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Author: John J. Macey
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Subject: Re: in stalling Joomla

Congrats!


On 02/01/2013 02:21 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> I am now up and running.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Michael Havens <
> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     yeah... I figured that when you said 'While you at it, look into
>     how to create a user, you will need to do that in order for the
>     Joomla installed to attach onto the database and create it's
>     initial database.' So I looked into it and I am off to the next
>     section!
>     :-)~MIKE~(-:

>
>
>     On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Brian Cluff <
>     <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:

>
>         You are probably at the part where it is asking to to supply a
>         database user name and password.  It's not asking you for
>         names of stuff which it will create, it's asking you to supply
>         the username and password of an already existing mysql user.

>
>         Brian

>
>
>         On 02/01/2013 01:49 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

>
>             yeah apparently 'could not connect' does not mean  'not
>             installed'. lol
>             :-)~MIKE~(-:

>
>
>             On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Michael Havens
>             < <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
>             <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>> wrote:

>
>                 the computer says that both packages are already
>             installed but the
>                 joomla instalation still says: Could not connect to
>             the database.
>                 Connector returned number: Unable to connect to the
>             Database: Could
>                 not connect to MySQL.
>                 :-)~MIKE~(-:

>
>
>                 On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Brian Cluff
>             < <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>
>                 <mailto:brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>>
>             wrote:

>
>                     Install the package mysql-server and also make
>             sure you have the
>                     package php5-mysql installed.

>
>                     Brian

>
>
>                     On 02/01/2013 01:28 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

>
>                         it is asking me for a database so I figure
>             mysql but it
>                         isn't installed.
>                         No problem.... I'll apt-get it. Apt-get
>             install mysql<tab
>                         tab> gives a
>                         lot of download candidates though. Which
>             should I install?
>                         I'm thinking
>                         mysql-server but there is also  ...server-5.5 and
>                         ...server-core-5.5.
>                         Here are the candidates:
>                         $ sudo apt-get install mysql
>                         mysql-client mysql-mmm-tools      
>              mysql-testsuite
>                         mysql-client-5.5       mysql-proxy
>                           mysql-testsuite-5.5
>                         mysql-client-core-5.5  mysql-server          
>             mysqltuner
>                         mysql-common mysql-server-5.5      
>             mysql-utilities
>                         mysql-mmm-agent  mysql-server-core-5.5
>              mysql-workbench
>                         mysql-mmm-common mysql-source-5.5
>                         mysql-workbench-data
>                         mysql-mmm-monitor      mysqltcl
>                         :-)~MIKE~(-:

>
>
>                         On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Michael Havens
>                         < <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>
>             <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>
>                         <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com
>             <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com
>             <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>>>> wrote:

>
>                              thanks, Brian:)
>                              :-)~MIKE~(-:

>
>
>                              On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Brian Cluff
>                         < <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>
>             <mailto:brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>
>                              <mailto:brian@snaptek.com
>             <mailto:brian@snaptek.com> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com
>             <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>>>

>
>                         wrote:

>
>                                  On 02/01/2013 12:48 PM, Michael
>             Havens wrote:

>
>                                      I'm at pre instalation checklist
>             now. One of
>                         the issues I
>                                      have with this
>                                      section is that my outpu
>             buffering is set to on
>                         and they
>                                      recommend off.
>                                      I think I am going to leave it as
>             it stands now
>                         but wanted
>                                      to get advise.

>
>
>                                  I believe that setting is optional,
>             so you should
>                         be safe
>                                  leaving it along as it won't really
>             matter for a
>                         personal site.

>
>
>                                      The other issue is
>             configuration.php Writeable.
>                         After
>                                      googling a little
>                                      I figured I bette make it
>             writable and so did.

>
>
>                                  Yup, you have to make it writable so
>             that it can
>                         create and
>                                  modify the config.  Later once you
>             have everything
>                         set like you
>                                  like it, you can safely set it to
>             read only and
>                         that can help
>                                  with security.

>
>                                  Brian Cluff

>
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