Downloaded and unpacked installation files. Upon trying to do a fresh install (not upgrade) of Drupal 6.3 and upon getting to the requirements page of the Drupal Installation I receive an error that there is no settings.php file. I checked the sites/default directory and indeed there is only the default.settings.php.

I tried changing the file to settings.php and indeed I was then able to get to the next step, database setup, but then it kicked out its own errors looking for default.settings.php. I then tried making a copy of settings.php and renaming it to default.settings.php and I was able to successfully install.

Further details, including full error text listed here: http://drupal.org/node/281155#comment-916677

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asimmonds CreditAttribution: asimmonds commented

Do not rename default.settings.php, the Drupal installer still requires the default.settings.php file to install. Either copy default.settings.php to settings.php or create a empty settings.php.

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asimmonds CreditAttribution: asimmonds commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

This lack of detailed instructions is being followed up in http://drupal.org/node/225880

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coderintherye CreditAttribution: coderintherye commented

thanks