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I'm trying to install Wordpress in my Rails /public folder. I get the following error message:

'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.'

PHP Version 5.2.4-2ubuntu5 is running.

I assume I need to alter the php.ini file, but I don't know how, or with what.

Any help appreciated.

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No, you need to install the mysql extension for PHP. Try sudo apt-get install php5-mysql to install it (or install php5-mysql from synaptic). The package manager will modify all files accordingly.

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Thanks. The site is hosted on slicehost - so do I write that in the site management console? or via SSH from my local machine? – strangerpixel Apr 30 '10 at 10:37
I am not familiar with slicehost, so I can't really comment on that, but if you have SSH access, I would just try this. – SvenW Apr 30 '10 at 10:50
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Looks like this: http://forum.slicehost.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=2037

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Thanks - the soft reboot with Slicehost is essential. – strangerpixel May 2 '10 at 11:20
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