From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 4 10: 6:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from neptun.big-blue.net (neptun1.big-blue.net [208.237.121.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A226E154A1 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:06:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@neptun.big-blue.net) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by neptun.big-blue.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA00312; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:57:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alex@neptun.big-blue.net) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:57:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Alex V P To: chris@tourneyland.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem installing PHP + MySQL In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991004020841.008a0b60@mail.9netave.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG pico is in the ports under mail, comes together with pine. have fun alex On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 chris@tourneyland.com wrote: > >I don't know if my approach is right , but this is what I did. > >install mysql and start server and follow the attachement file ;-). > >in any case, next time cc: mailing list because tomorrow someone else > might need > >help on the same subject ;-). let me know if it works ;-). > > Success! PHP recognizes MySQL. Yee haw!!!!!! > > I'm not 100% satisfied with the way things are, mostly because the source > install of apache created a completely different directory structure and > naming scheme than the ports install, and I think I liked the ports install > better. For example, the ports install calls the actual binary 'apache' > (and the config file 'apache.conf') instead of 'httpd' (and 'httpd.conf'), > presumably acknowledging that there are more web servers out there than > apache. I liked this better. Also, the config file from the ports install > has more stuff in it. Also, somehow durin my BSD reinstall, I lost pico ... > and it's not in the ports collection! > > I guess my point it, I'm gonna maybe try a few more combinations, and maybe > learn *why* your approach works better, and maybe even streamline it a bit > (if possible). When I do that I'll cc the list, which was an excellent > suggestion by you. > > Thanks so much Alex! You saved the day. May you receive a nice dose of > Mailing List Karma (or at least a lovely fruit basket)! > > - Chris > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message