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What is “pdo_mysql extension is not installed”?
There are two possible scenarios when this error happens:
Scenario 1: When you install Magento 2, after Readiness Check, you will come to the step Add a Database. The message “pdo_mysql extension is not installed” appears on a red line.
Scenario 2: When you run the command php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy from command line. The message shows:
Why does this happen?
In PHP, there’s a module named php-mysql, which is very important to any PHP servers using mysql to be its database.
PHP needs this file to connect with mysql database. When this error occurs, it is likely that this module have not been installed or have been disabled.
How to solve it?
The module may be disabled. Run this command to enable it:
sudo phpenmod pdo_mysql
If the above method doesn’t work, then this module have not been installed.
In this case, install the module from your server’s command line (with sudo) (*):
sudo apt-get install php7.0-mysql
Note: In this guide we use PHP version 7.0. If you are using a different PHP version, please adjust the command line accordingly.
Update: There’s been a recent feedback about the following error when following our tutorial:
Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend)
We’d like to note that this is most commonly an issue with running process(es) in the background. In order to list any process that is accessing the file, run:
sudo lsof /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend
and use sudo kill to kill process_id:
sudo kill -9 process_id
After which, remove and reconfigure the dpkg frontend lock:
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend sudo dpkg --configure -a
And lastly, run the update command and see if the issue is resolved for you:
sudo apt update
