Hi Everyone, I was wondering how would I know if PHP, MySQL, and ASP are installed on my Raq3i? Is it already supposed to have everything on it? I thought it was all supposed to come with it, but I could run an ASP page I put up as a test.

I'd bet most likely they are not installed..

One way is you can telnet into your server, and play with the locate command..

locate mysql
locate php
locate asp (or locate chili)

PHP and Chilisoft asp are installed by default on RaQ4, sometimes the service providers install them and mysql as well however. Take a look around :)

Rob

So if it's not installed how do I go about getting it to install. I know I have to buy Chilisoft ASP, but what about PHP and MySQL. I go to sites and I keep seeing source code for it and stuff like that.

Go to http://pkg.nl.cobalt.com (but ask your suppliers first !) and you are supposed to install the updates from the bottom to the top but I have heard about alot of problems with the apache update so if I were you I would ask your suppliers and make sure what you are doing first,

hoot

Thank you for replying and forgive me if I sound like a retard. I'm just starting out and I'm trying to figure out some things.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say suppliers and on those updates are one of those supposed to be PHP and MySQL. When I went there I thought it was just some security feature or something other than the actual software.

Thanks again for replying.

What I mean by suppliers is the people who look after your raq (the ones who would charge you if something went wrong ....). What I mean is that if they give you the go ahead than if something goes wrong you are not responsible !
In theory you just paste the links to your pkg install page (under maintenance) and click install. But you have GOT to start from the bottom and go to the top ( I mucked my first server up by not doing this) then I have also heard about some versions having cetain compatibility problems (for example with the apache update etc ...) just search these forums.
Maybe I'm being a but too cautios but I just don't want to be responsible if something goes wrong.
This forum has got quite a few posts about what you are supposed to do when you first get a raq.

hoot

Oh OK. Actually it's my Raq that I bought from a guy. So when I got the server. So I just go to that page and start from the bottom installing the programs.

What about the MySQL files, I see that it has 2 of them in a row, do Install them both or just install the newer version. Oh and on the NeoMail do I just install that without having a previous versions. I'm just trying to be sure before I start loading this stuff on.

Originally posted by trunksssj
What about the MySQL files, I see that it has 2 of them in a row, do Install them both or just install the newer version.
No, with things like mySQL and Neomail, etc., you'd just install the most recent version (MySQL 3.23.37) and skip installing the older one (MySQL 3.23.36).

Oh OK, so I install those and then I'll have MySQL and the NeoMail, Great. So how do I get PHP and install it. I saw that PHP is under Raq 4, but not the Raq 3. I really appreciate you all helping me out, Thank You.

I found this :
http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6954&highlight=mysql+raq3

But I haven't tested it !

hoot

Whoa Thanks A Million, Hoot. I'll try it out, Thanks Again. Real fast, what's the command to upload a file to the server in TelNet or do I just use an FTP tool to upload the PHP Tar.GZ File. I only know a little about Telnet related to just editing files.

To upload a file to the server it's :
wget http://...
where http://... is the link towards the file :)

Editing a file with telnet is one that that I have been think about trying to fid out how to do.
Do you know how to edit a text file with telnet? I don't know if it is possible !

hoot

Oh Ok Thanks, I've learned a lot with your help.

I'm not sure if you've tried

vi yourfile

or

pico yourfile

That's all I know of what could maybe work for you. Hope that helps.


Thanks Again