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1. rabson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Howdy smart people,

   I've perhaps achieved a new record in being unable to '5 minute install' WordPress locally, with it taking around 5 hours so far...

   I have MAMP installed and configured as per instructions, however I can't run 'wp-admin/install.php'. I have placed all WordPress files within my MAMP document root folder: '/Users/admin/Documents/sites/wordpress'.

   After attempting every sensible combination in my browser I can think of (see below) to no avail I have turned to your wisdom.

   http://localhost:8888/Users/admin/Documents/sites/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
   or
   http://localhost:8888/michaels-imac.local/Users/admin/Documents/sites/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
   or
   http://michaels-imac.local/Users/admin/Documents/sites/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
   etc

   What am I doing wrong?

   Once you've stopped laughing at my noob lack of knowledge I'd greatly appreciate some help.

   Thanks in advance for helping little ol' me.

2. ommunist
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Have you tried to install under MAMP htdocs directory? Than just http://localhost:mamp apache port]/yourwordpressdirectory

3. idanc
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   If MAMP is like any other stack, MAMP will have a directory where your WordPress install needs to reside.

   An easy easy to visualize this, is assuming the MAMP 'web folder' is /Users/yourname/MAMP/html/:

   http://localhost:8888 == /Users/yourname/MAMP/html/

   http://localhost:8888/hello.html == /Users/yourname/MAMP/html/hello.html

   http://localhost:8888/Users/admin/Documents/ == /Users/yourname/MAMP/html/Users/admin/Documents

   NOTE: the path I chose '/Users/yourname/MAMP/html/' is just a guess, this is NOT where MAMP is actually located

   Hope this clarifies things.

4. rabson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thanks for your speedy responses. Only getting a chance to try to resolve this now. The Apache port within MAMP preferences allows you to define a document root (which I had defined previously). I have redefined this as the htdocs folder '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs'.

   Sooooo, I've attempted the following in my browser:
   • http://localhost:8888/Users/admin/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wp-admin/install.php
   • http://localhost:8888/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wp-admin/install.php
   • http://localhost:8888/michaels-imac.local/Users/admin/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wp-admin/install.php
   • http://localhost:8888/michaels-imac.local/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wp-admin/install.php

   Don't know what else to try!

   Thanks again for helping...

5. rabson
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Figured it out for anybody out there having the same problems as me.

   Turns out I was being quite silly and my directory path was incorrect. Check out this walk-through set-up tutorial here:

   http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/installing-wordpress-locally

   Good luck!

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