i tried full manual install on ubuntu 8.04
i am using
Apache/2.2.8
mysql-5.1.24-rc
PHP 4.4.8 (cli)
rrdtool-1.2.27
cacti-0.8.7b

i struggled with almost each one, (fresh install) freetype, lib*, but in the end they all compiled without errors, and make and make install were taken care of as well

however, after finishing, i mean importing the cacti database, pointing to http://ip-address/cacti/ i get
FATAL: Cannot connect to MySQL server on ‘localhost’. Please make sure you have specified a valid MySQL database name in ‘include/config.php’

i understand that i need valid database name, but what does it mean? i mean, i got ubuntu up and installed all the stuff earlier mentioned, but this one has been driving me nuts for 2 days now. grants look ok, i chown-ed everything …
i looked up the install guide provided by cacti, it’s a pdf file, did all that in exact manner. any ideeas? anyone?

i am thinking to get all apache php mysql down and go
apt-get install cacti
but i thought maybe someone can help me out.
P.S i can mysql -u cactiuser -p ‘password’ cactidb so it’s not a login issue.

TIA

I have updated the article now and freetype package also

I noticed that there were others (in the “Responses” section) with similar errors.
As noted by Response 1, the download site has moved to:
http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.2.27.tar.gz (latest version)

As with the guys in Responses 2 & 5, I also had problems installing freetype2 with apt-get. I followed Oetiker’s build instructions here (his site also has a freetype2 binary for download):http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdbuild.en.html

I received the same error as in Response 5, “unknown database ‘cacti’ “. You must first create the ‘cacti’ database in MySQL before executing “sudo mysql cacti < cacti.sql” at the command line.

After going through all this (and all the troubleshooting), I found that you can now apt-get cacti in Ubuntu! I tried it, but as a Linux newbie, I’m still struggling with the concept of users/ownership in the various modules (apache2, mysql, etc.). Still, according to comments out there, it works for some.

I’m not complaining; you warned that compiling by hand was not for wimps.

I appreciate all your efforts on the Ubuntu Geek site. I wanted to give back, so I hope this is helpful for you and others. You have made my newbie experience a lot easier!

Thanks.

songstruck

Also, when I get down to: Import the default cacti database, I use the command as shown and get:

ERROR 1049 (4200): unknown database ‘cacti’

Any advice is much appreciated.

Take a peek if you want. http://cacti.openlug.com.

Thanks for any help,
Justin

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /var/www/cacti/include/config.php on line 33

root@cacti:~# sudo apt-get install cgilib freetype2 libttf-dev libttf2 libpngwriter0-dev libpng3-dev libfreetype6-dev libart-2.0-dev snmp
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package freetype2

rizki