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@utopiarte

until finally the browser told me "redirection error".

I then tested with some arbitrary PHP file if PHP worked. It did (in the root directory and the friendica subdirectory).

Then I tried stuff that was recommended in the forum (where I also found people told to become developers if they had problems), like entering database details into config files, some changes in .htaccess, but, alas, to no avail.

2/?

@helpers

@utopiarte

I managed to break it, so that now I get a Error 500 when trying to access the page.

So:

I am going to delete everything, start over from scratch, and if that doesn't work, try it with git.

If you have any idea, what might have gone wrong, that would be nice. If not, never mind.

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@helpers

@mina

Not sure what is the actual state of the art of the installer is. Last I "heard" and experienced is that it was broken and that the best way to install is thru the console commands detailed in the helpers page:
/help/Install#Option+B%3A+Run+the+automatic+install+script

tupambae.org/help/Install#Opti…

And yes, it's recommendable to use the git install form, that way you will be able to easily update the installation.

@utopiarte

Thanks! I shall try this.

Hey @mina, any news on your intents?
No feedback?

Actually I didn't followed the @helpers or friendica news channel latelly, so no idea if there were any updates. What I wondered "the other day" is that we could ask @tobias wich friendica version was the last that had the install working fine and simply install that version, via gitpull. Once installed you can than just start the updates. If you do that before even creating any contacts or content, that should go quite smoothly. We recently did updates from 2023.05 on this server and the referenced installation guide was from that (stable) version in it's time and worked well so I assume that installing via gitpull but adressing that version, or the one Tobias indicates should work out easily.

@utopiarte

I'm a bit brain-foggy these days.

In order to do such a thing like the Friendica installation, I need to be sharp.

@helpers @tobias

@mina
Hope your problems get better.

Here a link to the updating process notes of this server over here.
tupambae.org/display/0ac89072-…

In any case it's probably recommended that you hop on some friendica server first to see how it looks and feels. Squeet.me could be a recomendation, it is running 2025.07rc branch right now, that's apparently a step in between from stable and develop branch. Than there are also the instances of @tux. @oldkid and @raroun not sure if they accept users.

I'll dig into the actual state of the art of the branches and friendica.
Apparently the development of the code has some delays:

friendica notes on github on the actual stable release: wrote:

Known Issues
At the time of writing this, none with 2024.12

But the development branch is currently rather unstable and should be used with caution as the development diverged far (for Friendica terms) from the now stable branch. We will let our very valued ALPHA testers when the dev team things that the development branch is stable enough again.

@heluecht @hypolite any recommendation in which latest friendica release the installer still worked fine?

@tobias

@utopiarte

I will try again, once my head is clear again.

Anyway: I'm pretty sure, the problems I had during the installation were not caused by Friendica itself (I mean: there are a lot of people, who successful completed an installation), but by some configuration with my hosting solution (on Ionos.de).

Just useful error messages during the installation process would be great.

@tux @heluecht @hypolite @raroun @tobias @oldkid

@mina

Actually you even might consider to setup your subdomain at first at weingaertner-it.de/, if they still do friendica hosting, I get a 503 right now over here. Apparently a single user instance costs 5 euro a month. If you like it you could than move the already existing DB to your own setup. Somehow that's how this instance came to live, but with another provider.

@utopiarte

I already pay 10€ per month for a quite generous hosting package, I already paid for the domain name, and I don't want another regular cost.