Title: Second step installation errors
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Second step installation errors

 *  Resolved [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/)
 * Hi, I’m new to WordPress and trying to install 1.5.2 onto a Linux box. I’m following
   the 5 minute install and everything looks okay but I get the following error 
   for all table queries during the ‘second step’. Please help:
    \ Now we’re going
   to create the database tables and fill them with some default data.
 * WordPress database error: [Table ‘wordpress.wp_options’ doesn’t exist]
    SELECT
   option_name FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘siteurl’ \ …and so on for all
   table queries…

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220057)
 * 2nd step calls for creating your database and user. Are you using phpMyAdmin 
   or cPanel to do that?
 * See: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220061)
 * Hi, the server I have access to uses Plesk 7.5 Reloaded, which I used to create
   the database and user. It’s connecting okay – could it be a privileges issue 
   as mentioned in the codex help but not showing as a ‘cannot create table’ error?
 * Thanks.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220066)
 * Try following this installation guide: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/plesk/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/plesk/)
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220076)
 * Hi, I’ve tried the workflows on the tamba2 and codex help pages but neither has
   solved the problem – I also logged in to mysql through the console to create 
   the database and set user privileges directly in case that was it, but still 
   no luck. I appreciate the help – any ideas what else it could be?
    PHP version
   4.3.10-2.4 MySQL version 3.23.58-16.FC2.1 Plesk Reloaded 7.5.3 Thanks for the
   help.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220078)
 * Any chance that you would be will to upgrade MySQL to at least v4.0.x?
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220081)
 * I will try –
    I’m new to Plesk, and will have to find out how to upgrade 😉
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220149)
 * WordPress installs fine on a shared hosting account I have – must be something
   to do with the dedicated server setup – maybe MySQL too old as you suggest?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220205)
 * WordPress “requires” MySQL v3.23.23, but I also believe that WP v1.5.x has only
   been tested on MySQL v4.0.x and 4.1.x.
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220358)
 * Took me a while to learn how (yum) but I’ve upgraded services to:
 * PHP version 4.3.11-8.frhc2.art
    MySQL version 4.0.24-2.rhfc2.art
 * Both are the latest stable releases that don’t bomb Plesk, but WordPress still
   gives same db ‘table doesn’t exist’ error? Thanks for your help so far – I’m 
   stuck for ideas where to look next…
 *  Thread Starter [steve_williams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steve_williams/)
 * (@steve_williams)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220478)
 * After trying all of the excellent advice given, I came to the conclusion that
   there must have been something wrong with the Plesk server setup.
 * Considering all I’d done was add a domain and clicked the ”upgrade Plesk 7.5.2
   to 7.5.3″ boxes, that’s worrying to say the least!
 * Anyhow, got 7.5.2 re-installed and the bundled WordPress 1.2.1 has installed 
   fine!
 * Thanks for the help MichaelH & macmanx.
 *  [stilgar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stilgar/)
 * (@stilgar)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220734)
 * The problem seems to be a bug in the ioncube PHP optimzer. Disable it in /etc/
   php.ini (or upgrade it), and the installation should work.
 * Related threads:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/14338](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/14338)
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/34884](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/34884)
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/44895](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/44895)

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/second-step-installation-errors/#post-220734)
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