Title: Stuck on installation
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Stuck on installation

 *  [sdoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdoss/)
 * (@sdoss)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stuck-on-installation/)
 * Hi, I’m trying to install wordpress 3.0.5 on a debian machine running Apache 
   2.2.16, php 5.3.3-7+squeeze1. WordPress was originally installed in /usr/share(
   came with the Debian software). I’ve copied the /usr/share/wordpress directory
   and all contents to our Apache document-root/wptest directory, and set up a virtual
   host called wptest on the server. Following the ‘How to Install WordPress’ instructions,
   used mysql command-line directives to create a database, user/password and grant
   the appropriate permissions. But, when I try to install via a browser with the
   url wptest.com/wp-admin/install.php, I get a 404 page not found error.
 * I know the site is working, as I can set a default .html file as the startup 
   document, and it displays. I can hit wptest.com/readme.html, and it displays.
   I know the user in mysql is good, in that I can access it from the command line.
   No errors in the apache error log, nor in the wptest error log. I believe install.
   php is beginning execution, but I never see the ‘WordPress Installation’ page.
 * Only things in the install.php between the sanity check and the display of the
   Installation page is 4 lines of php:
 * > `define( 'WP_INSTALLING', true);`
   >  `require_once( dirname( dirname( __FILE__)).'/
   > wp-load.php' );` `require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/includes/upgrade.php');``
   > require_once(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/wp-includes/wp-db.php');` $step
   > = isset( $_GET[‘step’] ) ? $_GET[‘step’] : 0;`
 * and I’m clueless.
 * Any pointers on where to look and what to do would be greatly appreciated.

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