Re: Apache installation

First of all you'll be surprised at how well the PC you described runs Linux.  The company I used to work for ran their corporate website off of a plain vanilla Pentium 90 for years with no problems whatsoever.  Sorta showed how bloated Windows really is.

But back on the subject at hand.  Did you download the software (Apache/MySQL/PHP) from their websites, or did it come off of a Linux distribution?  You may want to visit each of the associated websites and download the software from them, and also check their installation instructions.  From my experience, I've typically had difficulty trying to get applications to install through instructions from a book.  The online instructions are usually more helpful for me, or even the README files with the software.  Each installation typically has a setting to override the install path.  I've installed each of the applications you mentioned on my own server, and the process was not trivial by any means.  I wish I could help further, but I'd start with the online instructions if you haven't yet.

 - Jeff

> When I installed Mandrake I also installed the Apache Server 1.3.12, MySQL
> and PHP 3. I would like to build my first database driven web site using
> MySQL, PHP and XML by example. In addition to the books that I have about
> XML, I bought Apache Servers Unleashed, Sams (hi Rick) and Sams Teach
> Yourself MySQL in 21 Days. I am finding it a little hard getting started
> because the servers were not installed in the locations that are referenced
> in the books.
> 
> For example, according to the book the installation path for Apache should
> be /usr/local/apache--it is in /usr/include/apache. The path to the cgi-bin
> is in /usr/lib/cgi-bin, not /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin. The path to MySQL is
> /usr/include/mysql. When I try some of the commands from the books they do
> not work. One example is the command to change passwords, bin/mysqladmin
> -password newpassword, I get an error message "no such file or directory".
> 

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