Web page maker Canceled

[retired1af]

Generally, your files are going to go under /home/%username%/public_html

[rbistolfi]

StrayBit,

You are accessing the file through the filesystem, you need to go by the web server. The URL may look like this:

127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

If that fails, you need to configure your web server properly. This works like this:

* You configure a server like apache or nginx to handle .php urls to a php interpreter
* You access php files via that web server (using localhost or the ip of the machine running the server in the lan)
* The web server will run the php script and return the result to the client

Good luck!

[SmartDuck]

WordPress is a complete ready framework to setup a blog or presence. You will need a full webserver with php and mysql installed on your pc or install it on a host from a hosting provider. For a webserver configuration with Vector Linux see http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=18685.0 . For WordPress you will need to install mysql instead of SQLite.

To create or script webpages (html) you will need an editor like Geany (installed), Bluefish (in the repos) or visual tool like Kompozer (http://kompozer.net).

[sledgehammer]

Smart advice, SmartDuck, but I wonder about your statement that:

To create or script webpages (html) you will need an editor like Geany (installed), Bluefish (in the repos) or visual tool like Kompozer (http://kompozer.net).

Far as I know, I don't use any of that stuff as Wordpress makes creating webpages on the wordpress site very easy.

John

[SmartDuck]

You're right If you don't use WordPress you will have to create with those tools and upload the pages to a host (local machine or provider).

[StrayBit]

OK!  I have to manually start httpd

su
apachectl start

How do I get that to be automatic at logon?  etc/rc.d/rc.httpd is allowed to run as a program
Now if I direct my browser to 127.0.0.1 or 192.168.1.x

It works!

Finally able to open

127.0.01//wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

Wordpress is in /srv/htdocs.  But it says

Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.

Mysql plus mariadb and sqlite are installed according to gslapt.  Now to figure out how to use/set it up

[sledgehammer]

Straybit,

At the risk of adding further confusion, I think my wordpress install uses the mysql that is on the site that hosts my wordpress page rather than the mysql on my machine.   I know nothing of mysql so take this with a grain of salt.

[StrayBit]

Thanks, guys for your comments.  I'm doing all this on my local network as I don't (at this time) require or want access from the world.
OK!  I have insured that httpd 2.4.16-i586-1vl, mysql 5.6.25 and php 5.69 are installed.
I have copied wtc/httpd/mod_php.conf.example mod_php.conf
Per the php.net site, I have copied etc/httpd/php.ini-development /usr/lib/php.ini
and have edited httpd.conf:
  ServerName 192.168.1.143:80
  Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
  <FileMatch \.php&>
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
  </FileMatch>
  LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp.so
(FileMatch and LoadModule php5 had to be typed in.)
Through SeaMonkey, typing 192.168.1.143 (or 127.0.0.1 on the server) it shows "It Works!"
http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php:

Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MYSQL extension which is required by WordPress

I have found 7 db[m,d] modules in httpd.conf but I have no idea what they do or which (if any) I should uncomment.  The only reference I find on php.net refers to compiling.

[StrayBit]

I discovered that the line that I had added

  LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp.so

not only had an error: it should have been "lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so" and then I get the following

Code: [Select]

root:# apachectl restart
[Sun Sep 13 13:44:45.891850 2015] [so:warn] [pid 2820:tid 3068958464] AH01574: module php5_module is already loaded, skipping
so I commented it out.
I tried uncommenting each of the db[d|m] lines one at a time.  All of them gave

Code: [Select]

Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MYSQL extension which is required by WordPressthe last one (my line 141):

LoadModule session_dbd_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_session_dbd.so

gave

root:# apachectl restart
httpd: Syntax error on line 141 of /etc/httpd/httpd.conf: Cannot load lib/httpd/modules/mod_session_dbd.so into server: /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_session_dbd.so: undefined symbol: ap_hook_session_save

Uncommented line 139

LoadModule session_module lib/httpd/modules/mod_session.so

and had no error or warning.  Still got the message about MYSQL being missing!
So! What can I try next?

[retired1af]

Generally, if Apache is complaining about a missing module, it usually means it wasn't compiled in or compiled properly with Apache.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/install.html

Also at this point, you can specify which features you want included in Apache HTTPd by enabling and disabling modules. The Apache HTTP Server comes with a Base set of modules included by default. Other modules are enabled using the --enable-module option, where module is the name of the module with the mod_ string removed and with any underscore converted to a dash. You can also choose to compile modules as shared objects (DSOs) -- which can be loaded or unloaded at runtime -- by using the option --enable-module=shared. Similarly, you can disable Base modules with the --disable-module option. Be careful when using these options, since configure cannot warn you if the module you specify does not exist; it will simply ignore the option.

[retired1af]

Rather than doing things the hard way by installing each item individually, you may want to give this a shot instead.

https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

It has all the necessary modules included that allows you to fire things up a lot quicker.

[StrayBit]

Rather than doing things the hard way by installing each item individually, you may want to give this a shot instead.

https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

It has all the necessary modules included that allows you to fire things up a lot quicker.

was a great idea.  Unfortunately, the Linux version is x64.  And the Windows version wouldn't start Apache,  (Now that I think about it, I was trying to start it wrong for Win7.

[StrayBit]

I tried downloading and compiling and got thoroughly confused.  (You can't confuse me!  I'm already confused!  )  Files were placed differently than gslapt.
Removed the new files, installed httpd from gslapt (and reinstalled php and mysql).  Edited /etc/httpd/httpd.conf to load mod-php.conf.  Renamed the latter from mid_php.conf.development.  Found that /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld needed to be set as executable (which would have solved the original problem!)
Apache works!  Now, 'http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php' yields

WordPress
Error: PHP is not running
WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP.  Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.

Obviously, there is something that I have (not?) done.  But, I can't find it.  I have double checked httpd.conf and have tried with /etc/rc.d/rc.php-fpm executable or not.  Anyone have a suggestion?

[StrayBit]

Reinstalled httpd, mysql and php in gslapt.  edited httpd.conf

# Uncomment the following line to enable PHP:
#
Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
# includes LoadModule php5_module lib/httpd/modules/libphp5.so

#Tell Apache to parse certain extensions as PHP.  Added per www.php.net
<FilesMatch \.php$>
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>

and still get

[b]WordPress
Error: PHP is not running[/b]

WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.

Will check WordPress site to see what they say.

[wigums]

what version of wordpress are you using? the new wordpress needs php5 > 5.5
im currently in the process of setting up wordpress on one of my boxes (not vl)
and there is a bit of a learning curve but its alot of fun and very well documented by wordpress themselvs

https://www.google.com/search?q=linux+instakll+wordpress

we're going pretty heavy into developing 7.2 so we are all rather busy but if you find something you need just ask us and we'll get it out there for you

edit:
sorry if thats been covered already. i did not read the entire thread