2.7 wont install. wants me to clear DB tables that don’t exist

  • Resolved daviscomedy

    (@daviscomedy)


    16 years, 2 months ago

    I created a new DB (local machine, using MAMP) via phpmyadmin, AND I change the $table_prefix in the config file (b/c I always do just in case).
    I get this:

    ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’

    ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’

    I went back and changed the prefix. Still get the error. I went back and changed created another DB (different name), still get the error. I then changed both a third time, same error.

    I have other wordpress installs (older versions, and multiple installs) running via MAMP with no problem.
    The DB is new and empty. The prefixes are unique.
    Why does this error out? Any ideas?
    thanks
    -davis

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  • Davis:
    I’m having similar problum.
    Have installed multi wp’s and most worked well.
    This one worked and now doesn’t.
    I get the same error, and also a long error that says my sql db user and db password can’t install a long list of db’s.
    Seems to be a problum with my wp-config.php, but maybe not.
    Hope you get an answer soon cause it might help in my case to.
    w.

    Thread Starter daviscomedy

    (@daviscomedy)

    On my end (not sure about you, wlben) this was something simple I wasn’t thinking about until I got a 500 error trying to pull up something directly.

    I was simply doing the install, and clicking on the link in the ReadMe.html file to the wp-admin/install.php file. Which was linking and taking me to the file… when i should (per my MAMP’s settings) have been navigating myself to https://localhost:8888/SITEROOT/wp-admin.php

    Therefore the error I was quoting above was false. Not really an error, but just my browser trying to out put all of readable text within the php doc. where that was error message was at the top.
    It wasn’t running the install, b/c it was reading the file without going through the MAMP app.

    Hope that helps somebody else having a brain-fart.
    -davis

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