpking@scorpking.za.org">scorpking@scorpking.za.org</a>] > 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 > >> <a href="http://localhost/phpmyadmin" target="_blank">http://localhost/phpmyadmin</a> > >> > >> -- > >> Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering) > >> Saturn Laboratories > >> e: <a href="mailto:raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za">raoul.snyman@saturnlaboratories.co.za</a> > >> w: <a href="http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/" target="_blank">http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/</a> > >> b: <a href="http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/" target="_blank">http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/</a> > >> <a href="http://raoulsnyman.co.za/" target="_blank">http://raoulsnyman.co.za/</a> > >> > >> > > Ok Raoul a quick check on Synaptic shows that both libapache2-mod-php5 > > and php5-mysql are installed. > > <a href="http://localhost/phpmyadmin" target="_blank">http://localhost/phpmyadmin</a> 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) > > > > <a href="http://localhost" target="_blank">http://localhost</a> 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). > > -- > ubuntu-za mailing list > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> > > "This e-mail is subject to our Disclaimer, to view click <a href="http://www.dut.ac.za" target="_blank">http://www.dut.ac.za</a>" </div></div>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@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 > -- <div><div></div><div class="h5">ubuntu-za mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> <div> </div><div>Darrel, try "sudo cp -R /home/darrel/Websites/sapis /var/www/"</div><div> </div><div>Corrie</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">