I've spent some time going through and getting the installation process for WAMP. It was quite a simple process, provided a few manual tasks were carried out. Anyway, here's what I had to do to install matrix using WAMP5 and the latest build of the installer (updated to include a few new checks, and to set a time limit when doing the database population process) and latest version of Matrix.
1 Setting up WAMP5
- Go to http://www.wampserver.com and get the latest version of WAMP5.
Additionally, you’ll need to get the
http://www.wampserver.com
(wamp5 is, as you might have guessed, for PHP5 by default).
- Install WAMP5 to its default (C:\wamp) location. Then install the PHP4
addon over the top.
- Make sure the default installation is working by going to http://www.wampserver.com.
If it is, go to the WAMP5 manager (a little speedo icon on your system tray)
and choose the “Switch to PHP4” option; it’ll restart apache for you after
finishing.
2 Setting up PEAR
Start a command prompt (Start->Run-> cmd) and change to your c:\wamp\php4
directory.
- run the pear installer go-pear . If you stuff up, you can run go-pear again
over the top to reinitialise your pear setup.
- When I installed, I had to select the directory for my PHP executable. If
you've previously installed pear or another instance of PHP, you want to
change this when given the option
- Installation prefix : C:\wamp\php4
- Binaries directory : $prefix
- PHP code directory ($php_dir) : $prefix\pear
- Documentation base directory : $php_dir\docs
- Data base directory : $php_dir\data
- Tests base directory : $php_dir\tests
- php.exe path :
Hit 7 when prompted, and use the selector to choose the C:\wamp\php4\cli
directory (NOT the php.exe file, you'll get an error if you do).
- Installation prefix : C:\wamp\php4
- After this has completed, run the PEAR_ENV.reg file that was created in your
C:\wamp\php4 directory to set up some environment
variables. You'll need to close and restart your command prompt for these to
take effect.
- You'll need to upgrade and install some new pear packages
pear upgrade DB Net_Socket
pear install Net_URL HTTP_Request Cache HTTP_Client Mail_Mime XML_HTMLSax
3 Update your php.ini file
In the WAMP5 manager, go to the "Config Files" -> php.ini option. This will
open the php.ini file in notepad to be edited. You'll need to change the
following:
- include_path = ".;C:\wamp\php4\PEAR"
- remove the comment (
from the line
;extension=php_gd2.dll
to enable GD
You’ll then need to restart apache using the WAMP5 manager.
4 Create a database
Go to http://www.wampserver.com and follow the link to phpMyAdmin in the Tools section.
Create a new database called matrix
5 Installing Matrix
- include_path = ".;C:\wamp\php4\PEAR"
- Extract the matrix archive to C:\, so you now have a directory
mysource_matrix_3-2-0
-Extract the matrix_installer archive to C:\wamp\www so you now have a directory
c:\wamp\www\mysource_matrix_installer
- Go to http://www.wampserver.com, follow link to installer at bottom of page in the
Your Projects section.
Follow the prompts and fill in the appropriate details. When prompted for a system root url, use localhost/matrix.
When prompted for
database details, use “localhost” for the hostname, “root” as the username,
leave the password blank, and use the database name you created above (matrix)
When you get to the final screen, DON’T click the login link just yet…
do the step below first.
6 Aliasing to Matrix
Edit the apache configuration (httpd.conf) from the WAMP manager
Add aliases at the bottom of the file as follows
[quote] Alias “/matrix/__data” “C:/mysource_matrix_3-2-0/data/public”
Alias “/matrix/__lib” “C:/mysource_matrix_3-2-0/core/lib”
Alias “/matrix/__fudge” “C:/mysource_matrix_3-2-0/fudge”
Alias “/matrix” “C:/mysource_matrix_3-2-0/core/web/index.php”[/quote]
Restart Apache
Now you should be fine to login to the backend through http://www.wampserver.com
