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#1 2008-07-08 11:33:42
- hotsawz
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Installation problem
Hi all
I’m a newby here and to all things PHP and MySQL through I have about 5-6 years experience in XHTML and CSS.
After hearing Mr Hicks rave about textpattern so much I’ve bought myself the Textpattern Solutions book but have fallen before the end of the 2nd chapter.
I’ve have a look through the previously asked questions and can’t find anything pertaining to this but please accept my opologies if I’m duplicating what someone else has asked before.
I’ve installed XAMPP, created a MySQL user and changed around all the .conf files it recommends but then when I go to restart Apache, XAMPP says:
Busy…
Apache service started
Yet the start button next to Apache still says Start, the Admin button is dimmed out and it does not say “Running” on a green bg like the MySQL section does.
I understand Skype can interfere with Apache so I have quit that. Not sure whether it is still running stuff in the background.
Hopefully this will all make sense to someone here.
Cheers in advance
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Re: Installation problem
It might still be skype. Go to Tools / Options and click on Advanced / Connection and then make sure that “Use port 80 and 443…” is unchecked.
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#3 2008-07-08 13:15:31
- hotsawz
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Re: Installation problem
ricetxp wrote:
It might still be skype. Go to Tools / Options and click on Advanced / Connection and then make sure that “Use port 80 and 443…” is unchecked.
Thanks for the reply.
I’ve now unchecked “Use port 80 and 443…” and quit skype again but have the same problem.
Any other suggestions?
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Isn’t this quite unrelated to Textpattern? XAMPP != Textpattern ;) But anyway, XAMPP FAQs can help, FAQ: The apache does not start on my system Have you tried if it really works? Like is the apache process really running?
Welcome to Textpattern world :)
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#5 2008-07-08 13:48:14
- hotsawz
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Re: Installation problem
Gocom wrote:
Isn’t this quite unrelated to Textpattern? XAMPP != Textpattern ;) But anyway, XAMPP FAQs can help, FAQ: The apache does not start on my system Have you tried if it really works? Like is the apache process really running?
Welcome to Textpattern world :)
Thanks for the link. I’ve been through the list of suggestions and they are either technically beyond more or have been rectified and I still cannot get Apache to start.
As this appears to be a XAMPP issue as you quite rightly said can you tell me whether I need XAMPP to run Textpattern.
As I’ve mentioned, I’m a complete novice with regards to PHP and MySQL so I was just trying to follow the expert opinion which was to install and run XAMPP. If you think it’s not necessary I’ll skip it.
Thanks,
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No, you don’t actually need XAMPP, you need Apache, MySQL (or compatible) and PHP, but ‘cause you’re trying to install it on windows, it’s almost only option as Apache is generally for Linux.
But you can always install Textpattern to somewhere else, like to real server enviroment aka real Linux server that already has everything that you need.
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#7 2008-07-08 14:48:04
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Re: Installation problem
You can try downloading xampplite (from the same xampp website).
As far as I recall it works perfectly with texpattern and requires little or no configuration
Last edited by redbot (2008-07-08 14:48:32)
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#8 2008-07-08 15:42:30
- hotsawz
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Re: Installation problem
redbot wrote:
You can try downloading xampplite (from the same xampp website).
As far as I recall it works perfectly with texpattern and requires little or no configuration
OK I’ll try xampplite. Should I uninstall XAMPP first?
Secondly, I run a mac as well. Does anyone think it’d be better/easier to try this on the mac instead?
Cheers
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#9 2008-07-08 16:51:54
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Re: Installation problem
hotsawz wrote:
OK I’ll try xampplite. Should I uninstall XAMPP first?
xampplite requires no installation. You have simply to copy the xampplite folder in your hard disk (preferably in c:).
That said you don’t have to uninstall xampp (you have simply to check it is not running).
If xampplite works you can continue using it and uninstall Xampp, otherwise you can simply delete the xampplite folder and try again with xampp
Last edited by redbot (2008-07-08 16:53:41)
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