Title: First time install, but…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# First time install, but…

 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-install-but/)
 * For some reason, when I first try to install wordpress, I get this message:
    
   create one before moving on.”); require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require(‘upgrade-
   functions.php’); $step = $HTTP_GET_VARS[‘step’]; if (!$step) $step = 0; ?> WordPresshide_errors();
   $installed = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT * FROM $tableusers”); if ($installed)
   die(‘ You appear to already have WordPress installed. If you would like to reinstall
   please clear your old database files first. ‘); $wpdb->show_errors(); switch(
   $step) { case 0: ?> So I clear my old databases and even reinstall MySQL, but
   still no go. I’m stumped. Can anyone please help me out?

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 *  [Hamoudy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamoudy/)
 * (@hamoudy)
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-time-install-but/#post-33352)
 * Hey
    Is this a fresh install or not? cause you mentioned that you cleared your
   OLD database. Anyhow, if you didn’t have a previous version of WP, Then the way
   I did it is: Rename the file that comes with WP called config.example.php into
   config.php and enter the needed information. Then follow the instructions given
   in the WP readme file. if you did have a version of WP then First you should 
   do Backup. For your databases and files then run upgrade from ur server. Hope
   this helps !

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