by Gary Lebowitz.
Many thanks. That tip saves me all sorts of work, I suppose. MySQL and PHP were what came down when I did my semi-automated install via Plesk 11. May I assume that there's nothing that can be done to fix this? I should point out that I do have access via SSH to and total control over my server and can work from the command line, But I should point out that my current 2.4.3 version of Moodle, for one site, and 2.5.2 for another are both mission critical. Perhaps I could create an entirely new directory and work exclusively from the command line to get the right MySQL and PHP and Moodle 2.7s and experiment in a safe part of the server with a fresh install?