Installation errors: no apache, apache2, etc. & fsockopen()

[anushanw]

I was installing ISPConfig3. I was able to complete all of the required
steps until I actually start to install ispconfig from install.php file.
When I type in the command "php -q install.php" it gives me the following
errors.

which: no apache in
(/sbin:/user/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/urs/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/jv,/jre/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin)

also I get the same error repeated with the following in the place of
"apache" and the same paths as mentioned above
apache2, httpd, couriertcpd, saslauthd, amavisd-new, jk_chrootsh.

when I continue with the installation it lets me enter the necessary
information then it installs it but gives me the following error.

PHP Warning: call-time pass-by-referance has been deprecated; If you would
like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of fsockopen(). if you
would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set
allow_call-time_pass_reference to true in your INI files in
/usr/local/ispconfig/server/mods-available/monitor_core_module.inc.php on
line 1236
this message is repeated again and then it is repeated twice again with the
line number 1248

when I restart my computer it shows an error on xconsole saying "error
connecting to MySQL server at localhost: can't connect to local MySQL server
through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) (errno=2)

I have zero clue what's going on.

[till]

This means that you dont have apache installed and some other deamons like mysql are missing too. Please follow exactly the installation instructions for ispconfig 3 which can be found in the ispconfig3 tar.gz file to prepare your server befor you try to install ispconfig 3.

[anushanw]

Till,
Thanks a lot for taking time to help me out.
As you mentioned I have installed all those mentioned missing stuff. When i look for the status of them they indicate as "Running". So I doubt that it is the problem.
However when I installed pam_mysql and tried to setup the password as mentioned in the tutorial, it gave me some error.
when i typed in "mysqladmin -u root password mypassword" and "mysqladmin -h ispconfig.local -root password mypassword" it gave me an error saying cannot connect.
Does this have to do anything with the above mentioned?
Do you happen to know a better tutorial than the Installation Instruction document provided with ISPConfig 3 by any chance?

[falko]

Which distribution are you using? What's the output of netstat -tap?

[anushanw]

here's what i get for "netstat -tap"
Active internet connections (servers and establishes)
Proto - have tcp for all lines
Recv-Q - have 0 for all lines
Send-Q - have 0 for all lines
Local Address - *:mysql , *.sunrpc , *:ssh , localhost:ipp , localhost:smtp , *:imaps , *:pop3s , *:pop3 , *:imap , *:ssh , *:ssh , localhost:ipp , localhost:smtp

Foreign address - have *:* for all the lines
State - LISTEN for all lines

PID/Program Name have - 5214/mysqld , 2842/portmap , 2805/sshd , 2856/cupsd , 4508/master , 5374/couriertcpd , 5348/couriertcpd , 5303/couriertcpd , 5318/couriertcpd , 2805/sshd , 4508/master

I also started a new installation from scartch. here's the error that i have been getting when i typed in "mysqladmin -h ispconfig.local -u root password abc123"
the error is : "mysqladmin: connect to server at 'ispconfig.local' failed.
error: 'Lost connection to MySql server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 110' "

when i continue the installation process ignoring the above message i get the following at when i try to start pure-ftpd
when i type in "/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd start" the following error comes up
starting pure-ftpd421 unknown authentication method: pam
startproc: exit status of parent of /usr/sbin/pure-ftpd: 252
failed

[anushanw]

i have attached some of the screen shots at www.anushanw.info/images/ispconfig/

thanks for all the help

[till]

Do you happen to know a better tutorial than the Installation Instruction document provided with ISPConfig 3 by any chance?

No. The installation instructions are complete and correct, they include every nescessary step.