elgg install, database version error
By StarClosure
Hi, I'm attempting to install elgg on Linux Mint. After failing using the installer, I've had more success with this tutorial: https://www.tecmint.com/elgg-create-social-networking-platform-in-ubuntu/ (although taking care not to put the data directory under /www/).
However, I'm now getting this error on the database installation page, "Database must be version 10.6 or above. Your server is using 5.5.5-10.6.21-MariaDB-0ubuntu0.22.04.2."
I'm clearly using version 10.6.21, so I'm guessing this 5.5.5 "prefix hack", as I've heard it called, is tripping it up. Is there any way to bypass this? Could the issue be something else?
Thanks
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You must log in to post replies.Sounds like a bug in Elgg (Ref.).
The only way is to manually make changes to ElggInstaller when checking this step.
Thank you! I changed line 1277 of ElggInstaller.php to "return true;" and this allowed the installer to continue despite the error messages. I don't know whether this will cause more issues farther along, but for now it seems to have worked.
The ElggInstaller is only used during the installation process, so this shouldn't cause any issues further down the line.