Title: Can’t access install.php (404 error)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Can’t access install.php (404 error)

 *  [oscarpp80](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarpp80/)
 * (@oscarpp80)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-installphp-404-error/)
 * Hi!
    I’m completely new to WordPress and I’m trying to install it locally first
   on my Ubuntu system before moving it to my webhost. I’ve been reading through
   the installation instructions provided on the wordpress.org site, but when I 
   get to the 5th step (Run the Install Script) I got stuck since I get a ‘404 Not
   found’ error when I try to access [http://localhost/wp-admin/install.php](http://localhost/wp-admin/install.php).
   If I put a test html file in my /var/www folder I can see it ok, so I know it’s
   probably not and Apache problem… what can I be doing wrong here? I’ve been looking
   at the docs and can’t find anything related. I’m now getting to the point of 
   despair and don’t really know what else to try.. any help will be greatly appreciated.
   Thanks.

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 *  [moronic_kaos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moronic_kaos/)
 * (@moronic_kaos)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-installphp-404-error/#post-1392386)
 * Did you try a test .php file? Just something real basic to see if your PHP interpreter
   is functioning properly?

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-installphp-404-error/#post-1392386)
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