Cacti's prerequisites
Cacti has some prerequisites. You need to install these packages before installing Cacti:
RRDTool1.0.49 or higher.
NET-SNMP.
MySQL4.1.x or higher.
PHP 4.3.6 or higher.
Apache/IIS or any other web server.
We will also need to install some other packages for support. Although you can choose to use Apache, IIS, or any other web server, in this book, we will be using Apache2. If you are going to install some other web server, please follow the manual/handbook for that web server.
Installing Cacti prerequisites
The following are methods to install the software required by Cacti to function:
Apache
Open a shell and log-in as root or change to super user (su or sudo s).
$ su
This command will ask you for a root password. Suppose our root password is debianserver, type it, and remember that the characters will not be shown on screen.
Now, we are going to install Apache. Type this command on the same terminal:
$ apt-get install apache2
This will install Apache2 with all its...
