I got XAMPP figured out!

XAMPP install everything under /opt/lampp. To start mysql, it has to be: /opt/lampp/bin/mysql -u root -p

Everything good now. Database and user set up. Thank you very much.

Still wasn't able to add repo by Ondrej though but will keep on trying/learning.

Origianlly, I had apache and mysql installed and working properly. I was able to setup mysql database and user. All working fine except I needed PHP 7.4 instead of 7.2 Before installing XAMPP, I uninstalled both apache and mysql coz I'm not sure if it will create some issue. I don't have a problem r...

@rockedge - I am getting an error when i update and not sure why it's happening. Also should I use the .xz or .gz file? Here is the path to the file as saved (DISTRO_COMPAT_REPOS) http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz but when I try to update PPM, it g...

hello boof, Hope this is what you're looking for. My setup is a triple boot (lubuntu, puppy and windows 10) with no EFI. Partition is as follows, sda1, sda2 (windows) and sda3 (linux) menuentry 'Windows 10 (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-C6201AE4201ADA...

Trying to setup MySQL for a personal project and found a few things: 1. "/etc/init.d/mysql status" shows "stopped" even when it's active/running. 2. /etc/mysql/my.cnf typo errors: - key_buffer=16M should be key_buffer _size =16M - myisam_recover=BACKUP should be myisam_recover _o...

Which puppy have php 7.4? DistroWatch shows bionic64 have the php version I need but I just downloaded the latest copy from http://puppylinux.com and PPM still shows 7.2

So 'mysqld --initialize' command will generate a temporary password for root and it will be listed on error.log, but even using the temporary password will not work for me. How I got it to work is deleting all the files again from /var/lib/mysql and this time running ' mysqld --initialize-insecure '...

Finally able to get MySQL started. - Delete all files from /var/lib/mysql - run "mysqld --defaults_file= --initialize --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp The '--defaults_file=' option not only created the four files I deleted from /var/lib/mysql folder but added ten extra files that included cert...

I found this online, apparently what solved their mysql.plugin missing error but not sure exactly where to place it. from: https://forums.mysql.com/read.php?20,644585,644661#msg-644661 > placing "--defaults-file=" option at the first place ahead of all the other options Also, if I decide t...

@rockedge mysqld --initialize --user=mysql gives me: 2020-06-19T17:12:20.371124Z 0 [Warning] TIMESTAMP with implicit DEFAULT value is deprecated. Please use --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp server option (see documentation for more details). 2020-06-19T17:12:20.372653Z 0 [ERROR] --initialize specif...

Yes. These are the ones installed.

mysql-server-core-5.7_5.7.30
mysql-client-5.7_5.7.30
mysql-client-core-5.7_5.7.30
mysql-common_5.8+1.0.4 (not sure why the version is different but ppm doesn't show any other choices)
mysql-server-5.7_5.7.30
mysql-server-5.7.30

FYI. - Placing back the original libssl.so.1.1 and libcripto.so.1.1 results an "openssl_1_1_1 not found" when I execute "openssl version". This is after I tried to install OPENSSL.1.1.1 from PPM

PPM shows 'openssl_1.1.1 as ALREADY INSTALLED' but also a window pops up saying 'found package: openssl_1.1.1 and installed package: openssl_1.1.0g' 'openssl version' command confirms version 'openssl_1.1.0g 2 Nov 2017'. Reinstalling openssl_1.1.1 from PPM doesn't work. How do you install it properl...

rockedge - thank you for the reply I went ahead and edited /etc/init.d/mysql and created /etc/mysql/debian.cnf but everytime I run mysqld, I get an error "mysqld: /usr/lib64/libssl.so.1.1; version 'OPENSSL_1_1_1' not found (requred by mysqld) I'll see what I can do upgrading this when i get a c...

Trying to setup MySql on bionic64 8.0 and I'm having trouble getting it started. "/etc/init.d/mysql start" keeps failing with "unrecognized option: i" message. Been trying to search for a solution online for 2 days and could.not find anything related to the problem. I don't see a...

I just did this, this morning. I had Window 10 and Debian installed on my pc and wanted bionic pup as well. What I did was edited /etc/grub.d/40_custom of my Debian linux installation and added an entry for bionicpup manually. It's not difficult as it may seem. Here's a sample entry: menuentry "...

@icosahedron - "dd" is a program I use to copy iso image to flash drive or clone a hard drive. Try this: dd if=/path/to/iso/image of=/dev/sd? replace "?" with the letter for your flash drive. Be very careful what letter you type. This could wipe out your hard drive if you use the...

Had the same issue with pc not seeing flash drive when I used puppy installer. Used "dd" instead and it worked for me.

I've heard of the chrome remote desktop plugin but honestly haven't tried. Maybe one day. It's just hard to introduce new programs to people who are not computer savvy and start training from the beginning. With TV, they are already familiar with everything. Anyways, tried bionicpup today and got te...

Thanks. Appreciate you taking the trouble. Maybe I'll try BionicPup64 and see how it goes.