| install.php problem at step 1 [message #1166] |
Fri, 22 March 2002 20:47  |
chadpengar
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Hi All. I am attempting to install this for the first time, to give it a spin. I downloaded the forum_v1.2.3.tar.gz file from the latest stable. I then unpacked it and got:
hostname# ls
COPYING CVS README install.php install_data
hostname# pwd
/space/kits/forum_install
hostname#
I copied the install.php into my web server /forums/ directory and called up the install.php page in my browser. (Webserver is caudium on freebsd with PHP 4.1.2). The install step 1 asks for the directory where I unpacked everything. I put in " /space/kits/forum_install" which is the directory you can see in the "pwd" above. I click the "next" button and the install.php comes back with
"The directory you've specified does not appear to be the directory where forum sources were decompressed to."
But it is. I even did a copy and paste from a terminal window into my browser to make sure there were no typos.
I cd into that directory and look around and don't see lots of PHP code. I see some sql and some .inc files and stuff, that is it.
What did I do wrong?
Thanks
Chad
www.shire.net
www.handloaders.com -- under construction
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| Re: install.php problem at step 1 [message #1168 is a reply to message #1166] |
Fri, 22 March 2002 21:46  |
Olliver
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Hello,
this seems to be a problem with the missing slash at the end of the directory's name. If u try it again like this:
/space/kits/forum_install/
then it should work.
bye
Ken
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| Re: install.php problem at step 1 [message #1174 is a reply to message #1168] |
Sat, 23 March 2002 00:05 |
chadpengar
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| Ken Kizaki wrote on Fri, 22 March 2002 4:46 PM |
Hello,
this seems to be a problem with the missing slash at the end of the directory's name. If u try it again like this:
/space/kits/forum_install/
then it should work.
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Hi Ken (and other respondents with similar answers)
Unfortunately, that does not work. I was putting the trailing slash in when I was actually trying it, though I may have neglected it in my post.
Thanks
Chad
ps: like your Kenshin pic
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www.handloaders.com -- under construction
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