Unable to connect to ZM db.could not find driver [Debian buster]

[fromillo]

Hello,

i've tried to install zoneminder on ubuntu buster

It seems to be installed, but after some updates (of debian) i have this message when i try to connecto to it:

Unable to connect to ZM db.could not find driver

Do you have any idea?
Thank you very much

[bbunge]

What install instructions did you use?
And, Buster is a Debian distro. Ubuntu is not. Maybe you should give us more info about your hardware and double check which version of Linux you use.

Edit:
This may be your problem: viewtopic.php?f=40&t=29774
You may have two copies of PHP or some parts of an old version left.

[fromillo]

Yes, you're right.

I'm using Debian (i dont know why i wrote ubuntu ) buster

I don't remeber since i'm using zoneminder from some years, and i upgrade Debian after some months every releases came out.

I follow your link. Ok maybe i've more php installed, but i've no idea how to solve. In that post they didn't write how they solved.

Thank you and best regards

[burger]

If you are using apache, it's handled by an apache command.

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a2enmod 
or 
a2dismod.

Disable the old php (e.g. a2dismod php7.0)
and enable the new one. You can find version numbers in /etc/php.

[fromillo]

Thank you everyone.

Searching the forum, and with your comments and suggestions, i fixed the problem.

I write how to fix it (on my debian buster).

I simply removed apache, sql (mariadb) and zoneminder with purge options in apt.

Then i re-installed them with apt install

Now it works, maybe something didn't worked properly during updates.

Thank you very much