I am running ubuntu 16.04.4 and installed the LAMP stack as part of the install process. I have managed to get Apache2, MySql, PHP to work after quite a struggle. I want to now install Joomla onto the webserver and all I get is the word 'Error' when I try to run the setup process on the Joomla install. After looking through the required spec for Joomla is says appache2 need to have mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib. I've searched through all of the files and cant find any of these mod files. How can I get them? I've searched everywhere I can think of.
I originally installed the LAMP package on installation of the server. Took me ages to get the web server to work and then I found that PHP hadnt been installed as part of the package, which is odd as it should have been. I also tried to install SSH server so I could log in using Putty. Any time I try to install anything I get the following:-
jim@Unseen:~$ sudo apt-get -f install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-mysq
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libapache2-mod-php is already the newest version (1:7.0+35ubuntu6.1).
php-mysql is already the newest version (1:7.0+35ubuntu6.1).
The following additional packages will be installed:
libmcrypt4 php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt
Suggested packages:
libmcrypt-dev mcrypt
The following NEW packages will be installed
libmcrypt4 php php-mcrypt php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt
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E: Waited for /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true but it wasn't there
E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true
I've tried apt-get clean. I've tried the standard apt-get. I've run apt-get update. Nothing I try seems to work. Can anyone suggest anything to help me please. I am new to ubuntu and getting very frustrated with it. Thanks in advance
Edit:
I tried the fix suggested on a similar post that refers to 14.0* although my server is 16.04.4:-
sudo sh -c "echo 'DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf"
This did not work and reported that 70debconf did not exist.
Edit 2
I corrected the command string as suggested to:-
sudo sh -c "echo 'DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconf
igure --apt || true\";};' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf"
It returned a prompt with no messages so I presume it worked
I then ran the following:-
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
And returned exactly the same as before:-
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
ncurses-term openssh-sftp-server python3-requests python3-urllib3
ssh-import-id
Suggested packages:
ssh-askpass rssh molly-guard monkeysphere python3-ndg-httpsclient
python3-openssl python3-pyasn1
The following NEW packages will be installed
ncurses-term openssh-server openssh-sftp-server python3-requests
python3-urllib3 ssh-import-id
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Edit 3
A thought occurred to me after some terrific help. Before these problem started I installed Webmin as a quick way to remotely access the server from my desktop. I tried to to install Openssh-server through webmin and to my surprise it worked. So the conclusion looks like webmin has somehow interfered with the native functions on the server. I'm sure this shouldn't happen and wonder if I should report it.