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I am now learning linux and just learning command and every thing my brain is empty right now trying to install virtualmin and did not work I got bunch of errors
First of all I did not even know I should install webmin or virtual min on a VPS so I first installed web min then I found Out I needed virtual min so I added virtual min as a module
then I found out the virtual min as a module is not giving me enough capability and I got some errors so I uninstalled webmin and tried to install virtual min how ever it does not work I get fatal errors How to start from scratch and make a big clean up?
Question:
I want to clean up every and every thing so that I can do a fresh start
Especially for a "linux baby" it's highly recommended to use the Virtualmin automated installer (which will get you all dependencies like Webmin and Usermin, all required modules and Linux packages) on a freshly installed Grade-A supported system. :) That gives the least trouble, and I also use that method. ;)
So the course of action would be: Have the VPS reinstalled (usually the hoster should offer an automatic function to do that in the web panel or so), and make sure you get one of the "Grade A supported systems", which are listed here: http://www.virtualmin.com/os-support
Make sure not to install any server packages like Postfix, Apache, BIND etc. Just install a basic system including SSH.
Then you download the installer script directly to your root home directory and execute it:
wget
http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh/bin/sh install.sh
The rest should run automatically. :)
Thanks a lot I tried to install it but I get this error
Hmm, unfortunately I'm not familiar with CentOS... Except for
setenforce 0 failed: 1
I can't see errors in the log. Does the installation process abort after the lines you posted?In installed first webmin did not have any issue I removed webmin and tried to install virtualmin and got this issue not sure :)
Well, as I outlined in my first post, before trying anything else, you should have the VPS reformatted with a grade-A supported system and not install any server packages etc. Then the Vmin install script should run just fine.
OH OK so you mean when I get a VPS just a OS will do I do not need apache or mysql and when I install virtualmin it will install every thing else right?
I can ask my provider to reinstall every thing when reinstalling I can ask them to just install OS or OS + apache etc... should I just ask them to give me OS?
Yepp exactly. That's what I wrote. ;) The Virtualmin installer will automatically install everything required (Virtualmin, Webmin, Usermin, Apache, BIND, MySQL, Postfix, Dovecot, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, PHP, ..., ...).
And it works best when you let the installer do that, since it knows exactly what the config files have to be and stuff.
Yes, ask the provider to just install the OS, no server packages whatsoever (except for SSH of course so that you can execute commands on the machine).