Title: Activating bbPress
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Activating bbPress

 *  [tonyhir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tonyhir/)
 * (@tonyhir)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-bbpress/)
 * I downloaded and installed bbPress, but when I tried to activate it I got this
   error message:-
 * “You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your
   MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘TYPE=MyISAM’ at line 9
   on line: 1471”
 * After consulting my host, who suggested reading [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-2?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-activate-plugin-2?replies=6),
   I tried deactivating bbPress and WordPress Automatic Upgrade; but they seem to
   be still active. On attempting to delete bbPress with a view to reinstalling 
   it, a message appears at the top of the Dashboard:-
 * “You cannot delete a plugin while it is active on the main site.”
 * Suggestions please. The site is [http://www.greenfriends.org.uk](http://www.greenfriends.org.uk),
   using WP v.3.8; but there is nothing of bbPress to see there until I can successfully
   activate it and Forums show up on the Dashboard.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activating-bbpress/)
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