Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0
Installing Apache, MySQL and PHP
If you have a working installation of Apache, MySQL, PHP, you can skipt this section. In the procedure given below, it is assumed that you have a working internet connection and that you have updated netpkg meta data from the required mirror. Login as root. In a terminal do the following:
root[~]# netpkg php
Accept 1)Install option when netpkg asks for choice. Install all other dependencies. Now PHP is installed on the system. Install apache by doing
root[~]# netpkg apache
After this, install mysql and its related dependencies by doing
root[~]# netpkg mysql
In order for PHP to recognize MySQL, change a line in the 'Dynamic Extensions' section of /etc/apache/php.ini which reads
; extension=msql.so
to
extension=mysql.so
and save this file.
At this stage PHP, Apache and MySQL have been installed on the system. Now we need to enable starting of Apache and MySQL servers after every booting. To do this, right-click on the desktop and goto Zenwalk Menu > System > Zenpanel > Starup services and enable them.
Since Moodle uses PHP, we have to enable PHP support in Apache. So, edit /etc/apache/httpd.conf as root. Change the line at the very bottom of /etc/apache/httpd.conf that says:
# PHP support #Include /etc/apache/mod_php.conf
to
# PHP support Include /etc/apache/mod_php.conf
Add index.php as a DirectoryIndex in /etc/apache/httpd.conf. To do this, change
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory # is requested. # <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.html </IfModule>
to
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory # is requested. # <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm </IfModule>
Save the modifications to /etc/apache/httpd.conf. Now in a terminal do
root[~]#/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start
This starts Apache web server. In a terminal as root issue the command
root[~]#su - mysql
This starts MySQL. Now install a blank database by issuing the command
mysql[~]$ mysql_install_db
After this, exit from the MySQL prompt by issuing the command
mysql[~]$ exit
Now start the mysql server by the command
root[~]# /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld start
To check whether PHP is working properly or not create a file phpinfo.php in /var/www/htdocs using a text editor and put the following lines in it:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Save the file. Now open this file in browser using the URL http:/localhost/phpinfo.php. This should display PHP configuration information.
Installing Moodle
Now follow instructions given in https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle