Title: internal error  in wp-admin/install.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# internal error in wp-admin/install.php

 *  [EmilioRosso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiliorosso/)
 * (@emiliorosso)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/)
 * Hi, I’m installing wordpress on my site and to complete all the steps correctly
   and enter
    [http://web.net/wp-admin/install.php](http://web.net/wp-admin/install.php)
   I get this error:
 * > Internal Server Error
   > The Server Encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and WAS Unable
   > to complete your request.
   > Please contact the server administrator, root @ localhost and inform Theme 
   > of the time the error occurred, and anything you Might Have Done That May Have
   > Caused the error.
   > More information about this error May Be available in the server error log.
 * as a solution?

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 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883419)
 * looks like you already have website in root and you trying install wordpess try
   installing in a folder
 *  Thread Starter [EmilioRosso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiliorosso/)
 * (@emiliorosso)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883424)
 * no way to install it on the root page?
    as installed in a folder?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883427)
 * No as index file conflict with your website you can only have one index file 
   in folder
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883428)
 * Install WP in a sub-folder. Then, if you want it to take over the root domain
   at a later date, you can always use [this technique](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory).
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883437)
 * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) He already has a website in
   root and the Technique you suggested will still need copy the index.php file 
   in root so the conflict will still be there as the exiting website has a index
   file
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883441)
 * But not until such time as he needs it to to take over the root domain. Until
   then, WP can happily live in the sub-folder.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/internal-error-in-wp-admininstallphp/#post-1883441)
 * Status: not resolved

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