By KidByte on

I have downloaded version 5.2 tar file for Drupal. Since I do not have telnet access to my host site, I asked my host to uncompress it. It appears they did it correctly. Now, the problem is, I do not understand the documentation on how to start the "install script". Here is the exact words:

3. RUN THE INSTALL SCRIPT

The install script will set the base URL, connect Drupal to the database, and
create tables in the database.

To run the install script point your browser to the base url of your website
(i.e. http://www.example.com). You will be presented with the "Database
Configuration" page.

This does not work on my setup because if I go to my website it only shows the pre-existing index.html file. What IS the install script file name?

Kid

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cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

The installation script is install.php

However the installation will fail again in the next step if your server opens the index.html file first, instead of Drupal's index.php. So, rename your index.html to get it out of the way and then just go to http://example.com again.

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KidByte commented

KidByte

Ok, I am a newbie, but I understand that. However, while researching this problem, I found
another issue. My drupal installation is in a directory above the "public_html" directory called "drupal-5.2" and that is where the install.php file is. In other words, "http://domain.com/drupal-5.2/install.php".
My install.html file is in "http://domain.com".

What's the best way for a noob to make this change? Have the Host redirect?

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cog.rusty commented

I see. So Drupal didn't come up because it was not there. Now your options are:

1. To leave it there and access it using always http://example.com/drupal-5.2

2. To move everything from inside drupal-5.2 to your web root, so that you can access it as http://example.com (the cleanest solution). Why have your host redirect your domain to somewhere else -- you already have a web root for your domain to use.

3. To use a complicated trick to make the server access it as if it was in the web root while it is in the subdirectory. See this thread: http://drupal.org/node/144643

It seems to work fine, but it is still a complicated trick and personally I prefer to keep things clean.

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hectorplus commented

This is what i would do:
1- Download Drupal to my local couputer
2- Rename it from drupal-5.2 to "anything", something more readable
3- Upload it to your public_html folder, this is your root folder, so when people type in http://www.example.com, people will see your Drupal powered site, unless you have something already running in your root folder, then you may wan to upload it to a different folder.
4- Run the install.php file

You may also upload all these files yourself using a client FTP, such as smartFTP or FileZilla, you do not need to contact your hosting provider every time you need to untar a file.

Good luck.

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KidByte commented

KidByte
That is definitely a good idea. I was unaware that I could do a windows uncompress, ftp, and the file/directory structure would remain the same as the Unix/Linux. My domain host is SLOW at responding to help requests, so this is definitely a bonus for me!

The only reason I didn't want to shove all those Drupal files in my root directory is to try and keep it cleaner/neater; but if ya gotta, ya gotta!

Thanks again!

Kid