Behold! The latest roadblock in trying to get my homework done...I think. Is it really stopping me? I don't know. When it comes to installing things or even doing complex things on my computers, nothing ever goes well or simply. What the hell is Bitnami anyway?
The trouble started when I tried to install WAMP on my computer Sunday. I thought it was would be too simple to just go to some website, download the program and have it install with no problems. After all, my grade depended on it. Boy, was I right! The program couldn't start because of a missing MSVCR110.dll file. No, Visual C++ Redistributable package I could install or repair fixed the problem. I even uninstalled and reinstalled WAMP to no avail.
Thankfully, I saw Justin Larsen's tweet to Dr. Gibbs requesting to use XAMPP. It's turning out to be my last, very desperate resort. The site recommended that I install something called Bitnami. I don't know exactly why, but I think it's for WordPress, which I'm clearly not using. Anyway, it asked me for an existing MySQL password for XAMPP as if it came in an unmarked envelope in my mail today. The web isn't yielding much information about where to find it. If I can go on without it, I will.
Since I've been engaged in blog therapy over this, XAMPP has finished installing and launched a control panel. I'm not quite sure what to do with it yet, but it's past my bedtime, and quite frankly, I think I'm too sleepy to find out tonight. Maybe I'll figure something out soon or get a little help with it. In the meantime, keep your fingers crossed for me. *sigh*
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