Moodle Installation Notes

Linux

• Don't install the slackware PHP & MySQL distributions
• MySQL
  • Get MySQL from: http://mysql.ausgamers.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html
  • Issue these commands:
    

    groupadd mysql
    useradd -g mysql mysql
    cd /usr/local/
    gunzip -zxvf <MySQL gzipped tar file>
    ln -s <MySQL directory> mysql
    cd mysql
    scripts/mysql_install_db
    chown -R root /usr/local/mysql
    chown -R mysql /usr/local/mysql/data
    chgrp -R mysql /usr/local/mysql
    chown -R root /usr/local/mysql/bin
    

• GD Graphics Library
  • Get GD from: http://www.boutell.com/gd/
  • Unpack below /usr/src
  • make and make install
• PHP
  • Get PHP from: http://www.php.net/downloads.php
  • Unpack PHP distribution below /usr/src
  • Make a symlink to the PHP directory called php
  • cd php
  • Configure php for compilation like so:
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-xml --with-gd --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local --with-png-dir=/usr/local --with-ttf --enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-magic-quotes --enable-sockets --enable-track-vars --enable-versioning --with-zlib
  • make
  • make install
  • cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/php/lib/php.ini
  • cp libs/libphp4.so /usr/libexec/ (Slackware 8)
  • In Apache's httpd.conf:
    • Unrem LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
    • Add at the end of the AddType section
      • AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .html
      • AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
• phpMyAdmin
  • Get phpMyAdmin from: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php
  • Unpack distribution in a web accessible directory
  • Edit config.inc.php and enter:
    • Host
    • MySQL user & Password
• Moodle
  • Get Moodle from http://moodle.org/download/
  • Unpack in a web accessible directory
  • Follow install instructions at http://<hostname>/<path>/moodle/doc/install.html

Windows

• EasyPHP
  • Get EasyPHP from http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements.php3
  • Run executable distribution
  • Edit c:\program files\easyphp1-7\apache\php.ini
    • Unrem line for GD (to allow uploading Moodle user icons) extension=php_gd2.dll
    • Unrem line for Zip (to allow packing/unpacking of courses) extension=php_zip.dll
    • On PCs <P333 increase the maximum script execution time. Default is max_execution_time = 30
    • Enter correct upload file path. Suggest upload_tmp_dir = "C:\temp"
  • Run easyPHP from Start menu
  • phpMyAdmin is accessible from the easyPHP icon in the system tray
• Moodle
  • Get Moodle from http://moodle.org/download/
  • Unpack in a web accessible directory
  • Follow install instructions at http://<hostname>/<path>/moodle/doc/install.html