Has anyone successfully installed Magento?

[sgmeunier]

I have been trying to get Magento successfully installed on Powweb to no avail. During the installation wizard I cannot get past the error where it states that pdo_mysql is missing. From what I understand from other posts this extension is not installed and cannot be installed for individual users.

I have also tried the php5-cgi workaround mentioned at http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/installing-magento-on-a-php4-server but it just seems as though php5-cgi isn't running. I also tried setting the default php version to 4 but then I just get the error that the wrong php version is installed.

We're running a bookshop so the ability to add custom item attributes is really handy. I've tried cubecart and virtuemart but they don't lend themselves as well to a bookstore as what magento does.

Has anyone had any luck installing and using Magento or any suggestions for getting the php5-cgi workaround working?

Thanks
Steven

[dmacminn]

http://www.magentocommerce.com/system-requirements
The list says it requires PDO_MySQL (which is still an Alpha level module - hence, its unavailable here) and
innoDB database type (MyISAM type is the one available on Powweb)
It also seems to required a significant amount of memory -- beyond what you will likely get in the shared environment.
I would look for a VPS account if you're serious about hosting that eCommerce infrastructure...

[YvetteKuhns]

We're running a bookshop so the ability to add custom item attributes is really handy

Did you try Zen Cart? It definitely has custom item attributes.

[sgmeunier]

Thanks for the replies. So it looks like I won't be able to get magento running on a shared account after all.

Yvette, thanks for the Zen Cart suggestion. I had considered it but I had been reading good things about magento at the time and so I never got round to installing Zen Cart. I'll give it a try now!

[YvetteKuhns]

If you need help with Zen Cart, there are plenty of tutorials and I am currently using it for a client.