troubleshooting HORDE installation

[Ovidiu]

I am trying to install horde from tar.gz, but I stumbled upons these probs (results from the test.php)

# Mcrypt Support: No
Mcrypt is a general-purpose cryptography library which is broader and significantly more efficient (FASTER!) than PHP's own cryptographic code and will provider faster logins.
# MIME Magic Support (fileinfo): No
The fileinfo PECL module or the mime_magic PHP extension (see below) will most likely provide faster MIME Magic lookups than the built-in Horde PHP magic code. See horde/docs/INSTALL for information on how to install PECL/PHP extensions.
# memcached Support (memcache): No
The memcache PECL module is needed only if you are using the memcached SessionHandler. See horde/docs/INSTALL for information on how to install PECL/PHP extensions.

how can I fix this?

[till]

Where do you install horde? In a website or in the ISPConfig webserver on port 81?

[Ovidiu]

I do install in a normal website, using the usual apache2 (from the debian install guide provided on howtoforge) not in ispcfg webserver..

and btw I just locked myself out: after installing the user is horde and the password is horde, I went to configuration (webbased) and selected authentication method: horde.... if I go to horde and try to login wiht horde/horde I get this:

Ein schwerer Fehler ist aufgetreten:
horde does not provide an authenticate() method.
Details wurden für den Administrator mitgeloggt.

[till]

First. The modules that you listed are not nescessary, they where only enhancements for your horde installation.

The php mcrypt module is available in most linux distributions. If you use debian, you can search for it with:

apt-cache search mcrypt

The mime magic module might be also available as php module from your linux distribution.

The memcache module might be installable with the pear installer that comes with PHP, but i never tested it.

[Ovidiu]

apt-get install php4-mcrypt

gave me already installed, so why is it still listed as missing?

pecl install memcache

went strait through but still in the list I posted and finally

apt-cache search mime magic

gives me:

libfile-type-perl - determine file type using magic structure
libapache-mod-php4 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (apache 1.3 module)
libapache-mod-php5 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (apache 1.3 module)
libapache2-mod-php4 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (apache 2.0 module)
libapache2-mod-php5 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (apache 2.0 module)
libfile-mmagic-perl - Perl module to guess file type
php4-cgi - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary)
php4-cli - command-line interpreter for the php4 scripting language
php5-cgi - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary)
php5-cli - command-line interpreter for the php5 scripting language

and the relevant ones (in my opinion) give me this

apt-get install libfile-type-perl libapache2-mod-php4 libfile-mmagic-perl
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
libfile-type-perl ist schon die neueste Version.
libapache2-mod-php4 ist schon die neueste Version.
libfile-mmagic-perl ist schon die neueste Version.
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.

[till]

You can try to install mime magic with pear.
Dont forget to restart your webserver afterwards.

[Ovidiu]

ok, I got some steps closer, no I am stuck here while configuring:

whatever change I make that involves some DB I get this error:

Ein schwerer Fehler ist aufgetreten:
DB Error: extension not found

[Zeile 1615 von /var/www/webmail/web/horde/lib/Horde/DataTree/sql.php]

to be more precise, now I cannot even get to the login screen of horde:

Ein schwerer Fehler ist aufgetreten:
DB Error: extension not found

[Zeile 388 von /var/www/webmail/web/horde/lib/Horde/Prefs/sql.php]
Details (auch in Hordes Logdatei):

object(db_error)(8) {
["error_message_prefix"]=>
string(0) ""
["mode"]=>
int(1)
["level"]=>
int(1024)
["code"]=>
int(-25)
["message"]=>
string(29) "DB Error: extension not found"
["userinfo"]=>
string(41) " [DB Error: extension not found] ** Array"
["backtrace"]=>
array(12) {
[0]=>
array(6) {
["file"]=>
string(21) "/usr/share/php/DB.php"
["line"]=>
int(888)
["function"]=>
string(10) "pear_error"
["class"]=>
string(8) "db_error"
["type"]=>
string(2) "->"
["args"]=>
array(5) {
[0]=>
string(29) "DB Error: extension not found"
[1]=>
int(-25)
[2]=>
int(1)
[3]=>
int(1024)
[4]=>
string(32) " [DB Error: extension not found]"
}
}
[1]=>
array(6) {
["file"]=>
string(23) "/usr/share/php/PEAR.php"
["line"]=>
int(563)
["function"]=>
string(8) "db_error"
["class"]=>
string(8) "db_error"
["type"]=>
string(2) "->"
["args"]=>
array(4) {
[0]=>
int(-25)
[1]=>
int(1)
[2]=>
int(1024)
[3]=>
string(32) " [DB Error: extension not found]"
}
}
[2]=>
array(6) {
["file"]=>
string(28) "/usr/share/php/DB/common.php"
["line"]=>
int(1849)
["function"]=>
string(10) "raiseerror"
["class"]=>
string(4) "pear"
["type"]=>
string(2) "::"
["args"]=>
array(7) {
[0]=>
NULL
[1]=>
int(-25)
[2]=>
NULL
[3]=>
NULL
[4]=>
string(32) " [DB Error: extension not found]"
[5]=>
string(8) "DB_Error"
[6]=>
bool(true)
}
}
[3]=>
array(6) {
["file"]=>
string(28) "/usr/share/php/DB/mysqli.php"
["line"]=>
int(281)
["function"]=>
string(10) "raiseerror"
["class"]=>
string(9) "db_mysqli"
["type"]=>
string(2) "->"
["args"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
int(-25)
}
}
[4]=>
array(6) {
["file"]=>
string(21) "/usr/share/php/DB.php"
["line"]=>
int(556)
["function"]=>
string(7) "connect"
["class"]=>
string(9) "db_mysqli"
["type"]=>
string(2) "->"
["args"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>

thats only an excerpt but I think its enough. I use Debian 3.1 with the install guide provided by howtoforge, using php4

[till]

Check with phpinfo() if the PHP mysqli extension is installed.

[Ovidiu]

thx, you can view the result here: http://mail.web-designerz.de/horde/testt.php

unfortunately I cannot handle that question you had - there is nothing about mysqli... I googled around last night and all similar posts on the net were dealing with php5 - if I do apt-cache search mysqli I only get 2-3 packages, if I try and install one of them apt-get will also install php5 which I don't want...

any suggestions?

[till]

As far as i know there is a php 4.1 mysqli extension in available in ext/pear.

By the way. You are getting now these errors why I never used the horde framework for programming. ... Sorry, i know this dont help you with your problem, it's just a personal comment