Title: Installation HELL!!!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation HELL!!!

 *  [pforkes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pforkes/)
 * (@pforkes)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/)
 * I am trying to install WordPress 3.03 on my iMac running Snow Leopard 10.6.5 
   and Safari 5.03 and I have read the readme file. And I’ve read it again, and 
   I’ve read it again.
 * I created a page called test.php, with the following code:
 * <?php phpinfo(); ?>
 * and I saved it in Macintosh HD:Library:WebServer:Documents.
 * When I type [http://localhost/test.php](http://localhost/test.php) into Safari
   5.03 I see that “PHP Version 5.5.3” is running and see all the details about 
   it.
 * I downloaded Word Press 3.03 and when I run wp-admin/install.php it defaults 
   to opening in DreamWeaver CS4 and I see the following:
 * “Error: PHP is not running
 * WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not 
   have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.”
 * If I use Safari 5.05 to open wp-admin/install.php I just see raw php code.
 * How on Earth do I get Word Press to run? I am absolutely bewildered by all of
   this. What is the magic that will get it to work?????

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 *  Thread Starter [pforkes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pforkes/)
 * (@pforkes)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1831909)
 * it is in:
 * **/Users/pforkes/Sites/wordpress/wp-admin**
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1831910)
 * And it’s working from there? Oookay, that’s really weird. It’s something weird
   with MAMP, though, and at this point, it’s out of my depth.
 *  Thread Starter [pforkes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pforkes/)
 * (@pforkes)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1831911)
 * Sorry, ignore my last message, but I am just so FRAZZLED from all of this.
 * the text.php file is run when I type [http://localhost.php](http://localhost.php)(
   I presume this is the one that you mean) is in:
 *  **Macintosh HD/Library/WebServer/Documents**
 *  [Donna McMaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcdonna/)
 * (@mcdonna)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1831927)
 * pforkes, you need to move your WordPress files to Macintosh HD/Library/WebServer/
   Documents as this is where [http://localhost/](http://localhost/) is served from.
 * Or you can try [http://localhost/~pforkes/](http://localhost/~pforkes/) which
   is probably pointing to your user Sites directory.
 *  Thread Starter [pforkes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pforkes/)
 * (@pforkes)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1831928)
 * I’ve doe that and it **STILL** gives me the same error.
 *  [kscritch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kscritch/)
 * (@kscritch)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1831984)
 * I just happened to find your post as I was going thru my own hell of trying to
   get WordPress to work on my MacBook Pro. I found this video tutorial: [http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/86-mamp/](http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/86-mamp/)
   which led me to try just typing in: [http://localhost:80](http://localhost:80)(
   since that is the port I chose to set up my MAMP in) and all of a sudden it loaded
   the WordPress home page saying that it installed!! Try it and see what happens.
   If that doesn’t work, try watching the video – it seems pretty helpful!
 *  [warsame](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warsame/)
 * (@warsame)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1832013)
 * I get the error bellow when trying to run the wp-admin/install.php
    i called 
   my hosting company and they said php 5 is running on the server, what could be
   the fix?
 * **Error: PHP is not running**WordPress requires that your web server is running
   PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.
 *  Thread Starter [pforkes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pforkes/)
 * (@pforkes)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-hell/page/2/#post-1832014)
 * I am not even accessing my hosting server when it happens to me.

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