Trouble Installing Alfresco On SUSE 11

[ronca_lapor]

Hello everyone!

I am trying to install Alfresco onto my SUSE linux server enterprise; but i am having difficulties

as you guys know; JavaDK and MySQL is a pre-requisite to install Alfresco.
I was following the installation guide for linux

I managed to get JDK working, but when it comes to mysql, my software manager says it is already installed.
that seems fine; however i was never asked to configure it.
if i enter

zypper search mysql ‍

i get an output like this:

S | Name                         | Summary                          | Type      –+——————————+———————————-+———–i | MySQL-client-community       | MySQL - Client                   | package     | bytefx-data-mysql            | Database connectivity for Mono   | package     | courier-authlib-mysql        | MySQL support for the Courier -> | package     | dovecot12-backend-mysql      | MySQL support for Dovecot        | package     | libapr-util1-dbd-mysql       | DBD driver for MySQL             | package     | libgda-3_0-mysql             | MySQL Provider for GNU Data Ac-> | package     | libgda-4_0-mysql             | MySQL Provider for GNU Data Ac-> | package     | libmysqlclient-devel         | MySQL Development Header Files-> | package     | libmysqlclient15             | MySQL Shared Libraries           | package     | libmysqlclient16             | MySQL Shared Libraries           | package   i | libmysqlclient_r15           | MySQL Shared Libraries           | package   i | libmysqlclient_r16           | MySQL Shared Libraries           | package     | libmysqlcppconn-devel        | Development files for MySQL Co-> | package     | libmysqlcppconn1             | MySQL Connector/C++: Standardi-> | package     | libmysqld-devel              | MySQL embedded server developm-> | package   i | libqt4-sql-mysql             | Qt 4 MySQL support               | package     | lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost     | MySQL based virtual hosts (vho-> | package     | mysql                        | A True Multiuser, Multithreade-> | package     | mysql                        | A True Multiuser, Multithreade-> | srcpackage  | mysql-Max                    | MySQL - Server with Berkeley DB  | package     | mysql-administrator          | A MySQL Server Management, Con-> | package     | mysql-bench                  | MySQL - Benchmarks               | package     | mysql-client                 | MySQL Client                     | package     | mysql-connector-java         | Official JDBC Driver for MySQL   | package     | mysql-connector-java-javadoc | Official JDBC Driver for MySQL   | package     | mysql-connector-java-manual  | Official JDBC Driver for MySQL   | package     | mysql-debug                  | MySQL server with debug option-> | package     | mysql-gui-tools              | Common Files for MySQL GUI Tools | package     | mysql-ndb-extra              | MySQL - ndbcluster storage eng-> | package     | mysql-ndb-management         | MySQL - ndbcluster storage eng-> | package     | mysql-ndb-storage            | MySQL - ndbcluster storage eng-> | package     | mysql-ndb-tools              | MySQL - ndbcluster storage eng-> | package     | mysql-query-browser          | A Graphical MySQL Query Shell    | package     | mysql-test                   | MySQL testsuite                  | package     | mysql-tools                  | MySQL tools                      | package     | mysql-workbench              | A MySQL visual modeling tool     | package     | pdns-backend-mysql           | MySQL backend for pdns           | package     | perl-DBD-mysql               | Interface to the MySQL database  | package     | perl-DBD-mysql               | Interface to the MySQL database  | srcpackage  | php5-mysql                   | PHP5 Extension Module            | package     | postfix-mysql                | Postfix plugin to support MySQ-> | package     | python-mysql                 | An Interface to the Popular My-> | package     | python-mysql                 | An Interface to the Popular My-> | srcpackage  | qt3-mysql                    | MySQL Plug-In for Qt             | package     | rsyslog-module-mysql         | MySQL support module for rsyslog | package     | ruby-mysql                   | MySQL bindings for Ruby          | package     | ulogd-mysql                  | MySQL output plugin for ulogd    | package   ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

and when i try installing the first package

zypper install MySQL-client-community‍

I get a messege saying that it is already installed.

Loading repository data…Reading installed packages…'MySQL-client-community' is already installed.Resolving package dependencies…Nothing to do.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

also worth pointing out that i cannot start/stop mysql

sudo service mysql [start|stop|restart|status]‍

output

service: no such service mysql‍

have I got the wrong package? should I be using another repository, i got the ones from the openSUSE website
because unlike in the alfresco guide for linux users, so far i have not been asked to configure mysql

what really bugs me is that i've had alfresco running on a ubuntu server no problem, but when it comes to SUSE, YaST is there just to tell me what i cannot do.

any help will be apreciated…

[kbonnet]

The first package you're trying to install is the client, which is already installed. You need the server. You might want to uninstall the client package and install the server and the client with the correct versions. After installing the mysql-server package you can start and stop it. The client is not a daemon.

Good luck!

[ronca_lapor]

kbonnet thanks so much, it worked wonders