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TwitterHi, I want to run magento on a VPS just purchased. However running the magento compatibility checks reveals 1 error which is: "You are missing the mcrypt extension"
I've tried and tried to get mcrypt installed but to no avail
Server info: VPS server, Linux 2.6.18-028stab079.1, CentOS 5.6, Parallels Plesk 10.2.0, PHP 5.2.10, MySQL 5.0.77
N.B I am a relative newbie to SSH and server administration outside of using Cpanel/WHM
OK after googling the 1st thing I came across was using yum to install mcrypt:
Steps I followed were:
1. Type "yum install mcrypt*". Say yes to the prompts.
2. Type "yum install mhash*". Say yes to the prompts.
3. Type "yum install php-mcrypt*". Say yes to the prompts.
4. Type "yum install php-mhash*". Say yes to the prompts.
5. Restart server
All steps seemed successful apart from step 1: "yum install mcrypt*"
Which gives me message 'No package mcrypt available'
So I decided to try installing it manually, I downloaded the mcrypt 2.6.4 files, unzipped and uploaded with WinSCP to a folder named mcrypt in the root of my server. Then I:
1. cd to mcrypt directory
2. typed ./configure
3. It returns error 'no acceptable C compliler found in $PATH'
Ok after more googling it seems I need to install a compiler GCC seems to be what everyone uses.
So my next steps are:
1. yum install gcc
2. which returns another error: 'Missing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 is needed by package glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.3.x86_64 (updates)'
I'm not really sure what that means but I think it seems to be saying gcc needs an older or equal to version of kernel headers 2.2.1 but I have a newer version?
Well that is about as much as I know what to do, I'm completely stumped now and don't know how to move forward with this The annoying thing is I know in Cpanel/WHM you can install mcrypt with a couple of clicks through WHM>easyapache. I wish plesk had this feature.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can install mcrypt or fix the issues above so I can install gcc? I would be very grateful as I feel like banging my head against a brick wall at the moment!
I've tried and tried to get mcrypt installed but to no avail
Server info: VPS server, Linux 2.6.18-028stab079.1, CentOS 5.6, Parallels Plesk 10.2.0, PHP 5.2.10, MySQL 5.0.77
N.B I am a relative newbie to SSH and server administration outside of using Cpanel/WHM
OK after googling the 1st thing I came across was using yum to install mcrypt:
Steps I followed were:
1. Type "yum install mcrypt*". Say yes to the prompts.
2. Type "yum install mhash*". Say yes to the prompts.
3. Type "yum install php-mcrypt*". Say yes to the prompts.
4. Type "yum install php-mhash*". Say yes to the prompts.
5. Restart server
All steps seemed successful apart from step 1: "yum install mcrypt*"
Which gives me message 'No package mcrypt available'
So I decided to try installing it manually, I downloaded the mcrypt 2.6.4 files, unzipped and uploaded with WinSCP to a folder named mcrypt in the root of my server. Then I:
1. cd to mcrypt directory
2. typed ./configure
3. It returns error 'no acceptable C compliler found in $PATH'
Ok after more googling it seems I need to install a compiler GCC seems to be what everyone uses.
So my next steps are:
1. yum install gcc
2. which returns another error: 'Missing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 is needed by package glibc-headers-2.5-58.el5_6.3.x86_64 (updates)'
I'm not really sure what that means but I think it seems to be saying gcc needs an older or equal to version of kernel headers 2.2.1 but I have a newer version?
Well that is about as much as I know what to do, I'm completely stumped now and don't know how to move forward with this
The annoying thing is I know in Cpanel/WHM you can install mcrypt with a couple of clicks through WHM>easyapache. I wish plesk had this feature.Does anyone have any ideas how I can install mcrypt or fix the issues above so I can install gcc? I would be very grateful as I feel like banging my head against a brick wall at the moment!
