Re: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion problems

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Just two things:

1. The file in the php distro is all lower-case -- libmysql.dll.  I would change the documentation to reflect that, just to avoid any unncessary confusion.

  Make sure that libmysql.dll is in your PHP directory . . . [etc.]

2. The problem I run into (and I guess Nalani as well) is that the libmySQL.dll that comes with MySQL doesn't work with my PHP and Apache set-up.

So the suggestion in the wiki that it might help to add MySQL\bin to the path, might actually break things, if Windows finds and loads that .dll first before the one in PHP. 

In fact, I've had to remove MySQL\bin from the path in the past for that very reason.

But, I forget the details on this, and I may have just done it wrong.  So it might be useful if someone could confirm all this.

--Dave

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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: Demian Katz [dem...@vi...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:36 AM
To: Walker, David; vuf...@li...
Subject: RE: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion problems

Thanks to both of you for the feedback on this aspect of the documentation.  I have revised it to account for your suggestions:

http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_windows#install_mysql

Please let me know if you feel that further adjustments are needed!

Thanks,
Demian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walker, David [mailto:dw...@ca...]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:25 PM
> To: vuf...@li...
> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion
> problems
>
> I've set-up PHP on a number of Windows boxes, and my experience accords
> with Nilani's.
>
> Also, I'm under the impression that copying .dll's into the Windows
> system folder is bad practice.  It makes future upgrades more
> difficult, and can lead to confusion.
>
> It would be better all around to simply include the PHP folder in the
> System path -- something that the VUFind Windows documentation says to
> do anyway a little further down the page.
>
> Just my $0.02
>
> --Dave
>
> ==================
> David Walker
> Library Web Services Manager
> California State University
> http://xerxes.calstate.edu
>
>
> From: Nilani Ganeshwaran [Nil...@ma...]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:17 AM
> To: vuf...@li...
> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion
> problems
>
>
> It seems like problem with the php mysql extension, because when I
> commented this line I didn't get the error.
>
> I have fixed this error now and vufind is running in my windows
> machine.
>
> I want share my fix here.
>
> In the vufind installation documentation, after installing PHP  is
> says;
> copy libmySQL.dll from the MySQL installation folder (usually something
> like C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin) to
> c:\windows\system32.
>
> This didn't work for me. Caused problem. I copied libmysql.dll from
> C:\Program Files\PHP to c:\windows\system32. It worked.
>
> Regards
> Nilani
>
>  NilaniGaneshwaran
>  eScholarSoftware Developer
> The University of Manchester
> Tel: 0161 2758728
>
> From: Demian Katz [mailto:dem...@vi...]
> Sent: 30 July 2010 15:53
> To: Nil...@ma...; vufind-
> ge...@li...
> Subject: RE: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion
> problems
>
> If you do a Google search for php5ts.dll, you'll find a lot of
> troubleshooting advice - this seems to be a common problem with a
> variety of possible causes.
>
> I believe the problem is often related to a problem with a PHP
> extension.  One approach might be to try running php from the command
> line to see if that gives you any error messages.  Another option would
> be to comment out all of the extensions in php.ini - if that fixes the
> problem, uncomment them one at a time until you find the troublemaker.
>
> If none of these suggestions help, let us know and we'll see if we can
> think of any other options!
>
> - Demian
>
> From: Nilani Ganeshwaran [mailto:Nil...@ma...]
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:47 AM
> To: Demian Katz; vuf...@li...
> Subject: RE: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion
> problems
>
> Hi Demian
>
> I managed to start apache now. But when I try to access vufind I am
> getting popup error message
>
>  szAppName: httpd.exe     szAppVer : 2.2.15.0     szModName :
> php5ts.dll
> szModVer : 5.2.8.8     offset : 0000ac5a
>
> Any idea?
>
>
>  NilaniGaneshwaran
>  eScholarSoftware Developer
> The University of Manchester
> Tel: 0161 2758728
>
> From: Demian Katz [mailto:dem...@vi...]
> Sent: 30 July 2010 14:32
> To: Nil...@ma...; vufind-
> ge...@li...
> Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion
> problems
>
> Do you mind sharing your httpd-vufind.conf file?  Perhaps there is a
> problem in there.
>
> Have you looked at your Apache error logs?  Those sometimes offer
> clues.
>
> Have you tried running httpd.exe in your Apache bin folder from the
> command line?  This sometimes allows you to see startup errors that are
> not visible when you load Apache as a service.
>
> - Demian
>
> From: Nilani Ganeshwaran [mailto:Nil...@ma...]
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:16 AM
> To: vuf...@li...
> Subject: [VuFind-General] vufind1.0 on wondows - installtion problems
>
> Hi
>
> I am new to vufind. I am trying to install on windows xp machine. My
> problem is as soon as I add the line
> Include c:/vufind/httpd-vufind.conf, in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Software Foundation\Apache#.#\conf\httpd.conf, apache is not starting.
> Any advice please?
>
> I am using;
> Apache 2.2.15
> PHP 5.2.13
>  MySql5.1.48
> JDK 1.5
>  Aspelllibrary
>
> Regards
>  NilaniGaneshwaran
>  eScholarDeveloper
> University Of Manchester
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