[horde] Newbie doing initial horde installation

[Jason Clifton]

Quoting Eric <spamsink at scoot.netis.com>:

>
> Good evening...
>

> I am doing an initial horde and turba installation on Fedora Core 2  
> (I know, it's an old Fedora release... we're stuck with it and  
> there's nothing I can do about it on the short term)
>

look in the scripts/sql directory(s) the files needed for creating the  
databases should be there. If you can install phpmyadmin you should be  
able to do everything you need easily with it


> I don't know anything about SQL or MySQL.  I have gotten to the  
> point in the horde INSTALL instruction list where it says "Creating  
> databases" and I don't know where to go from here.
>
> For example, it says "you should be able to execute (the  
> installation) script as superuser in your database".  Elsewhere (I  
> can't remember where and can't find it right now), it said that the  
> "superuser in your database" is NOT the same as the superuser on the  
> host.  So, I have no idea how to go about creating a "superuser on  
> the database" which I assume I have to do first before running the  
> installation script.
>

Should be able to do this from phpmyadmin as well


> I also have no idea how to "change the default password 'horde' to  
> something else before creating the tables" as it says in the next  
> paragraph.
>

next to none
> So, my question is ... How much do I need to know about MySQL in  
> order to achieve a successful installation of turba?
>
> Can anyone point me to a tutorial on the web that I can study to get  
> the level of knowledge I'll need?  I looked at mysql.org and found  
> only the MySQL reference manual, which assumes a LOT of prior  
> knowledge of SQL.
>
> (I also looked for a "MySQL for Dummies" book and found only "PHP  
> and MySQL for Dummies" which looks like it covers how to use one  
> with the other but may assume some prior knowledge of each.)
>
> My objective for the immediate future is to just get a working  
> instance of turba running so that my partners and I can use it to  
> keep track of our prospective customers.  (Later I can get into it  
> more deeply and learn all about SQL and PHP, but for now we just  
> have to get something running.)
>
> Is MySQL my best choice for this or is there something else that's  
> easier to set up and will get us running more quickly?
>
> Thanks...
>
>
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Jason Clifton
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