I'm setting up ISPConfig... got all of the necessary packages installed... then thought i was getting somewhere. Unfortunately, I hit a snag near the end. Here it is: checking for MySQL UNIX socket location... no configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under /usr. Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore! ERROR: Could not configure PHP cd: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/aps.tar.gz': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/spamassassin.tar.gz': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/uudeview.tar.gz': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/clamav.tar.gz': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/cronolog': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/cronosplit': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/ispconfig_tcpserver': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/zip': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `binaries/unzip': No such file or directory tar: spamassassin.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors mv: cannot stat `spamassassin': No such file or directory tar: uudeview.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors mv: cannot stat `uudeview': No such file or directory tar: clamav.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors mv: cannot stat `clamav': No such file or directory tar: aps.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors ./setup2: line 873: ispconfig_tmp/php/bin/php: No such file or directory ERROR: The PHP binary coming with ISPConfig does not work properly on your system! The installation routine stops here! The only fatal error seems to be related to PHP. Now I installed PHP5 just before trying to install this; could that be the problem perhaps? Any feedback would be appreciated; I'm new to Debian and working out of Adelstein and Lubanovic's "LINUX System Administration," so I'm not able to figure this stuff out freehand at this point. THANKS!
You missed to install the mysql client development library. Please install the mysql client dev library for your mysql version: apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev and unpack the ispconfig installer again and run the setup script. By the way, to configure debian for ISPConfig and install all needed packages, have a look at the perfect server guide for debian.
Have a look at the ISPConfig documentation page. There you will find the documentation about ISPCOnfig: http://www.ispconfig.org/documentation.htm