So, setup has been daunting, but i am still determined
all day now, i have been trying to get everything "server side" setup in ubuntu, and have had absolutely no luck at all. first, i installed xampp for linux, which used to be Lampp in a previous relaese; it was horrible. there was no way to actually reconfigure apache, or redirect the localhost with it actively running. so then it was onto lullabot for some assistance. ah-ha, i found a video which was great. i uninstalled xampp and was prepared to follow along on a fresh setup. so i opened synaptic, installed apache, php5, mysql, etc. and all went great, or so i thought. i navigated to /var/www and in the apache folder there was no configuration file. so i double checked [just on the off chance that hidden files weren't visible] and made sure that it wasnt there, or in anyother dir. three uninstalls/reinstalls later it still wasn't happening. back to the net to find a solution, that works with ubuntu. i found drubuntu, a group located here that has a complete walkthrough on everything. awesome, right? yes and no. after getting all of the prelims done [eclipse, firefox plugins, etc] its time to setup apache and define databases. wouldnt you know that even following the instructions to the letter, there was still no httpd configuration file in the apache dir.
im stuck and i need some assistance. i have made steady progress all day, but this seems to be as far as i can get. does anyone else in the group use linux as their test server? if so any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
-Erik
apt/get
Erik,
You're trying to get this going on your local install?
What I've done most often is to use MAMP on Mac OSX - literally zero setup. I also had the oh-so-fun experience of installing Apache, MySQL, PHP5 and a couple of other tools via the command line on Windows XP... hooray!
Here's the point:
Installing from scratch is easy - if you're familiar with apt/get or yum, or another rpm/package manager, I would start there. You can easily get a hold of stuff compiled for your OS, it warns you about the dependencies, and handles the basics of the installation, at least as far as putting the files in the right places. The configuration is still left up to you, but you shouldn't be getting any empty files.
Ryan Price
Florida Creatives
yeah i am trying to do a
yeah i am trying to do a local setup because there is nothing worse than navigating to a "site in progress", imho. yeah i can install everything individually, like you, i too have had the joys of the windows cmd prompt.
what happened was that i was trying to access the httpd.conf file which is usually located in the apache dir, but wasnt having any luck finding it where it should be. i just realized, about 10 minutes ago, that i should actually be changing a different configuration file, located in a different directory, all because i am using linux, instead of windows. i assumed, which i shouldnt have, that apache would still depend upon the same files it would if it were being run on a windows machine. so it was my error. another thing that is probably hindering me a bit is the fact that i am not yet a linux power user, but have enough familiarity to know what i am doing - most of the time anyway.
I think what i am going to do is run through a classic setup of installing everything through the terminal and then go at it from there and configure everything. so hopefully by this time tomorrow i should have something to show for it, even if it is only the "you have successfully installed drupal" welcome screen.
-Erik
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Lullabot screencast
Erik,
If you haven't seen Lullabot's screencast on setting up a local web server on Ubuntu, it might help:
http://www.lullabot.com/node/289/play
-mike
Good Luck !!!
Erik,
For continued motivation look at http://drupal.org/forum/25 -- Drupal Showcase to see how people are using drupal for lots of different things.
I am no linux expert but are you using Ubuntu server? From what I remember it was just picking the "services" I wanted to run? Once you have apache, php and mysql working with phpmyadmin .... I use xampp / Apachefriends on windows -- very easy setup
Joe Moraca
http://www.webdevgeeks.com