By malexandria on
This is beyond ridiculous it shouldn't give me this big of a freaking headache to get Drupal to install!!! I've installed a million different apps (Wordpress, Joomla, Xoops, PHPNuke, Wikis, etc) locally on my mamp installation with NO issues. Drupal I can't even get it to recognize the mysql database no matter what I do - it's f'ing RIDICULOUS!
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why post more than one forum thread over the same issue: see: http://drupal.org/node/680666 which is a duplicate where others have already tried engaging you for more information.
you've been asked for error messages and have not supplied for deeper debugging by those interested in helping you.
screenshots can be uploaded to photosharing service and linked to drupal.org.
until someone gets an exact error message from you, no idea what you expect others to do beyond guess at what the issue is.
also of note: http://drupal.org/forum-posting
considering the drupal is working for thousands of sites, including acquia drupal the likelyhood is that the issue is a pebac or specific to your environment.
he is right you know
Of course unless one gets an error message people here cannot help you.I am also a novice when it comes to content management systems or even web designing but i have been able to install drupal many times painelessly on xammp.Please let us know the error message exactly!
No Error Message is part of the Problem
Part of the problem is, it's not giving error messages, it's just stuck in this endless stupid loop.
what are you using exactly
please what operating system are you using exactly and are you using xammp or wamp?
Windows and Mac Xamp and Wamp
I tried installing it on both a Windows and Mac machine using Windows and Xamp and get the same errors. I'm either going to completely give up on Drupal and just use WordPress or install it on my live server using Fantastico and be done with it. As it stands, I'm tired of beating my head against a wall to get the darn thing to install locally.
Please check tis link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpfOMUvLHLk&feature=related
i hope it works
Drupal 7 Installs on Map
Drupal 7 Alpha installs perfectly fine. So there's something weird going on with Drupal 6 and I've tried deleting the files and redoing it
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I just installed 6.15 3 times between last night and this morning in three different environments. All 3 work perferctly well.
Are you using PHP 5.3 by chance?
http://drupal.org/requirements
PHP 5
I'm using whatever the default PHP installation is on Mamp - which is PHP5 . I think the issue is the Installation is looking for a Mysqli database and doesn't give me the option of installing into Mysql. Where in Drupal 7 the default supported dbs are Mysql, Msyqli and Postgre.
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PHP5 point what though?
what version of MySQL 5 point what?
Hard to research and set up a similar environment without knowing exactly what versions are in use.
Don't know the PHP version
I'm currently testing this on my Mac using whatever the current Mamp version is. Here's how I know i have the correct settings - when I have the correct login information and my privileges set properly = I just get this annoying loop where the page loads and then keep prompting me to enter the database settings into the form field with no error messages. When I delete all the permissions and then click enter I get the following permissions. Failed to connect to your MySQL database server. MySQL reports the following message: Access denied for user 'drupal8'@'localhost' (using password: YES).
* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct database hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running?
For more help, see the Installation and upgrading handbook. If you are unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your hosting provider. I also tried duplicating the steps in the YouTube video link above and still no joy. I'm going to try this in Xamp on my PC Laptop later, but it's driving me crazy that I can't get this thing installed!
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without the versions #'s to do some research I can't help. I don't use a Mac to use Mamp.
I'm curious if PHP 5.3 is in use and that there may be an issue there. I don't use PHP 5.3 yet.
SUCCESS!! I feel So Accomplished :)
I just got it to work! What I did was created a brand new folder, re-downloaded the installation files and tried everything again from scratch. This time it worked. My default settings files must have got corrupted during one of my early failed attempts.