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


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Michael Havens <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 <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 <bmike1@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     thanks, Brian:)
>>>     :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Brian Cluff <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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