D6 beta-1 only properly installs in root directory on XAMPP but not in a subdirectory
| Project: | Drupal |
| Version: | 6.0-beta1 |
| Component: | install system |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
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I have posted a question about this here: http://drupal.org/drupal-6.0-beta1#comment-277838
I have only tested Drupal 6 beta-1 on XAMPP on Windows, so I can't speak for other environments, but it seems that beta-1 will not properly install in a subdirectory, only in the root directory of XAMPP.
Here's a copy of the comment linked above:
I just made a fresh XAMPP install (1.6.3a on Windows).
Created 2 DBs with PHPmyadmin (d5 and d6) and copied Drupal 5.2 in directory "localhost/d5" and Drupal 6 in "localhost/d6".
I ran the install script for Drupal 5, everything went well, Drupal 5 installed and functioned correctly.
I ran the install script for Drupal 6, it installed fine, then showed me the "Welcome to your new Drupal website" page... and then, every link I click on that page redirects me back to the root of localhost.
If I hover over the link, it shows up correctly as, for example, "http://localhost/d6/admin" but if I click that link, it just sends me to "http://localhost/xampp"
I deleted the DB, deleted all files in /d6 and redid the whole install. Same problem.
I went into sites/default/settings.php and changed the base_url, same problem.
I installed Drupal 6 beta-1 in the root... problem solved.
#1
Did you modify the RewriteBase in .htaccess ?
#2
This turns out to be an Apache (or rather XAMPP) issue. You need to enable mod_rewrite in httpd.conf since it is not enabled by default. This solution was suggested in the forum, in this comment: http://drupal.org/drupal-6.0-beta1#comment-280463 . I haven't been able to respond to it because this thread is now closed.
Also, interestingly, Drupal 6 (beta-1 and beta-2) indicate that support for clean URLs is detected, even though mod_rewrite is not enabled in httpd.conf.