Title: install.php not found? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # install.php not found? * [mattaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattaustin/) * (@mattaustin) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/) * 1. Downloaded and unpacked the tarball 2. Configured the wp-config.php file properly 3. Uploaded all my files to the root directory on my web server 4. I navigate to my website and see,” It soesnt look like youve installed WP yet. Try running install.php”. “Install.php” is set up as a link, so I click on the link and nothing happens, even after I nearly break my mouse clicking it!!! 5. So, I navigate to the “wp-admin/installphp” page in my browser. I get the same thing. This time when I click on the “install.php” link, it gives me this load of crap: * Multiple Choices The document name you requested (/wp-admin/wp-admin/install. php) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested. * Available documents: * * /wp-admin/wp-admin.css/install.php (common basename) * Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken link. * Why is it trying to direct me to (wp-admin/wp-admin)? I never asked for that page and it doesnt exist anywhere! * Why is it not linking to a page that obviously exists on my server? Is your product defective? Because it sounds like it to me! Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/) * (@nuclearmoose) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135142) * > Why is it not linking to a page that obviously exists on my server? Is your > product defective? Because it sounds like it to me! * Yes, it’s a defective product that tens of thousands of masochists use for their sites every day. * Joking aside, I can understand and appreciate your frustration. However, making snotty comments on the support forum is not a way to illicit helpful responses. * When you uploaded the files to your web server, you ensured that you maintained the existing folder/directory and file structure? * Have you indeed confirmed that during the upload, some files didn’t accidentally get lost in the transfer? * Thread Starter [mattaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattaustin/) * (@mattaustin) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135145) * lol…im sorry……I didnt mean to sound snotty. Just being sarcastic to cool the tides…….lol……my bad. * Anyway, yes im sure they are all there. I have even reloaded them all a couple of times to make sure. * thanks anyway * Thread Starter [mattaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattaustin/) * (@mattaustin) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135146) * Is there something that suppose to be loaded into my actual database? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135158) * No, not yet… * Just to check: – files unzipped into 4 folders and several files ? – files uploaded as ASCII ? – how are you confirming their presence is correct ? – you are using the browser to navigate to /install.php ? * Thread Starter [mattaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattaustin/) * (@mattaustin) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135191) * -Yes. I have 4 folders (wp-admin, wp-content, wp-images, wp-includes) and 27 loose files. * -Im using an FTP GUI to upload the files to my server. In other words Im uploading the files from a directory on my machine to its place on my webhosts server, just as I would upload regular html pages. If they need to be uploaded in ASCII format……I dont even know how to go about doing that. None of the documentation specified such, I only read to upload “all files” to my web server. * -I can physicaly view all the files that have been uploaded to my server in a number of ways, all of which confirm that a precise copy of the files that I have downloaded as the .zipped files for this particular application are present. I have a GUI to view my files on, I also have a regular file manager. Believe me….they are there. * -Yes, I have tried to navigate to the various pages using Mozillas Firefox, Microsofts Internet Explorer, and a Linux Specific browser called Konqueror, on three seperate machines. * Thanks for the reply * -“forgive me if I sound a little froward, but when I view the source coding of the page where the link to “install.php” resides, I notice that the link is coded` .` Now if Im not mistaken, shouldnt that link be surrounded by “” instead of ”? Do you think that it would help if I could locate this page and change that html coding? Just wandering * thanks agian * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135192) * This wierd……..I’m used to database connection problems – seeing the file right now should be easy. * Okay….this may sound very very dumb but it’s helped in the past. If you upload an image to the /wp-admin directory, can you then see that image in your browser if you point the browser directly at it ? * Thread Starter [mattaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattaustin/) * (@mattaustin) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135209) * I cant see the image, but if I point my browser directly to the image it asks me if I want to download it. Im using Firefox, so any downloads come up in a download manager that asks if I want to download it or not. * If it helps my site url is: [http://www.researchphenixcity.com](http://www.researchphenixcity.com) * The image is in: [http://www.researchphenixcity.com/wp-admin/picture2.tif](http://www.researchphenixcity.com/wp-admin/picture2.tif) * Its one of the Huygens Titan photos. If I point my browser to this specific url it tries to download the image. And please, dont think your sounding dumb. Whats dums is that Im a skilled pc tech, with a good bit of experience in web design, and I cant figure this out……..lol * I more than appreciate your help and your responses. The issue isnt resolved yet, but I thank you for all of your time. You could be doing better things than trying to help someone you dont even know. * [lawtai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawtai/) * (@lawtai) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135238) * heh try deleting all files off and re uploading wordpress? * Thread Starter [mattaustin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattaustin/) * (@mattaustin) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135398) * tried that as well. Im begining to think its my webhost. Maybe they dont support something or dont have something installed that I need. Thanks for all your help guys. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135409) * I agree about the webhost. * Harangue them 🙂 * [gmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmark/) * (@gmark) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135571) * I need to jump into on this, because I’m having a very similar problem. I uploaded the WP folder, renamed as “blog”, to my host server. Going to [http://www.websitename.ca/blog/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.websitename.ca/blog/wp-admin/install.php) brings up this message “t doesn’t look like you’ve installed WP yet. Try running install.php.” When I click the link, I get this URL: [http://www.websitename.ca/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.websitename.ca/blog/wp-admin/wp-admin/install.php). I tried the load the photo to the wp-admin folder thing and I can access the just fine. * (The host I use lists its versions of mySQL as 3.23.58 and of PHP of 4.3.1, which meets the requirements for WordPress.) * I’ve tried reloading the WP folder to the server and get the same problem. * [gmark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmark/) * (@gmark) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135649) * Update: my problem is solved and it was a service provider issue. A tip: when your provider says they support all the WordPress requirements, ask them if they support them on the server your stuff is on. * [vlherring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlherring/) * (@vlherring) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-not-found/#post-135858) * I’m having a problem also – even now in 1/06 *