List -<br><br>I've posted a few 'Bang Head Here' notices over the past few weeks as I continue to test drive Centos 6.2 installations on a KVM (virtualized) platform.<br>Lots of lessons learned so far, with no real setbacks (just remove a KVM instance and start over). I'd like some feedback on a few generalized observations<br>
given here -<br><br>1. <a href="http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/20379/centos-6-default-installation-options">A Good Description of the Base Packages installation software is given here</a>.<br><br>2. My current objective is to install a <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Network_Admin">WordPress Server (Network Administration/Multisite platform) </a>that allows for multiple WordPress websites to be tested.<br>
<br>3. My 'minimum requirements' include a Desktop/GUI interface, basic LAMP functionality. This seems simple (it is not!)<br><br>4. The most 'successful' test I've run is with a LiveCD ISO which gives a scaled down version of what I'm looking for.<br>
<br>5. Multiple attempts with the 'Base Package' install have drained the ExCedrin Bottle. If I choose to 'Install Desktop' then the GUI works fine. Repeated<br> attempts to 'yum install mysql mysql-server, php-mysql' or variations (add SW packages from Admin Tools) invariably lead to #$%^& like<br>
'Denied access to 'root' (or '')@ 'localhost'. Countless web postings with step-by-step instructions on 'MySql' install are mind-numbing and ineffective.<br> Advice like 'run mysqladmin.....' fail because the privileges aren't set right at installation. Running 'mysqld-safe with --skip-grant-tables' is not a solution, etc.<br>
<br>6. Yesterday, I tried a different route --> Install Database Server. This yielded a functioning MySql environment. Simple attempts to install the GUI like<br> 'yum groupinstall Desktop' or 'yum groupinstall X11' failed repeatedly.<br>
<br>7. My HW/SW vendor swears by a 'Install Minimum' base image and adding all required SW thru the Admin menus.<br><br>Flame off. Advice welcome.<br><br>Tim<br><br><br>