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[HELP] Can't Install phpbb3 using Fantastico

by Raiel Schwartz
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I'm using Fantastico to try to install phpbb3 on a new website.

The problem that I am having is that I want my forum directory installed inside another directory.

(I want to install the forum in membersarea/forum/)

the problem lies when I tell Fantastico to Install In Directory /membersarea/forum membersarea/forum or /membersarea/forum/ I tried all 3 combinations and it doesn't want to install the forum in the /membersarea/forum directory.

If I try to install the phpbb3 forum in a directory by itself, it will work fine, but when I try to install it in a directory inside a directory, it's giving me the following error

"The installation can not be completed:- No valid directory name provided."


Someone please advise - thanks
#fantastico #install #phpbb3
  • Profile picture of the author blagoj
    The best would be to ask in phpbb support forum. And don't install with fantastico....
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Hi Craig

    Had a thought - did you create the target directory before trying to install the forum? Fantastico won't install to a subdirectory that already exists - it neds to create the directory itself.

    Not sure if that's of any help to you but I thought I'd offer it.

    Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    Originally Posted by howlinghawk View Post

    You have to create the directory before specifying the installation.

    -Howlinghawk
    Absolutely 100% wrong!!

    This quote directly from the Fantastico screen for installing PHPBB3:

    Leave empty to install in the root directory of the domain (access example: http://domain/).
    Enter only the directory name to install in a directory (for http://domain/name/ enter name only). This directory SHOULD NOT exist, it will be automatically created!
    Again, Fantastico requires that you do not create the directory beforehand, it needs to do it itself as part of building up its internal installation file.

    Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author thewebhostingdir
    It is also very easy to install phpbb manually. Why do not you try that?
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  • Profile picture of the author Raiel Schwartz
    Yeah - I ended up installing phpbb3 manually because I couldn't find out why Fantastico didn't want to work.

    Thanks for the advice anyways guys.
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    • Profile picture of the author ientrepreneur
      Originally Posted by Craig.Michaels View Post

      Yeah - I ended up installing phpbb3 manually because I couldn't find out why Fantastico didn't want to work.

      Thanks for the advice anyways guys.
      Sometimes it may be the problem with fantistico! Maybe you can check with your hosting support! ANyway.. you already installed it manually!
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  • Profile picture of the author solidsoul
    Did this get sorted out for you yet? curious before I go digger to find a solution for you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Poglia
    Fantastico is great, but sometimes gives errors while installing stuffs... better upload forums, wordpress etc through FTP and install them manually.
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