Having trouble installing WordPress – need help ASAP

  • Fletch032

    (@fletch032)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hi all

    I’m having trouble trying to install wordpress 3.8.1 and was wondering if anyone can help me out as I’m behind in my studies for LAMP and really need to get ahead as soon as possible whilst I have the time available.

    I can get as far as to the installation via browser page, but when I enter my IP address/wordpress to try and install wordpress, I keep getting the error ‘cannot write to the wp-config.php file’ and to check the details entered into the required fields, which I have done by going over the config file and making sure all details match.

    Anyone know how to resolve?

    I’m using Windows 7 x64 but running a Suse 11 virtual machine in virtual box. I’m also using WinSCP to transfer the file across via FTP. Tried in Chrome and IE on my local machine but both produce the same result/error.

    If you need further info or screenshots let me know.

    Thanks

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  • Mobapper

    (@mobapper)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    The problem might be the permission set for the file. If you can access the file through terminal then you can try the command “chmod 755 wp-config.php” . If it is not working then you can try changing the file owner to apache by running command “chown apache:apache wp-config.php”. If both doesn’t work you can mannually write the configuation to the wp-config.php and reload the page.

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