install fails, debian etch 4.0

[edo660]

Hi there, been using these how-to's for ages now with great success...until now.

trying to get ISPconfig working on my friends VPS, using debian etch. i follow the debian etch guide to the T, but when it gets pretty far into the install process it fails with this being the last few lines.

./setup2: line 862: 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!

last i tried ispconfig was about a year ago with debian sarge, and it worked perfectly back then so not too sure what the problem is here... any help greatly appreciated.

Edo

[falko]

Did you see nay error message prior to the one you posted?
From which directory did you try to install ISPConfig?
What's the output of df -h?

[edo660]

Did you see nay error message prior to the one you posted?
From which directory did you try to install ISPConfig?
What's the output of df -h?

there are a few error's relating to not being able to find binaries of spamassin and clamav i think (though its not apparently needed i thought?) . and there is plenty of free disk space, around 5.5gb to be exact. it's a fresh install, with just debian minimal and then followed the usual guide

installing it from /root/ , should it be somewhere else?

these are some errors
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

[edo660]

hmmm i installed it from another users directory, and it has worked...they should really mention something about that in the install doc's (and maybe in the how-to from here itself?)

[falko]

You can install ISPConfig from any directory except /root/ispconfig and /home/admispconfig. :)

[Joffar]

I have the same problem... I tried to upgrade from the same directory as I installed ver 2.2.3 (/root/) and got the php error. I tried again from another dir /ISP/ but with the same result. Here is the error during the install:

Not sure why it is trying to configure Apache 1.3.37, when Apache2 is installed on the previous version...

Configuring mod_ssl/2.8.28 for Apache/1.3.37
+ Apache location: ../apache_1.3.37 (Version 1.3.37)
+ OpenSSL location: /root/ispconfig/openssl
+ Auxiliary patch tool: ./etc/patch/patch (local)
+ Applying packages to Apache source tree:
o Extended API (EAPI)
o Distribution Documents
o SSL Module Source
o SSL Support
o SSL Configuration Additions
o SSL Module Documentation
o Addons
Done: source extension and patches successfully applied.

Configuring for Apache, Version 1.3.37
+ Warning: Your 'echo' command is slightly broken.
+ It interprets escape sequences per default. We already
+ tried 'echo -E' but had no real success. If errors occur
+ please set the SEO variable in 'configure' manually to
+ the required 'echo' options, i.e. those which force your
+ 'echo' to not interpret escape sequences per default.
+ using installation path layout: Apache (config.layout)
Creating Makefile
Creating Configuration.apaci in src
Syntax error --- The configuration file is used only to
define the list of included modules or to set Makefile in src
options or Configure rules, and I don't see that at all:
/root/ispconfig/openssl
yes
default
no
no
no
`$(SRCDIR)/apaci`
no
default
default
no
no
no
yes
no
default
no
default
default

./configure:Error: APACI failed
ERROR: Could not configure Apache
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 862: 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!



Here is the outpu from df -h:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/Root-root
25G 4.1G 20G 18% /
varrun 78M 148K 78M 1% /var/run
varlock 78M 4.0K 78M 1% /var/lock
procbususb 78M 112K 78M 1% /proc/bus/usb
udev 78M 112K 78M 1% /dev
devshm 78M 0 78M 0% /dev/shm
lrm 78M 34M 44M 44% /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-386/volatile
/dev/mapper/hda5 228M 147M 70M 68% /boot
/dev/mapper/Root-home
18G 199M 17G 2% /home
/dev/mapper/Root-var 105G 9.2G 90G 10% /var

[till]

You can not install ISPConfig from within the /root/ispconfig directory. Please unpack the installer in /tmp and run it from there.

[Joffar]

You can not install ISPConfig from within the /root/ispconfig directory. Please unpack the installer in /tmp and run it from there.

I have tried from several locations /tmp /var/tmp I even created a own /ISP but they all end up with the same error as listed in my previous post.

Any ideas why this happens?

I had been using 2.2.3 for some time now, and wanted to upgrade... seems the upgrade didnt go so well. Will I have to redo all the setup (mysql, websites etc.) once I get the complete install to work?

I am also unable to start apache2 at this point. Something about no pid file i suspect.

Please help....

[edo660]

You can install ISPConfig from any directory except /root/ispconfig and /home/admispconfig. :)

well thats weird because it failed from /root and /tmp but worked from /home/adminispconfig...

[till]

well thats weird because it failed from /root and /tmp but worked from /home/adminispconfig...

A quick note to everyone who reads this thread. Do not install ISPConfig from within the /home/adminispconfig/ directory, you will get most likely errors as ISPConfig overwrites this directory during setup and the setup might be incomplete or files are missing / corrupted.

[Joffar]

IT still doesnt work for me, since the installation still halts.

If I remove ISPconfig ... Will it also remove any websites I have stored? What will happen when I reinstall? Will ISPConfig overwrite the existing folders witihn /var/www/ web1, web2 etc Where I have my web sites. Do I have to rebuilt those from scratch, or just adde them in the control panel again?

Really want to get ISPconfig working again as soon as possiible.

Thank you in advance.

[falko]

IT still doesnt work for me, since the installation still halts.

If I remove ISPconfig ... Will it also remove any websites I have stored?
The uninstaler asks you if you want to remove all objects created by ISPConfig, or if you want to keep them.

What will happen when I reinstall? Will ISPConfig overwrite the existing folders witihn /var/www/ web1, web2 etc Where I have my web sites. Do I have to rebuilt those from scratch, or just adde them in the control panel again?
You cannot add existing web sites to ISPconfig. You'd have to re-create them from scratch.

[Joffar]

Ok Thanks.

Finally got it installed, re-read the howto and found a piece needed that must not have been needed on prior ubuntu versions..

Just in case anyone else should be in the same situation, this is what I hadn't done:

rm -f /bin/sh
ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh