[GRLUG] apache and mysql run at startup

[Michael Mol]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Eric Beversluis
<ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> (Running Ubuntu 11.04 with classic Gnome desktop.)
>
> I've installed Ubuntu versions of apache and mysql on 11.04. But they
> won't run at startup. I've tried re-installing a couple of times, but
> that didn't help.
>
> Stuff I've looked at seems to suggest that the Ubuntu installations are
> supposed to be set to run at startup.
>
> According to what I saw at help.ubuntu.com, there's also supposed to be,
> in the main menu, a "System->Administration->Services" item for
> congfiguring services, but it's missing from mine.
>
> The same page suggests two commands for enabling a service at boot, but
> neither works for me:
>
>   eric at x120e:~$ sudo sysv-rc-conf apache on
>   [sudo] password for eric:
>   sudo: sysv-rc-conf: command not found
>   eric at x120e:~$ update-rc.d apache defaults
>   update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/apache: file does not exist
>   eric at x120e:~$ update-rc.d apache2 defaults
>   System start/stop links for /etc/init.d/apache2 already exist.
>   Died at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 57.
>
> Do I have to go in and manually change a config file somewhere to get
> apache (and also mysql) to run as services (i.e., start up automatically
> when the computer boots)?
>
> There seem to be different and confusing instructions on line as to how
> to do this.
>
> Thanks.


Two things to check:

/usr/share/doc/$packagename/README.Debian

/etc/default/

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