Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:41:08 -0400 From: RDWestSr <rdwestsr@hotpop.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Who-is-the-list-GuRu??? (must read) Message-ID: <3D407E84.8B414CF1@hotpop.com>
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wuzzup peeps,
i'm getting more bald as the days go by :(
I was reading the retail distro box at best buy of FreeBSD v4.0 and
decided, Hey - I gotta have this baby!
well that was two or three years ago. the book that came with v4.0 was
by Greg Lehey -
(The Complete FreeBSD) . well the trip home seemed a very long ways.
it seemed as if i couldn't get there soon enough to fire up FreeBSD...
i'm thinking - YEA - ITS WHAT YAHOO RUNS -
I'LL HAVE A HELLA SERVER BOX NOW .
After i read most parts of the book i started installing... I joined
the list to find out no one had heard of Version 4.0
i was a total nooB to servers at this time and couldn't get any help at
all which would be nooB-Fied help.
so i gave up after a month or so and switched over to win32
applications.
I went from win98 to w2k pro and then MS Advanced Server 2000...
Now after screwing around for the past few years with servers and web
design, i have really admired effort
and commitment that all the programmerz and hackerz have put in for the
cause ----
A MS FREE ENVIRONMENT !!!
Now i'm back in the saddle again with FreeBSD Unix OS.
Am i stupid or what? :)
I really just want to join in on the cause.
Now to the point - I NEED SOME HELP FROM A UNIX GURU PLZ :)
i have this one mountain standing in my way---
i've been studying and reading up on perl for a while and decided to
swich over to
php/mysql . So i went and got the book from sams publishing called
PHP and MySQL Web Development
now to do the examples of the book, i have to install and configure
with --
mysql, apache, mod_ssl, Open_ssl, RSA Ref 2.0, php, curl, pspell, gd lib
i've compiled and built everything but MySQL
everyone says install the port... I HAVE and it works just fine
BUT--
it is important(by book) that mysql be installed to /usr/local/mysql
the reason is
while installing PHP the ./configure goes like this -
./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \
--with-xml --with-apache=../apache_1.3.xx \
--with-curl=/usr/local/curl \
--with-pspell=/usr/local/pspell \
--with-jpeg-dir=path
--with-t1lib=path
--enable-shared-pdflib \
--enable-track-vars \
mysql compiles without any errors i just can't get it started...
i don't have a clue how to setup the start up scripts or whatever
i need ./configure prefix=/usr/local/mysql
so what would the prefix be if i just add the port?
the port installs to local everywhere files are scattered all over
that i seen...
so i dunno how to prefix php for build?
i've been working at this and researching the net for solutions over a
week now...
some plz find me the guru for this :)
just get me help with compiling mysql to /usr/local/mysql and i'm set
tx guys
here's my install notes
i just did another fresh format and install and i'm stuck till mysql
goes in the right place i guess...
--mamabear-install-notes--
p3-500, 256M SDRam, 40g HDD
FreeBSD v4.6
--------------------------
disk partitions
200MB----------[ / ]
512MB----------[ SWAP ]
39gigs---------[ /usr ]
--------------------------
after standard install, install creates /var and /tmp.
i want them in /usr so they have no fixed size like
auto defaults gives them.
so i create the new, remove the old, link to the new.
mkdir /usr/var
cd /var
tar cf - . | (cd /usr/var; tar xf - )
cd /
rm -rf /var
ln -s /usr/var /var
mkdir /usr/tmp
rm -rf /tmp
ln -s /usr/tmp /tmp
--------------------------
packages to get me going -
x11 windows
gnome desktop
gedit
gnome find
gnome file manager
netscape nav n com
tx again guys
RDWestSr
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