Last Juli Paul van Allsburg posted a problem, I got now too. When I try to install Moodle on my local Computer (Windows XP Professional SP2), installation process failed after starting http://localhost/install.php with the following error
Warning: require_once(/lib/setuplib.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\moodle\moodle\install.php on line 133
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/lib/setuplib.php' (include_path='.;C:\moodle\php\pear\') in C:\moodle\moodle\install.php on line 133
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=75947
Paul himself fixed it:
I found my problem in httpd-vhosts.conf I had specified a FQDN and changing it to:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
Options FollowSymLinks
DocumentRoot "h:/public_html"
ServerName localhost
AcceptPathInfo on
</VirtualHost>
was the solution.
Unfortunately his solution does not work for me respectively I don't understand it completely.
Apache and MySQL seems to run well. I tried several Download Packages and installing methods, all with the same error and result.
Do you have any suggestions?
Many thanks!
Dirk
DP,
When you say you tried his solution, if you mean you literally copied that entire block of Apache directives (lines), then it won't work because your document root is not h:/public_html (I don't even know if you have a drive h). You need to change that to c:/moodle/moodle. Also, it won't do any good unless
RLE
When you say you tried his solution, if you mean you literally copied that entire block of Apache directives (lines), then it won't work because your document root is not h:/public_html (I don't even know if you have a drive h). You need to change that to c:/moodle/moodle. Also, it won't do any good unless
- your main Apache configuration file (usually called httpd.conf) contains an Include directive that references httpd-vhosts.conf, and
- your main Apache configuration file doesn't mention your FQDN, e.g., in the Listen directive.
RLE
Thank you very much for youre answer!
First I removed and installed the complete package again and changed the main directory name to c:\xampplite before running setup_xampp.bat.
Now I added to httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
Options FollowSymLinks
DocumentRoot "c:/xampplite/moodle"
ServerName localhost
AcceptPathInfo on
</VirtualHost>
Reference to httpd-vhosts.conf in httpd.conf is true.
Also I changed the include_path in php.ini in 3 steps:
Warning: require_once(/lib/setuplib.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampplite\moodle\install.php on line 144
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/lib/setuplib.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampplite\moodle\') in C:\xampplite\moodle\install.php on line 144
btw: I can't see a function require_once() in setup.lib, but I'm not familiar with php
So for my understandig, nothing really changes.
I still wonder why it should be necessary to change pathes after just unzip a package and follow precisely the installation guide.
I just started xampp-control.exe and got this message:
Current directory: c:\xampplite
Install directory: ***Warning: Directory Missmatch***
First I removed and installed the complete package again and changed the main directory name to c:\xampplite before running setup_xampp.bat.
Now I added to httpd-vhosts.conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
Options FollowSymLinks
DocumentRoot "c:/xampplite/moodle"
ServerName localhost
AcceptPathInfo on
</VirtualHost>
Reference to httpd-vhosts.conf in httpd.conf is true.
Also I changed the include_path in php.ini in 3 steps:
- no change
- to C:\xampplite\moodle\php\pear\,
- to C:\xampplite\moodle\ (cause the file setuplib.php is in c:\xampplite\moodle\lib).
Warning: require_once(/lib/setuplib.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampplite\moodle\install.php on line 144
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/lib/setuplib.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampplite\moodle\') in C:\xampplite\moodle\install.php on line 144
btw: I can't see a function require_once() in setup.lib, but I'm not familiar with php
So for my understandig, nothing really changes.
I still wonder why it should be necessary to change pathes after just unzip a package and follow precisely the installation guide.
I just started xampp-control.exe and got this message:
Current directory: c:\xampplite
Install directory: ***Warning: Directory Missmatch***
DP,
I don't have a complete answer at this point because I need to go back to sleep, but I can answer some of your questions.
I don't have a complete answer at this point because I need to go back to sleep, but I can answer some of your questions.
- When you say you don't see a require_once function in setuplib.php, I presume you mean that it is not used there, and you are right. The error msg. is saying that it is used in C:\xampplite\moodle\install.php on line 144, and the target (argument) of it is lib/setuplib.php.
- I think you should have stopped at step 2 in your php.ini changes: include_path should be '.;C:\xampplite\moodle\php\pear'. The '.' represents the current directory, which is normally C:\xampplite\moodle, so making include_path '.;C:\xampplite\moodle' is redundant. The '.' covers most cases; the C:\xampplite\moodle\php\pear covers cases where Moodle uses pear functions.
- I also have Windows XP Pro SP2, and I have installed several versions of Moodle with the Windows package download without running into the problems you describe. As you said, you don't know php, among other things, so when you change things willy nilly and copy code from forum posts that don't apply to your situation, like PVA's, you are not following the installation guide precisely, and you end up with weird errors like Install directory: ***Warning: Directory Missmatch***. That is undoubtedly related to your other errors, but right now I don't have the time to research it. I'll see what I can do later. Or maybe someone else knows what is going on.
DP,
OK. As promised, I Googled your XAMPP error msg. (after correcting the spelling error) and this forum thread contains a post (near the bottom of the page) that looks promising: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=108259 (it's the one about the registry). I think literally following its advice would be dangerous; in any case, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BACK UP THE REGISTRY BEFORE EDITING IT. Instead, it would probably be safer to just uninstall XAMPPlite and then re-installing it.
RLE
OK. As promised, I Googled your XAMPP error msg. (after correcting the spelling error) and this forum thread contains a post (near the bottom of the page) that looks promising: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?p=108259 (it's the one about the registry). I think literally following its advice would be dangerous; in any case, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS BACK UP THE REGISTRY BEFORE EDITING IT. Instead, it would probably be safer to just uninstall XAMPPlite and then re-installing it.
RLE
RE,
thank you very much again!
I completly deinstalled the package and installed it once more.
Editing the Windows Registry as described in the posting you figured out indeed corrects the warning in xampp-control.exe. Here seems to be anything fine now.
Unfortunately the initial problem persists, independent of all further changes in php.ini and httpd-vhosts.conf as suggested before.
My original purpose was to familiarize myself with moodle and work out my courses on my local computer before loading it up on a webserver (and also to use the time I have to wait until this server is available and configured by my collegues). But it's not really dramatic to wait for the server and try to install Moodle there (with not those strange problems, I hope).
So if you or anybody else here don't have any further idea on my problem, I just thank you again very much for youre kind help!
DP
thank you very much again!
I completly deinstalled the package and installed it once more.
Editing the Windows Registry as described in the posting you figured out indeed corrects the warning in xampp-control.exe. Here seems to be anything fine now.
Unfortunately the initial problem persists, independent of all further changes in php.ini and httpd-vhosts.conf as suggested before.
My original purpose was to familiarize myself with moodle and work out my courses on my local computer before loading it up on a webserver (and also to use the time I have to wait until this server is available and configured by my collegues). But it's not really dramatic to wait for the server and try to install Moodle there (with not those strange problems, I hope).
So if you or anybody else here don't have any further idea on my problem, I just thank you again very much for youre kind help!
DP
DP,
- Could you verify that c:\xampplite\moodle\lib\setuplib.php is there, in the right folder (directory)?
- What does your c:\xampplite\moodle\config.php say for $CFG->dirroot and $CFG->wwwroot? What values are assigned to them?
- Could you attach to your post your main Apache configuration file, which I presume is c:\xampplite\apache\conf\httpd.conf?
RLE,
after reinstallation I kept the default foldername "server", so my mainpath now is C:\server.
DP
after reinstallation I kept the default foldername "server", so my mainpath now is C:\server.
- c:\server\moodle\lib\setuplib.php is present
- there is only c:\server\moodle\config-dist.php, it says $CFG->dirroot = '/home/example/public_html/moodle'; and $CFG->wwwroot = 'http://example.com/moodle';
- httpd.conf is attached
DP
DP,
OK. Your httpd.conf file confirms what I suspected: the stuff you put in httpd-vhosts.conf is irrelevant. Apache will ignore it because the main server configuration will be used instead. This is because the Listen directive is
Listen 80
as it is in mine, which means anything that comes in from a browser on port 80 (the standard port for webserving) will be processed under the main server settings.
However, that's okay because those settings are okay, namely:
ServerAdmin admin@localhost
ServerName localhost:80
DocumentRoot "C:/server/moodle"
<Directory />
AcceptPathInfo On
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/server/moodle">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
which is completely consistent (except for a couple of minor differences in the values of ServerAdmin and ServerName) with what you put into httpd-vhosts.conf.
I would recommend that you not use xampp-control.exe. If you just use the bat files (setup_xampp, apache_start, apache_stop, mysql_start, mysql_stop), according to the Moodle docs that I use (and my own experience), you shouldn't have problems with the registry because they don't use it.
The only questions now are
OK. Your httpd.conf file confirms what I suspected: the stuff you put in httpd-vhosts.conf is irrelevant. Apache will ignore it because the main server configuration will be used instead. This is because the Listen directive is
Listen 80
as it is in mine, which means anything that comes in from a browser on port 80 (the standard port for webserving) will be processed under the main server settings.
However, that's okay because those settings are okay, namely:
ServerAdmin admin@localhost
ServerName localhost:80
DocumentRoot "C:/server/moodle"
<Directory />
AcceptPathInfo On
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/server/moodle">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
which is completely consistent (except for a couple of minor differences in the values of ServerAdmin and ServerName) with what you put into httpd-vhosts.conf.
I would recommend that you not use xampp-control.exe. If you just use the bat files (setup_xampp, apache_start, apache_stop, mysql_start, mysql_stop), according to the Moodle docs that I use (and my own experience), you shouldn't have problems with the registry because they don't use it.
The only questions now are
- Is setuplib.php in the right place (c:\server\moodle\lib)? and
- Are you using safe_mode or open_basedir, which are security features in PHP that can interfere with its ability to open files in different folders?
RLE,
Are the pathes in c:\server\moodle\config-dist.php important?
$CFG->dirroot = '/home/example/public_html/moodle'
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://example.com/moodle'
DP
- setuplib.php is in c:\server\moodle\lib
- I wrote and opened a php-info-file as described here.
Open_basedir has "no value".
Safe_mode is monitored as
safe_mode Off Off safe_mode_exec_dir no value no value safe_mode_gid Off Off safe_mode_include_dir no value no value
| safe_mode_allowed_env_vars | PHP_ | PHP_ |
| safe_mode_protected_env_vars | LD_LIBRARY_PATH | LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
| sql.safe_mode | Off | Off |
Are the pathes in c:\server\moodle\config-dist.php important?
$CFG->dirroot = '/home/example/public_html/moodle'
$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://example.com/moodle'
DP
DP,
- OK
- Looks like safe_mode and open_basedir are off. That's good.
- No, the paths in config-dist.php are not important. That file is just a sample of config.php that is there for people who want to create config.php manually by copying config-dist.php to config.php and modifying it by hand, instead of by running the installation script install.php.
- What is the value of include_path in php.ini? It gives you this value in the error msg. that says
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/lib/setuplib.php' - You don't have a config.php file because install.php has not created it yet. The paths I asked you about come from the answers you supply when the installation script asks you for the pathname to your main Moodle folder (directory), and your URL. What answers did you give for these questions the last time you tried to install Moodle?
RLE,
4. include_path = ".;C:\server\moodle\php\pear\" in c:\server\php\php.ini
5. Sorry, but the problem is that after starting apache, mysql and http://localhost, install.php stops with the posted error message immediately after choosing the language. I don't reach any questions for directories.
DP
4. include_path = ".;C:\server\moodle\php\pear\" in c:\server\php\php.ini
5. Sorry, but the problem is that after starting apache, mysql and http://localhost, install.php stops with the posted error message immediately after choosing the language. I don't reach any questions for directories.
DP
DP,
4. That may be the value in c:\server\php\php.ini, but I don't know at this point if that is your active php.ini file. There is a way to find out, but there is a quicker way to get the value of include_path, and that is to look in the error msg. as I specified in question #4 in my previous post.
5. Okay. This is very strange. There is a fairly common problem that happens at that point, but this isn't it. The only explanation I can think of is that c:\server\php\php.ini is not, in fact, your active php.ini file, and that in the one that is active, include_path does not include the ".;". Because that dot means the current directory, which in this case is C:\server\moodle, so that it should find setuplib.php, since you said it was in the right place.
I just thought of another reason. Maybe the permissions for C:\server\moodle\lib are such that Apache (which runs PHP) is being denied access to it.
RLE
4. That may be the value in c:\server\php\php.ini, but I don't know at this point if that is your active php.ini file. There is a way to find out, but there is a quicker way to get the value of include_path, and that is to look in the error msg. as I specified in question #4 in my previous post.
5. Okay. This is very strange. There is a fairly common problem that happens at that point, but this isn't it. The only explanation I can think of is that c:\server\php\php.ini is not, in fact, your active php.ini file, and that in the one that is active, include_path does not include the ".;". Because that dot means the current directory, which in this case is C:\server\moodle, so that it should find setuplib.php, since you said it was in the right place.
I just thought of another reason. Maybe the permissions for C:\server\moodle\lib are such that Apache (which runs PHP) is being denied access to it.
RLE