While attempting to install Joomla 2.5 on a php 5.2 server the install wizard keeps silently failing at the sql settings page.
Is there any way to simply write a config to the server manually?
asked Apr 28, 2014 at 23:15
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sure, just open the joomla package and copy the configuration.php to the server via ftp– pathfinderCommented Apr 28, 2014 at 23:43
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Sounds to me like the script times out while creating the database tables? The server error log file would likely tell you the reason for it.
To manually install Joomla
You need to create the
configuration.phpfile. There is an example fileinstallation/configuration.php-dist. You can take that, adjust it and place it in the root folder asconfiguration.php.You also need to create the database tables. For that you take the SQL file
installation/sql/mysql/joomla.sql. You need to change the table prefix in the SQL file from#__to the one you specify in the configuration. After that you can apply it to the database using phpMyAdmin or similar.
