Op 2/28/10 12:08 AM, Austin Powers schreef: > ""Austin Powers"" <AustinPowers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:CA.B0.29124.619A88B4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Three weeks ago I was working through the Lynda.com "PHP with MySQL >> Training" because I wanted to begin using PHP (surprise, surprise). >> >> Anyway, on this video course the teacher explains that because installing >> PHP and MySQL is so well understood on a Mac that we may as well just >> follow >> his steps and do it manually. Well, he is installing a different version >> of >> PHP and MySQL to the ones that I was able to download and while what he >> was >> saying way somewhat similar I am guessing that there is a difference >> somewhere, and (well) it's not working. >> >> I AM A COMPLETE NOVICE WITH LINUX/FREEBSD. It had not been my intention >> to >> learn the intricacies of Linux. However, I am now neck deep in a mire of >> confusion that even MAMP can't seem to sort out for me. >> >> It is purely a guess that I need to start again from a complete clean >> setup >> (reformatting my hard disk and reinstall OS X again) but that is pretty >> much >> out of the question. >> >> I guess my question is: >> >> "How can I completely uninstall PHP so that I can start again?" >> >> Thanks. >> > > > I did a: > > find / -name 'apachectl' 2. /dev/null > > and it came back with: > > /usr/sbin/apachectl > /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/apachectl Mac OS X has an install of apache by default, the control script for that is: /usr/sbin/apachectl if your installing MAMP (or a custom setup) you'll want to deactivate the default installation ... go to System Preferences > Sharing then turn off "Web Sharing" if you want to deinstall MAMP there should be a deinstaller program in /Application/MAMP, once you've run that you can just delete that whole directory. then you can try to install again by mounting the MAMP .dmg file and running the installer. > > so I do: > > cd /Application/MAMP/Library/bin > > and then: > > ./apachectl graceful > > and it came back with: > > httpd not running, trying to start > (13) permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address {::]:80 > (13 permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80 > no listening sockets available, shutting down > Unable to open logs this is a permissions thing - you need to run the command using sudo (as explained in another post) > > Does this mean that httpd is not running, and that I need to make some > change to the httpd.conf file? If so, then what changes do I need to make? > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
