MySQL on FC4 Installation
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These are instructions for installing mysql database with phpMyAdmin on FC4
Start the service with:
service mysqld start
Set initial database password with:
mysqladmin password SECRET
Enable service for system:
chkconfig --level 2345 mysqld on
Install web-based management package phpMyAdmin (get the latest version):
cd /var/www/html mkdir admin cd admin wget http://umn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin-2.8.0-rc2.tar.bz2 tar xvjf phpMyAdmin-2.8.0-rc2.tar.bz2 rm phpMyAdmin-2.8.0-rc2.tar.bz2 ln -s phpMyAdmin-2.8.0-rc2 phpMyAdmin cd phpMyAdmin
Use the path http://server/admin/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php to generate a configuration file. Display it and save it to the file config.inc.php in the main phpMyAdmin folder.
Install some PHP extensions and restart webserver:
yum install php-mysql yum install php-mbstring service httpd reload
Test by navigating to http://server/admin/phpMyAdmin/ and logging in using user root the above database password.
