Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 15:08:19 +0100 From: Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> To: Christy Roberts <christy@genesis.mun.ca> Cc: "'freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Brand new user! Message-ID: <RHbQSHBTTrP9Ewm8@caomhin.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000001c2330f$da1c29c0$81559986@genesis.mun.ca> References: <000001c2330f$da1c29c0$81559986@genesis.mun.ca>
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Someone, quite probably Christy Roberts, once wrote: >We're trying to set up a phpBB bulletin board on our website (which >doesn't actually exist yet haha), that will use MySQL as the back end. >We received an Apache server from tech services that has FreeBSD already >installed on it. And we're on our own now! I just burned MySQL and >phpBB onto a CD and am going to try to install them on the server. > >I have never used unix before nor do I have any experience working with >servers or hardware. I'm a software developer YIKES! Does anyone have >any tips or hints for me? I would really appreciate this as I have no >idea where to begin YIKES! :) Ports are your friends :-) Having a vague idea about the ports system will *really* make your life easier. You'll find all you need to know at <URL: http://www.freebsd.or g/doc/handbook/ports.html > but basically it reduces installing something like MySQL into easy steps like: # cd /usr/ports/database/mysql323-server # make # make install # make clean Btw, you should also look at /usr/ports/www/phpbb In terms of managing ports etc. you need cvsup and portupgrade, both can be installed form the ports or with a simple: # pkg_add -r cvsup # pkg_add -r portupgrade For both you can read the handbook at <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/h andbook/ > or pay a visit to <URL: http://www.freebsddiary.org/ > where things are explained in a more informal manner. Kevin -- kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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