Word Press Installer won’t start:

  • Resolved metiqolman

    (@metiqolman)


    15 years ago

    Installing on a Macbook with OS X 10.5
    Installed MAMP. Seems to be working fine.

    I’ve run thru all the tutorials and have made sure I followed all the steps carefully.
    When I try to go to my local host and run the Word Press installer I get a 404 file not found error referencing the install.php file (which does exist and the path seems correct)

    Looking at the Apache log file I see the following: (thought I’d include it just incase someone would want it) There’s also a MYSQL log file I could include if someone needs the info to help me thru this.

    Tue Nov 17 12:14:25 2009] [notice] Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) PHP/5.2.11 DAV/2 configured — resuming normal operations
    [Tue Nov 17 12:14:32 2009] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /Applications/MAMP/bin/mamp/wordpress
    [Tue Nov 17 12:14:33 2009] [error] [client ::1] File does not exist: /Applications/MAMP/bin/mamp/wordpress
    [Tue Nov 17 12:14:53 2009] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
    [Tue Nov 17 12:14:54 2009] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication …
    [Tue Nov 17 12:14:54 2009] [notice] Digest: done
    [Tue Nov 17 12:14:54 2009] [notice] Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) PHP/5.2.11 DAV/2 configured — resuming normal operations

    Can anyone help me over this hump?

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  • shonnalemke

    (@shonnalemke)

    Just found a new and slightly different tutorial. Going to start over:
    https://tinyurl.com/odasnd

    Thread Starter metiqolman

    (@metiqolman)

    I think I might to… my only question is where do I start over from?
    Do i just delete the folders with MAMP and WordPress and start from scratch?

    shonnalemke

    (@shonnalemke)

    Eureka!

    Ok, so it just worked for me. Before, I was trying to do the install into the “htdocs” folder within MAMP. But, in the tutorial I posted above: https://tinyurl.com/odasnd he has you putting the wordpress files in your “sites” folder, as well as setting some parameters within the Apache preferences tab of MAMP.

    I did not even have to reinstall everything, just follow the steps that look new in the above tutorial.

    Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

    Shonna

    shonnalemke

    (@shonnalemke)

    Oh, and also, my local host was the 8888, not the 8889 I was using originally. Double check that in both places.

    Thread Starter metiqolman

    (@metiqolman)

    Well… shonnalemke…
    I don’t know what to say… but THANKS!
    I followed the instructions in your link and mine is finally working…
    The ONLY thing thats different is the step where he states “test if it is working by opening your browser and going to https://localhost:8888/ You should see the contents of your ~/Sites “
    I was always putting in https://localhost:8888/~username/’wordpress folder name’/wp-admin/install.php

    This time I just put in https://localhost:8888/ and it found the install.php and started the dialogue.
    Now I just hope it keeps running. ??
    Thanks for everyones help!
    Greg

    Mark Ratledge

    (@songdogtech)

    Glad you got it to work. “Sites” is the default directory for apache with OS X, while port 8888 must be unique to the MAMP installer, as that port doesn’t work with mine non-MAMP setup.

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