missing package php-mbstring - local psotinstall fails

[Jochen K]

Hello

I find a behaviour which is very strange.

Mahara 18.10 NEW installation ...maybe affects further versions

Ubuntu 16.04.x
Mysql

If the OS-package "php-mbstring" is missing the installation work execpt the last step.
The last step local-post-install crash.
The next step you see is the homepage itself.
There is no way to login, because there are no valid admin-information given in post-installation process.
Only error log of apache shows an error concerning mb-string.

Maybe it's possible the check the prerequistes on the beginning of the installation process

Cheers
Jochen

[Robert Lyon (robertl-9)]

Yes, I agree that any/all required packages should be checked before install script is run so this will need to be fixed up

[Mahara Bot (dev-mahara)]

Patch for "master" branch: https://reviews.mahara.org/9275

[Mahara Bot (dev-mahara)]

Reviewed: https://reviews.mahara.org/9275
Committed: https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/commit/a4bfb301047bc83c6c5b13ca18facd91f9b87878
Submitter: Cecilia Vela Gurovic (<email address hidden>)
Branch: master

commit a4bfb301047bc83c6c5b13ca18facd91f9b87878
Author: Robert Lyon <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Oct 31 07:39:21 2018 +1300

Bug 1800098: Checking for mbstring in sanity check

behatnotneeded

Change-Id: I445beffa7fc4f9fad121662e202bbc466d6c0f02
Signed-off-by: Robert Lyon <email address hidden>