Title: Difficulty installing WP
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Difficulty installing WP

 *  [almightydung](https://wordpress.org/support/users/almightydung/)
 * (@almightydung)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-installing-wp/)
 * I am getting an error when trying to run the install script saying it cannot 
   connect to the databse. I know all the info in the wpconfig file is correct but
   it still won’t fix. is there anything to help this?

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-installing-wp/#post-233060)
 * Probably because the database and user have not been clearly connected. If you
   use cpanel / vdeck or plesk, there is help here:
    [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress)
 *  [stchatterbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stchatterbox/)
 * (@stchatterbox)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-installing-wp/#post-233075)
 * Did you grant all the permissions for your SQL Database?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [stchatterbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stchatterbox/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difficulty-installing-wp/#post-233075)
 * Status: not resolved

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