Title: Error: Already Installed
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Error: Already Installed

 *  [mkstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkstudios/)
 * (@mkstudios)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-already-installed-2/)
 * After selecting /wp-admin/install.php I get this error message:
 * hide_errors(); $installed = $wpdb->get_results(”SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users”);
   if ($installed) die(’
    ‘.__(’Already Installed’).’ ‘.__(’You appear to have already
   installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’‘);
   $wpdb->show_errors(); switch($step) { case 0: ?> ReadMe documentation at your
   leisure.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>
 * But, no previous version has been installed. I have deleted the database and 
   recreated it. I also tried to create a database with a different name and update
   that in wp-config.php. I also tried downloading a fresh copy of MAMP and WordPress
   and I still get the same error.
 * I’m running the site locally using MAMP and am at a loss. Thanks for any help.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-already-installed-2/#post-457583)
 * 1. We don’t really support self-appointed hosts to learn how set up a server.
   
   2. If you see all that “garbage” – PHP is not running on your server.
 *  [mizar5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mizar5/)
 * (@mizar5)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-already-installed-2/#post-457967)
 * sorry, whatever was wrong seems fixed again.

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 * [MAMP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mamp/)

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 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [mizar5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mizar5/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-already-installed-2/#post-457967)
 * Status: not resolved

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